1960s Test Review

President Kennedy blockaded Cuba and risked war with Soviet Union because

• the Soviets were trying to invade Cuba in the Western Hemisphere

• the Soviets had located missiles in Cuba only 90 miles from the United State mainland

• the Soviets were providing military aid and equipment and economic support of Fidel Castro.

• the Soviets were trying to overthrow the Cuban government, and Cuba was in our hemisphere.

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of President Kennedy's brief administration?

• establishing the Peace Corps

• promoting U.S. space explorations

• passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• establishing the Alliance of Progress with Latin American nations

In November of 1963, in Dallas, TX

• NASA launched the Apollo 11 rocket

• President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

• the Surgeon General issued a warning that cigarette smoke could cause cancer.

• President Nixon became the first president forced to leave office in the nation's history.

Four black college students changed the course of North Carolina history by

• refusing to give up their seats on a bus and encouraging other black students to do the same.

• refusing to move from a lunch counter when they did not receive service.

• leaving the counter when they did not receive service.

• beginning a riot that quickly spread to other Southern states.

The growth of the Ku Klux Klan was sparked by

• a fire that destroyed most of the city of Raleigh.

• meetings held at local courthouses in the state.

• the Civil Rights Movement.

• the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.

The cycle of poverty involved

• mainly young people in college who did not work.

• only the elderly on a fixed income living in the Western part of the state.

• those who lived in large cities and could not keep a job.

• African Americans, Appalachian families, and people in the Eastern counties, and large cities.

The federal government became involved in the Civil Rights conflict

• because Civil Rights protests and violence caused by the protests created a diplomatic problem for the United States.

• because Civil Rights protests began to involve other countries.

• because the state and local governments needed assistance.

• because members of Congress felt it was the right thing to do.

Sit-Ins are an example of

• an attitude in the state that was a result of lack of progress.

• of nonviolent civil disobedience.

• warfare strategy employed in Vietnam.

• government intervention into a crisis.

North Carolinians supported the Civil Rights movement by

• participating in activities for the Ku Klux Klan.

• sitting in segregated areas of public facilities.

• blocking voter registration drives for African Americans.

• boycotting businesses who refused to hire or serve African Americans.

At the end of the 1960s, the United States reached the goal of

• sending people to the moon.

• sending a first expedition to Mars.

• solving the war on poverty.

• placing a computer in every classroom across the nation.