Quiz on US History

What was the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• The Equal Opportunity Commission

• Outlawing literacy tests for voters

• Lowering the voting age to 18

• Outlawing poll taxes

Where did the worst urban riot during the 1960s occur?

• Atlanta

• Los Angeles

• Nashville

• Detroit

What was Nixon's greatest triumph in foreign affairs?

• De-escalation of the Vietnam War

• New Economic Policy

• Relations with Communist China

• Sale of grain to the Soviet Union

Where did the deaths of three white civil rights activists encourage the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Alabama

• Michigan

• Georgia

• Arkansas

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed US troops to be sent to _______.

• West Germany

• Korea

• Vietnam

• China

Which president established Medicare?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which of the following was a Supreme Court justice?

• George McGovern

• Henry Kissinger

• Barry Goldwater

• Earl Warren

George Wallace was the governor of _______.

• Alabama

• New Jersey

• Wisconsin

• Florida

In which country was one-fifth of the population killed by Communists?

• Cuba

• North Vietnam

• Cambodia

• North Korea

Which president promoted the Great Society?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower