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Worksheets1960s & Vietnam War
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The election of 1960s was between
a)
Kennedy & Johnson
b)
Kennedy & Goldwater
c)
Nixon & Johnson
d)
Kennedy & Nixon
2.
This is a set of wishes expressed to a candidate by voters.
a)
Nisei
b)
Nullification
c)
Mandate
d)
Ratify
3.
Kennedy's domestic program was called
a)
the Peace Corp
b)
the New Frontier
c)
the New Deal
d)
the Great Society
4.
Michael Harrington's book that discussed poverty in the U.S..
a)
The Other America
b)
Silent Spring
c)
Growing Up
d)
Hungry Hearts
5.
Which Kennedy bill gave $4.9 billion for urban renewal?
a)
Equal Housing Bill
b)
Restoration Bill
c)
Housing Act of 1961
d)
HUD
6.
Which constitutional amendment outlawed poll taxes?
a)
20
b)
18
c)
24
d)
27
7.
What is a poll tax?
a)
Charging s/one to vote
b)
Taxing a survey
c)
Paying s/one to vote
d)
It's a made up term
8.
This Supreme Court Justice investigated the assassination of JFK.
a)
McNamara
b)
Warren
c)
Johnson
d)
Oswald
9.
The Warren Commission declared that who killed JFK
a)
Castro
b)
The mob
c)
Johnson
d)
Oswald
10.
This was the plan to train exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Cubanization
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
11.
The city of Berlin was completely located in which country?
a)
East Germany
b)
West Germany
12.
He was the first person to land on the moon.
a)
John Glenn
b)
Yuri Gagarin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Sputnik
13.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Awesome Society
d)
Great Society
14.
This is a pre-school program for low-income children
a)
Medicaid
b)
Social Security
c)
Head Start
d)
Medicare
15.
This provided low-cost medical insurance to people over 65
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
c)
Head Start
d)
VISTA
16.
"You have the right to remain silent" comes from which Supreme Court case?
a)
Gideon v Wainwright
b)
Mapp v Ohio
c)
Escobedo v. Illinois
d)
Miranda v Arizona
17.
He was the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
18.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
19.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
20.
This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam
a)
My Lai
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
21.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
22.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution
a)
barely passed
b)
did not pass
c)
passed overwhelmingly
23.
The physical conditions of Vietnam made fighting easy
a)
True
b)
False
24.
This herbicide was used to destroy Vietnam's jungle
a)
Agent Red
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Napalm
d)
Saturation Bombing
25.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
26.
The leader of the My Lai massacre spent the rest of his life in prison.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
These stolen documents showed that government officials lied to Congress and the people.
a)
Snowden Paper
b)
Watergate Paper
c)
Pentagon Paper
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Paper
28.
This is a person who opposes fighting in the war on moral/religious grounds.
a)
Draft
b)
Conscientious Objector
c)
Silent Majority
d)
Hawk
29.
This meant that a person could postpone their military obligation
a)
Napalm
b)
Mandate
c)
Saturation
d)
Deferment
30.
This was replacing American troops with South Vietnamese troops.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
31.
These were people who were more willing to use military force.
a)
Hawks
b)
Doves
32.
This jelly-like substance burns uncontrollably.
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Deferment
c)
Kent
d)
Napalm
33.
What democrat entered the 1968 presidential race, but was shot and killed?
a)
Barry Goldwater
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon Johnson
34.
Which Ohio university saw a protest become deadly?
a)
Ohio State
b)
University of Ohio
c)
Kent State
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