America in the 1960s

America in the 1960s

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Which of the following did JFK not truly focus on at the beginning of his Presidency but made it a focal point later in his Presidency?

• Education
• Civil Rights
• Unemployment Rate

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What Great Society program provided affordable housing?

• HUD
• HBK
• NATO
• NAACP

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Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?

• HUD and CPB
• VISTA and Job Corps
• NEA and SeniorCare
• Medicare and Medicaid

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What preschool program was created in the "Great Society" that gave disadvantaged students an early childhood education, health, and nutrition.

• Head Start
• Job Corps
• Kindergarten
• Medicare

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Part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society was to 

• end poverty in America and provide Education to all
• prevent the mistreatment of migrant workers
• require migrant workers to work for multiple farmers
• prevent the desegregation of schools in America

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What was the program called that helped Americans who could not help themselves?  This program started Head Start and extended Medicare.

• Great Society
• Civil Rights Bill
• New Deal
• World War II

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JFK won the election of _________.

• 1956

• 1960

• 1964

• 1968

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N.A.S.A was developed to win the 

• Space Race
• Civil Rights Movement
• Vietnam War
• Korean War

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What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
• I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
• The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
• I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty

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What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?

• Space Program
• Cuban missile crisis
• Civil Rights movement
• Bay of Pigs

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What religion was President John F. Kennedy, which caused Americans to worry 

• Roman Catholic 
• Jew
• Protestant 
• Hindu 

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Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?

• Richard Nixon
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Lyndon Johnson
• Harry Truman

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What does segregation mean?

• All members of Congress can vote.
• People of different races have to be kept apart.
• All men were created equal.
• There is a lack of money in the world.

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What did the Rosa Parks incident lead to?

• More registered voters in the south

• Bus Boycott

• Imprisonment of all civil rights activists

• Banishment from the NAACP

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Sit-ins, freedom rides, & marches were all examples of...

• Attempts to expand opportunities for minorities

• New forms of exercise in the 60s

• Ways to connect the North & South US

• Economic growth for minorities

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Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?

• Lyndon B Johnson
• Leonard Neemoy
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F Kennedy

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What does J.F.K. stand for?

• Jackson Fin Kennedy
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• Jason Fitzgerald Kennedy
• John Finkle Kennedy

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Who took control of the Soviet Union when Stalin died?

• Gorbachev

• Khrushchev

• Trotsky

• Lenin

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Which of the following was not a result of the Soviets putting nukes in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)?

• naval blockade of Cuba

• 13 day standoff between the US and the USSR

• JFK takes the world to the edge of WWIII

• the US invades Cuba and removes the nukes

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What was the purpose of Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program?

• to make him well liked in Europe

• offer aid to Latin-American countries

• help poor people in the US

• work with some countries to take over others

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What did the Warren Commission decide about President Kennedy's assassination?

• There had to be more than one shooter

• Oswald was the only shooter

• The CIA was involved

• The mafia was involved

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Who was the 24 year-old ex-Marine accused of assassinating President Kennedy?

• Jack Ruby

• Earl Warren

• Neil Armstrong

• Lee Harvey Oswald

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Why did President Kennedy cancel airsport for the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• He wanted to keep the U.S.'s involvement a secret

• He wanted to use nuclear weapons

• He wanted to use the U.S. Navy

• He wanted to make the Soviet Union happy

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What FAILED (Ineffective) invasion of Cuba was led by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow the socialist government?

• Bay of Turtles

• Bay of Horses

• Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Dogs

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Who was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?

• Benito Mussolini

• Nikita Krushchev

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro

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What court named after the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court expanded the rights of individual Americans?

• The People's Court

• Warren Court

• Kennedy Court

• Food Court

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Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?

• Public Works Administration

• Space Exploration

• Peace Corps

• Special Olympics

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What did JFK challenge Americans to do in his inaugural speech with these words: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."

• Protest more

• Pay higher taxes

• Get involved in helping others

• Join the military

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What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Fresh Start

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Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?

