The 1960s

The 1960s

8th Grade - University

45 Qs

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The 1960s

The 1960s

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History

8th Grade - University

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Michelle Nogle

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45 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) provided congressional support for
withdrawing from the United Nations
expanding the Alliance for Progress
escalating military action in Vietnam

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“. . . With America’s sons in the fields far away, ...with our hopes and the world’s hopes for peace in the balance every day"  The decision announced in this speech was based primarily on the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
outbreak of terrorist attacks around the world
involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. "
ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba
breaking off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
asking the United Nations to stop grain shipments to the Soviet Union

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved when
Cuba became a capitalist nation 
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev met with President Kennedy
the Soviet Union withdrew its missiles from Cuba

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which development is most closely associated with the belief in the domino theory?
military involvement in Vietnam
construction of the Berlin Wall
end of the Korean War

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis are conflicts directly related to U.S. relations with which two nations?
Cuba and the Soviet Union
China and Japan
North and South Korea

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Batista Driven from Power”
“Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails”
“U-2 Planes Reveal Soviet Missiles”
These headlines refer to the relationship between the United States and
Canada
Cuba
Mexico

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