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WorksheetsKennedy & Johnson(Final Review)
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the Bay of Pigs invasion weaken the popularity of JFK?
a)
Other countries thought that we were weak because we had someone else fight a battle that we should have fought.
b)
U.S. citizens were angry that their president had failed at destroying our enemies.
c)
JFK's failure to intervene in Cuba was seen as a sign of weakness
2.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC)?
a)
USSR concerned with US missiles in Turkey, so Khrushchev (Leader of the USSR) decided to put SAMs in Cuba.
b)
JFK ordered the invasion of Cuba by Cuban Rebel Forces
3.
Who was the leader of Cuba during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Fulgencio Batista
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Ho Chi Minh
4.
When and where was JFK assassinated?
a)
September 11th, 1963 in Montgomery, Alabama
b)
April 15,1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana
c)
November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas
d)
September 7, 1945 in Houston, Texas
5.
Who assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
a)
James Earl Ray
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
Jack Ruby
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
6.
Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US.
b)
US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US.
c)
The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets.
d)
Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.
7.
Kennedy's solution to the Soviets trying to send missiles into Cuba was:
a)
To send Air Force jets over Cuba
b)
To create a hotline with the Soviets
c)
To lead the Bay of Pigs invasion
d)
To blockade (quarantine) the island
8.
This was the plan to train exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Cubanization
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Covert Operation X
9.
The city of Berlin was completely located in which country?
a)
East Germany
b)
West Germany
c)
North Vietnam
d)
South Vietnam
10.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Welfare
d)
Great Society
11.
This is a pre-school program for low-income children
a)
Medicaid
b)
Junior Kindergarten
c)
Head Start
d)
Medicare
12.
This provided low-cost medical insurance to people over 65
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
c)
Head Start
d)
VISTA
13.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
14.
This was the terrorist group who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
15.
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
16.
This herbicide was used to destroy Vietnam's jungle
a)
Agent Red
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Napalm
d)
Saturation Bombing
17.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
18.
This was replacing American troops with South Vietnamese troops.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
19.
These were people who were more willing to use military force.
a)
Hawks
b)
Doves
20.
Which University saw a protest become deadly?
a)
Ohio State
b)
Berkeley
c)
Kent State
d)
NYU
21.
What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?
a)
Communist
b)
Democratic
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
22.
What were the first soldiers sent to Vietnam used as?
a)
spies
b)
bomb makers
c)
Advisors
d)
Snipers and assassins
23.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
24.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
25.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
26.
Limits the power of the President during a time of conflict
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Economic Prevention Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act
27.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
28.
The anti-war movement at home became more intense and even violent. 4 students were killed at ________ by the national guardsmen when they were protesting the war on campus.
a)
Kansas State
b)
Kent State
c)
California State
d)
Ohio State
29.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
27th
b)
25th
c)
19th
d)
26th
30.
Which president was MOST responsible for escalating troop numbers in Vietnam?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
31.
What caused birth defects in babies in Vietnam and caused cancer and continues to cause ailments killing U. S. soldiers years after the war?
a)
Nuke Radiation
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Agent Blue
d)
Food poisoning
32.
What rule was Vietnam finally unified under
a)
Democratic
b)
Communist
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
33.
Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up a seat in the front of the bus to a white man.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr
b)
James Meredith
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Rosa Parks
34.
Founded to make better use of young Civil Rights workers
a)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
b)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
c)
KKK
d)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
35.
Members of SNCC used this method of protest to integrate lunch counters in the south:
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Riots
d)
Freedom Rides
36.
He sent the 101st airborne to protect the Little Rock 9 as they entered the newly desegregated school, demonstrating Federal power.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
MLK Jr.
d)
Kennedy
37.
First African-American Student to attend the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss):
a)
James Meredith
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
MLK Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
38.
Argued Brown VS. Board of Education before the Supreme Court and then became the first Black Supreme Court Justice
a)
Stokely Carmichael
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Orval Faubus
39.
These are guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution and laws of the nation
a)
Civil Rights
b)
Equality
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Idealism
40.
Refusing to obey laws you believe are unjust (Method advocated by MLK Jr.)
a)
Civil Rights
b)
Civil Disobedience
c)
Segregation
d)
Idealism
41.
A standard set by the US Supreme Court approving segregated facilities:
a)
Separate but Equal
b)
Separate but Unequal
c)
Affirmative Action
d)
Black Power
42.
