Review for Standard 21 Test

What factor led to increased antiwar sentiment during the Vietnam War?

• people in the US became increasingly pro-communist

• that it was televised

• people did not like Johnson and his policies

• the Cold War had ended

What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act?

• Enfranchising prisoners

• Requiring everyone over 18 vote

• Preventing voter fraud

• Removing the obstacles preventing African Americans to vote in the South

Along with a war on Vietnam, President Johnson also declared a war on

• Poverty

• the USSR

• the KKK

• Communism

__________________ was famous for organizing a farmworkers union.

• MLK Jr.

• Malcolm X

• John F. Kennedy

• Cesar Chavez

What was the primary tactic used by the SCLC to advocate for change?

• Violent riots

• Freedom Rides

• Nonviolent marches

• Sit ins

When did the USSR & the USA come closest to nuclear war?

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Tet Offensive

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• World War 2

True or False: The US entered war with Vietnam without formally declaring war.

• True

• False

Which president was responsible for passing sweeping Civil Rights legislation while still being unpopular because of the war in Vietnam?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Robert Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What invention affected American culture the most in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Radio

• Television

• Computers

• Central Heating

Did groups participating in the Civil Rights movement have identical tactics for achieving racial equality?

• Yes

• No