Unit 5 1960s

Who had missiles in Cuba in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• US

• China

• USSR

• Cuba

When Kennedy found out about the missiles in Cuba, he placed a naval _________ around Cuba which almost led to nuclear war.

• Quarantine

• Blockade

• Barrage

• Cruiser

What is the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis between US and USSR?

• increase tensions

• nuclear war

• decrease tensions

• Cuban independence

What TWO events happened in the "space race" for the USSR before the US?

• first man on the moon

• first man in space

• first satellite in space

• first space rocket created

What did Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs target?

• Communism

• Military

• Poverty

• Government Regulations

Which are THREE programs created during LBJ's Great Society?

• Medicaid

• Unemployment

• Job Corps

• Headstart

Which of these is the approach MLK and his followers use in the Civil Rights Movement?

• containment

• black nationalism

• civil disobedience

• legal system

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit in public places, schools, and the workforce?

• desegregation

• justice

• discrimination

• equality

Which was NOT a reason the nation was divided in the 1960s and 70s?

• Civil Rights Movement

• War on Poverty

• Vietnam War

• Moon Landing

The massacre committed by American soldiers which the military commanders attempted to hide for a year was in what village?

• Dien Bien Phu

• Tet

• My Lai

• Saigon