A Movement encouraging African American Pride and political and social leadership:
a)
Affirmative Action
b)
Black Power
c)
Prejudice
d)
Civil Rights
43.
Elimination of segregation
a)
Civil Disobedience
b)
Desegregation
c)
Stereotype
d)
Racism
44.
Seperating people based on race
a)
Segregation
b)
Integration
c)
Resistance
d)
Idealism
45.
An organized action to express feelings of disapproval
a)
Prejudice
b)
Protest Movement
c)
Stereotype
d)
Individual Freedom
46.
Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?
a)
the Fourteenth Amendment
b)
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
c)
the Decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
the decision in Morgan v. Virginia
47.
Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
a)
due process of law
b)
"separate but equal"
c)
"all deliberate speed"
d)
equal protection under the law
48.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
a)
houses
b)
churches
c)
private universities
d)
public accomodations
49.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officers to do?
a)
register voters
b)
oversee the collection of poll taxes
c)
oversee programs to test voter literacy
d)
recount votes
50.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in which activity?
a)
hiring an employee
b)
selling or renting a home
c)
awarding a construction contract
d)
admitting students to state universities
51.
Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
a)
nonviolence
b)
Black Power
c)
black nationalism
d)
community development
52.
The first organized protest by African Americans during the modern Civil Rights Movement was ______.
a)
the "children's crusade" in Birmingham
b)
the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott
c)
the mass march on Washington, D.C.
d)
the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign
53.
One accomplishment of the _____ was to bring about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Montgomery bus boycott
54.
In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in _____.
a)
riots in Northern cities resulting from racial tensions
b)
a demonstration in support of integrating Southern colleges
c)
a funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
a campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi
55.
Which of the following events marked the beginning of the decline of the Civil Rights movement?
a)
the conversion of Malcolm X to orthodox Islam
b)
the drifting apart of SNCC and SCLC
c)
the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
the assassination of Robert Kennedy
56.
Cause: __________.
Effect: the Twenty-Fourth amendment was passed.
Effect: the Twenty-Fourth amendment was passed.
a)
Most southern schools remained segregated
b)
Poll taxes used to keep many African Americans from voting
c)
No black delegates were seated in the Democratic National Convention in 1964
d)
Urban riots spread nationwide
57.
Which lawyer worked with the NAACP on the Brown v. Board of Education case?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
James Farmer
c)
Jackie Robinson
d)
Thurgood Marshall
58.
Public universities in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas were only integrated after ______.
a)
the Supreme Court decided segregation in colleges were inherently unequal
b)
SNCC staged sit-ins on the public university campuses throughout the South
c)
the SCLC riveted naional attention on the violence that accompanied the enrollment of black students
d)
federal courts ordered states to integrate their higher education facilities
59.
In which of the following states did volunteers find it most difficult to register African Americans to vote?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Florida
c)
Georgia
d)
Mississippi
60.
1. Poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were ________.
a)
fair voting practices that marchers in Selma wanted the government to guarantee
b)
used to prevent African Americans from voting
c)
used by northern states to register thousands of voters
d)
not used until after the Voting Rights Act was passed
61.
Which of the following describes the correct order of events?
a)
1. African Americans are denied the right to vote. 2. African Americans organize marches for voting rights in Alabama. 3. The Voting Rights Act is signed.
b)
1. The Voting Rights Act is signed. 2. African Americans are denied the right to vote. 3. African Americans organize marches for voting rights in Alabama.
c)
1. African Americans are denied the right to vote. 2. The Voting Rights Act is signed. 3. African Americans organize marches for voting rights in Alabama.
d)
1. The Voting Rights Act is signed. 2. African Americans organize marches for voting rights in Alabama. 3. African Americans are denied the right to vote.
62.
The marchers planned to go from Selma to ________.
a)
Jackson, Mississippi
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Montgomery, Alabama
d)
Raleigh, North Carolina
63.
Who signed the Voting Rights Act?
a)
President John F. Kennedy
b)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
President Richard M. Nixon
d)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
64.
What is one thing the Voting Rights Act did?
a)
required more grandfather clauses
b)
banned literacy tests
c)
banned absentee voting
d)
automatically registered all adults to vote
65.
Which of the following people was murdered and displayed in an open casket and was a spark for the modern Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Homer Plessy
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Emmett Till
66.
What was the event that led to more African Americans registering to vote in Mississippi and other Southern states?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
March on Washington
c)
Selma March
d)
Freedom Summer
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