Ch. 27: The Sixties: A Decade of Change

What was one of the most notable events of the Nixon-Kennedy presidential campaign?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• The first televised presidential debate

• The signing of the Civil Rights Act

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuba became a U.S. ally

• The Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba

• The Soviet Union deployed more missiles

• The United States invaded Cuba

What was the primary focus of the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• To protest the Vietnam War

• To promote women's rights

• To support the Cuban government

• To test the desegregation of public buses

Who was the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

• James Meredith

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the main goal of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society?

• To end the Vietnam War

• To promote space exploration

• To eliminate poverty and racial injustice

• To increase military spending

What was the Domino Theory?

• A theory about economic growth

• A theory about the spread of communism

• A theory about cultural change

• A theory about civil rights

What was the significance of the Port Huron Statement?

• It was a manifesto for participatory democracy

• It was a declaration of war

• It was a peace treaty

• It was a civil rights legislation

What did the Black Panther Party advocate for?

• Support for the Vietnam War

• Armed self-defense and Black empowerment

• Conservative political policies

• Integration and nonviolence

What was the main focus of the Chicano movement?

• To promote environmental conservation

• To address discrimination against Mexican Americans

• To advocate for women's rights

• To support the Vietnam War

What was the impact of Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring'?

• It led to the end of the Vietnam War

• It promoted the use of pesticides

• It sparked the modern environmental movement

• It was a call for civil rights