• First televised presidential debate

• First time two communists run for president

• First time two candidates agreed with each other

• First time two Republicans run for president

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This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the “war on poverty”

• Civil Rights Act
• Economic Opportunity Act 
• Pendleton Service Act
• Warren Court 

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Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

• gave the rich too many tax breaks
• gave the federal government too much power
• paid too little attention to health care
• favored rural over urban citizens

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Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

• Minorities and the poor
• White, middle-class families
• Farmers and laborers
• Businessmen

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The term "Great Society" came to represent

• the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration

• the antion's anti-communist agenda

• Michael Harrington's affluent society

• the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration

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The term "Great Society" came to represent

• the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration

• the antion's anti-communist agenda

• Michael Harrington's affluent society

• the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration

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How did the approach of the Black Panters differ from the methods used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Black Panthers were willing to use violence, while Dr. King used only non-violence

• Black Panters believed in non violence, while Dr. King favored civil disobedience

• Black Panthers sought to use the court system, while Fr. King preferred passive resistance

• Black Panters employed peaceful demonstrations, while Dr. King favored sit-ins and freedom rides

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What was the goal of the Black Panthers?

• to turn American citizens against democracy
• to end the Vietnam War
• to convince African Americans to support "black power"
• to gain equal pay for black Americans

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Who was the leader of SNCC who later became a leader and a member of the Black Power and Black Panther movements?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

• Stokley Carmichael

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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Which of the following was NOT something the Black Panthers advocated for?

• Peaceful resistance
• employment
• fair housing
• self sufficiency

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What phrase does Stokely Carmichael coin?

• Black Power
• White Flight
• Yellow Journalism
• Black death

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Who leads the SNCC to become more militant?

• Stokely Carmichael
• Martin Luther King Jr
• Emmett Till
• Malcolm X

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What does demand for immediate equality lead to?

• Urban violence
• increased peaceful resistance
• more sit-ins
• more legislation

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Which pairings are paired correctly?

• Dejure segregation = by law

• Defacto segregation = by custom

• Defacto segregation = by law

• Dejure segregation = by custom

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People who traveled in buses through the South to draw attention to segregation of bus station facilities.

• Black Power
• Freedom Riders
• Jackie Robinson
• NAACP 

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What was the Black Panther Party?

• A group of black panthers in the rainforest

• A group of whites fighting for the rights of blacks

• Im really unsure, and I need help

• African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

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The March from Selma to Montgomery led to

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

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What was the point of Freedom Summer?

• Desegregation of lunch counters

• Protesting bus travel

• Registering people to vote

• Having student march for civil rights

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What does SNCC Stand for?

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Student Nonviolent Committed Committee

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What does SCLC stand for?

• Students Clarify Losing Company

• Southern Catholic Leadership Committee

• Students Christian Leadership Committee

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Nation of Islam is to black nationalism as Martin Luther King, Jr. is to

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Black Supremacy

• Nonviolent Protest

• White Supremacy

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What lesson did Malcolm X learn from his father's death?

• Islam was the only religion that made sense for African Americans

• Speaking out for equal rights was dangerous for African Americans

• Racial equality could only be achieved through peacefully means

• People are not fundamentally racist

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

• willingness to speak publicly

• Opposition to segregation

• Desire to help African Americans

• Methods of Protest

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The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

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What amendment set the national voting age at 18?

• 26th Amendment

• 25th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 19th Amendment

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What piece of Congressional legislation (law) was passed as a result of the 1963 March on Washington?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• G.I. Bill

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Where did Dr. King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream " speech?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Albany Movement rally
• Memphis, TN garbage workers' strike
• at the March on Washington

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What congressional act abolished the immigration quota system?

• Chinese Exclusionary Act 1882

• The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

• The Wall Act of 2018

• Immigration Reform Act 1986

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How did the Warren Court help social change during the 1960s?

• It supported civil and voting rights.
• It supported limits on privacy.
• It often ruled against radical reform.
• It often avoided controversial issues.

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Which African American leader advocated separation of the races and was later assassinated?

• Malcom X
• Stokely Carmichael
• James Meredith
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Which event most helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• James Meredith attending the University of Mississippi
• Sit-ins by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• Freedom rides across the South
• The assassination of President Kennedy

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How did the response of authorities in the South to protest movements help civil rights to succeed?

• Enforcing bad laws made them seem petty.
• Attacking nonviolent protesters shocked Americans.
• Failing to stop protests showed them as weak.
• Pretending the laws were fair made no sense.

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Which type of discrimination was most likely to be found in northern states?

• De jure
• De facto
• Jim Crow
• ��Separate but equal��

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What did the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibit?

• Segregation
• Discrimination
• Poll taxes
• Reading tests at polls

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In 1964, students poured into Mississippi during ��

• Freedom Summer
• the March on Selma
• the freedom rides
• the Birmingham protests

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Civil rights activists targeted segregation in interstate transportation ��

• because they knew that the states regulated interstate transportation
• because travel between states was subject to federal regulation
• despite the fact that most southern whites supported their efforts
• despite the fact that trains and buses rarely crossed state lines

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Who headed the NAACP legal team that challenged the constitutionality of segregation in a series of court cases beginning in the 1940s?

• Thurgood Marshall
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• George McLaurin
• Earl Warren

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What became the name for JFK's response to the Cold War that called for the buildup of CONVENTIONAL weapons?

• Flexible Response

• Brinkmanship

• Hard Response

• If you look at me funny, I'm going to Nuke you!

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In 1963, Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for Women, wrote: "We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.' "The excerpt above could be used to support the thesis that...

• increased numbers of women in the workforce would result in unemployment for men.

• the U.S. birthrate would increase as more women entered the workforce.

• in the 1950s and 1960s, many American women were redefining their roles in society.

• the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote should be ratified.

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What was the name of the book that Betty Friedan wrote that sparked the feminist movement in the 1960s?

• The Female Perspective

• Women Are From Venus, Men Are From Mars

• Feminine Mystique

• I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar

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All of the following were ideas of John F. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” polices EXCEPT for…

• encourage that women get paid the same as men with the Equal Pay Act

• proposing for a tax cut to the American people and businesses worth 13.5 billion dollars.

• integrating the military for the first time to fight off communists threats during the 1960s.

• n increase in government spending on the military and space programs.

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In the 1960s and 1970s, Hispanic-American farm workers in the United States believed their employers were failing to provide reasonable wages and working conditions like those received by other American workers. For this reason, Hispanic-American farm workers…

• opposed passage of anti-discrimination laws.

• organized the United Farm Workers Association.

• encouraged farm producers to lower prices.

• urged the exportation of agricultural produce.

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The increased use of ________ was common in this era ?

• School grants

• Telephones

• Computers

• Drugs

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The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equity with me.

• Fascism

• Feminism

• La Raza Unida

• Female Workers Organization

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The 1960s counterculture had the most lasting impact on 

• American higher education
• the American political process
• the beatniks
• attitudes toward lifestyles and social behavior, art, and music

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Members of the Counterculture Movement were known as what?

• Hippies
• Beatniks
• Yuppies
• Silent Minority

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What genre of music became the loud voice of the Counterculture Movement?

• Jazz
• Rock 'n' Roll
• Gospel
• Rhythm & Blues

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What youth movement of the 60's demanded sweeping changes in American society?

• New Left
• New Right
• Occupy Wall Street
• Consumerism

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What movement valued youth, spontaneity, and_____?

• Countrculture
• Feminism
• Chicano
• Beatniks

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The gathering at Woodstock in 1969 is best described as...

• a violent clash between police and students during an anti-war protest
• a three-day music concert dedicated to peace and love
• the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters that led to Nixon's resignation
• a student protest to demand immediate integration for African Americans

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Which defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it?

• Drug Use

• Protest

• Communes

• Youthfulness

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Which defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it?

• Drug Use
• Protest
• Communes
• Youthfulness