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WorksheetsUSH Chapter 20
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who won the 1960 presidential election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Jimmy Carter
2.
President Eisenhower's vice president who ran against Kennedy in the 1960 election
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Gerald Ford
3.
He was arrested for sitting at a segregated lunch counter in Georgia
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
4.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 election because he looked good on T.V. and supported civil rights
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The Kennedy's time in the White House is known as
a)
Era of Good Feelings
b)
Best of the Brightest
c)
The Peaceful Years
d)
Camelot Years
6.
What was the name of the President's advisors?
a)
Black Panthers
b)
The best and the Brightest
c)
The Camelot Gang
d)
Peace Corp
7.
Who did President Kennedy make Attorney General
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Fidel Castro
8.
President Kennedy's policy to strengthen the non-nuclear military
a)
Island Hopping
b)
Flexible Response
c)
Brinkmanship
d)
Containment
9.
What elite branch of the military did President Kennedy create?
a)
Navy SEALs
b)
Army Rangers
c)
Marine Corp
d)
Green Berets
10.
Communist leader of Cuba who openly supported the Soviet Union
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Yuri Gagarin
11.
The 1960 CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. It failed miserably.
a)
U-2 Incident
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Berlin Wall
12.
The situation when Cuba had nuclear missiles ready to launch and the U.S. blockaded Cuba threatening nuclear war
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Berlin Crisis
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Guatemalan War
13.
Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Great Wall of China
14.
This was a direct line between the White House and the Kremlin.
a)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
Hotline
d)
Berlin Wall
15.
The first American to go to space
a)
Alan Shepard
b)
Yuri Gagarin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Buzz Aldrin
16.
President Kennedy's broad vision for the U.S. He hoped to explore space and fight against poverty and racism
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Society
c)
New Frontier
d)
New America
17.
Spending more money than is brought in
a)
Equity Spending
b)
Opportunity Cost
c)
Efficiency
d)
Deficit Spending
18.
This was created by President Kennedy to provide assistance to developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
a)
Peace Corp
b)
Alliance for Progress
c)
Pencils of Promise
d)
American Peace Association
19.
The program that sent $12 billion to Latin American countries hoping they would not turn to Communism like Cuba did
a)
Latin American Hope Project
b)
Anti-Communist Peace Corp
c)
Alliance for Progress
d)
Peace Corp
20.
The first human to go to space
a)
Yuri Gagarin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Buzz Aldrin
d)
Alan Shepard
21.
The program created to lead space exploration and research
a)
Department of Defense
b)
Homeland Security
c)
NASA
d)
STARS Alliance
22.
Who was the first man on the moon?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Buzz Kennedy
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
Alan Shepard
23.
Michael Harrington's book that brought American's attention to poverty in their own country
a)
The Other America
b)
How the Other Half Lives
c)
Lives of the Others
d)
Poverty in America
24.
President Kennedy began to lose support because he supported African-American's civil rights
a)
True
b)
False
25.
President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Who was President Kennedy's Vice President?
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Jimmy Carter
27.
Who is the man charged with killing President Kennedy?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Jack Ruby
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
John Wilkes Booth
28.
The official report for the assassination of President Kennedy
a)
CIA Defense Report
b)
Warren Commission
c)
Kennedy Report
d)
Johnson Commission
29.
Which man shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Jack Ruby
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
30.
The Warren Commission claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald was not part of a conspiracy and acted on his own
a)
False
b)
True
31.
The assassination of President Kennedy is not surrounded by controversy
a)
False
b)
True
32.
The civil rights movement began in the 1960s
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Lee Harvey Oswald had spent time in the Soviet Union and supported Fidel Castro
a)
True
b)
False
34.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, it caused Americans to worry
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Jew
c)
Protestant
d)
Hindu
35.
President Kennedy was young, attractive, and charismatic. His wife was stylish, graceful, and beautiful.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
President Eisenhower and his Vice President Richard Nixon used the policy of brinkmanship during the Cold War
a)
False
b)
True
37.
President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were blamed for the Cuban Missile Crisis and for almost starting a nuclear war
a)
True
b)
False
38.
The Berlin Wall was an ugly symbol of Communist oppression
a)
True
b)
False
39.
The USA and Soviet Union did not agree to a Limited Test Ban Treaty, barring the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
a)
False
b)
True
40.
Cuba was not Communist during the 1960s and had good relations with the United States
a)
True
b)
False
41.
He was a Protestant from Texas, idolized FDR, and created the Great Society
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Gerald Ford
42.
It prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, gender, and national origin and gave the government the power to enforce the bill
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
GI Bill of Rights
c)
Economic Opportunity Act
d)
Immigration Act of 1965
43.
About $1 billion was given for youth programs, anti poverty measures, and jobs training. Project Head Start was created for underprivileged preschoolers.
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Poverty Act of 1960
c)
Economic Opportunity Act
d)
GI Bill of Rights
44.
He ran against LBJ in the 1964 Presidential election.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
John Baker
d)
Barry Goldwater
45.
Barry Goldwater wanted to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam and believed the government should not try to right issues like poverty and civil rights.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
President Johnson's vision for the United States. He wanted to end poverty, racial injustice, and provide a better standard of living for all people.
a)
New Frontier
b)
Great America
c)
Great Society
d)
New Deal
47.
Provided hospital and low cost medical insurance for Americans over the age of 65.
a)
Head Start
b)
Medicaid
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Medicare
48.
Extended health insurance to welfare recipients
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
c)
Head Start
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
49.
Opened the door for many non-European immigrants to settle in the United States by ending quotas based on nationality
a)
Un-American Immigration Act of 1960
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Immigration Act of 1965
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
50.
A book written by Rachel Carson to expose
a)
Silent Spring
b)
The Other America
c)
Pollution in American
d)
How the Other Half Lives
51.
What was the topic of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring?
a)
Nuclear War
b)
Food Industry
c)
Environmentalism
d)
Politics
52.
Landmark court case that ruled segregation in schools was unconstitutional
a)
Gideon v. Wainwright
b)
Baker v. Carr
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Brown v. Board of Educatio
53.
The supreme court that banned state-sanctioned prayer in schools.
a)
Roberts Court
b)
Warren Court
c)
Marshall Court
d)
Burger Court
54.
The way states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them.
a)
Graft
b)
Gerrymandering
c)
Reapportionment
d)
Deficit Spending
55.
Court case that established the principle of one person, one vote
a)
Baker v. Carr
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
56.
Court case that required criminal courts to provide legal counsel to those who could not afford it
a)
Baker v. Carr
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
57.
The Great Society and the Warren Court had no effect on the United States
a)
True
b)
False
58.
Court case that ruled all suspects must be read their right before questioning
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Baker v. Carr
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
59.
Conservative Republican who appealed to Americans who were disillusioned with the Great Society
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
George Bush
60.
The Great Society increased the national deficit (debt )
a)
True
b)
False
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