Cold War Presidents Review

Cold War Presidents Review

8th Grade

11 Qs

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Cold War Presidents Review

Cold War Presidents Review

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8th Grade

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1.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 20 pts

Match these events with the correct Presidency

Groups:

(a) Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower

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(b) John F. Kennedy

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(c) Lyndon B. Johnson

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(d) Richard Nixon

Assassinated in 1963

Implemented the Great Society programs

President 1952-1960

President 1968-1974

Established the policy of détente with the Soviet Union

Created the Central Intelligence Agency

Escalated US involvement in the Vietnam War

Announced he would not seek re-election in 1968

Created the international help organization known as the Peace Corps

Visited China in 1972, opening diplomatic relations with the country

Initiated the Apollo space program

Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Administration was named the New Frontier

President 1960-1963

Implemented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

President 1963-1968

Established NASA in 1958

Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law

Resigned from office due to the Watergate scandal

Created the Interstate Highway System

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

President Kennedy vowed that by the end of the 1960's Americans would

destroy communism
invade Cuba
Put men on the moon
Travel to deep space

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

All of these are true about JFK's assassination EXCEPT

He was hit by bullets from more than one gun 
Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from a 6th floor window
It occurred in Dallas, Texas
Hundreds of people witnessed the event

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

All of these were a part of the deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis EXCEPT 

U.S. promised not to invade Cuba
Soviets dismantled the Cuban missiles
Soviets returned U-2 pilot Gary Powers
U.S. dismantled their missiles in Turkey

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

Johnson's Great Society program focused on

expanding the military

programs such as Medicare and Medicaid

eliminating Social Security

containing communism in Asia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 8 pts

Think about today's society. Which of the following statements about today’s society would President Johnson likely agree with?

If we are to achieve a Great Society we have to make progress in making sure that all Americans share in the wealth our society produces
People living in poverty should not expect any help in trying to improve their economic situation
A persons educational level is not related to their economic success
We have achieved a Great Society

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 8 pts

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Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?

The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal
The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.
The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal
The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party

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