1950s and 1960s Cold War and Domestic & Vietnam

1950s and 1960s Cold War and Domestic & Vietnam

11th Grade

30 Qs

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1950s and 1960s Cold War and Domestic & Vietnam

1950s and 1960s Cold War and Domestic & Vietnam

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Created by

Meredith Royster

History

11th Grade

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which presidential election witnessed the first, live television debates between Nixon and Kennedy?

Election of 1956

Election of 1960

Election of 1952

Election of 1964

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What "politically tense" event began in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the USSR had placed ICBM missile sites in Cuba?

Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis

Laika disaster

U-2 incident

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of John F. Kennedy's political programs to encourage cultural growth and economic improvement?

New Frontier

Great Society

New Deal

Square Deal

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Powerful toxic chemical herbicide used by the U.S. military to clear the dense vegetation in Vietnam which often hid the Viet Cong soldiers

Agent Orange

O- Gas

Agent Green

H-Bomb

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Name given the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S. forces while attempting to oust communist leader Fidel Castro

Tet Offensive

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A culture whose values differ significantly from the values of the majority; Examples--Hippies in the 60s

counterculture

mainstream culture

silent majority

feminism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A gap occurring between the what the government reported as happening and what was being reported by journalists on the scene in Vietnam; caused distrust and a lack of

Gap of minds

Domino gap

credibility gap

believability divide

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