Cold War and 1960s Quiz

The invasion took place and was a failure - the Cuban armed forces defeated the exile combatants in three days

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Bay of Pigs

• Batista's Coup

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat sparked the...

• The Atlanta Bus Boycott

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The March on Washington

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• A law that allowed blacks to run for office

• A law that prohibited discrimination in voting

• A law that allowed women to vote

• A law that allowed immigrants to vote

What was the purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• to issue a formal declaration of war

• to authorize the president to use military force in Vietnam

• to begin the process of drafting soldiers

• to increase congressional oversight of the war in Vietnam

Where did Dr. Martin Luther King give his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Birmingham, Alabama

• The Poor Peoples March

• The March on Washington

Which of the following best describes the Truman Doctrine?

• providing economic assistance to western Europe

• applying the Domino Theory to Southeast Asian nations

• investigating members of the Communist Party in America

• providing military assistance to nations threatened by communism

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The United States built nuclear missile installations in Cuba.

• The Soviet Union built nuclear missile installations in Cuba.

• The Soviet Union imposed an embargo on trade with Cuba.

• The United States imposed an embargo on trade with Cuba.

The Soviet Union was...

• Capitalist

• Communist

What was the foreign policy goal developed by the United States as a response to the Cold War to stop the spread of communism.

• Containment

• Globalization

• Isolationism

• Neutrality

Who was the President after John F. Kennedy?

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Gerald Ford