WorksheetsFifties and Sixties Test B
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who won the election of 1960?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
2.
Which President established the Peace Corps?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
3.
Which president challenged the nation to safely put a man on the moon and return him to Earth safely before the decades end?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
4.
In the election of 1960 people who heard the Presidential Debate on Radio believed ___________ won.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
5.
In the election of 1960 people who watched the Presidential Debate on television believed ___________ won.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
6.
Who was appointed Attorney General for John F. Kennedy?
a)
Robert McNamara
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Hubert Humphrey
7.
Who was appointed Secretary of Defense for John F. Kennedy?
a)
Robert McNamara
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Hubert Humphrey
8.
Who was the Premier of the Soviet Union who ordered the Berlin Wall built?
a)
Khrushchev
b)
Gorbachev
c)
Andropov
d)
Stalin
9.
Where did the Soviet Union attempt to place Missiles in 1961 almost leading to a Nuclear War between the USA and USSR?
a)
Cuba
b)
Turkey
c)
Panama
d)
Santo Domingo
10.
Who was the Communist Leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs disaster?
a)
Raul Castro
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Hugo Chavez
d)
Che Guevera
11.
The goal of the Bay of Pigs incident was
a)
Overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Removal of nuclear missile sites
c)
Protection of communism in Europe
d)
Overthrow of Fidel Castro
12.
The U.S. met the Cuban Missile Crisis with which action?
a)
Naval quarantine of offensive weaponry
b)
Air strikes on missile sites on island
c)
Launching Bay of Pigs operation
d)
Presented case to UN for sanctions
13.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
14.
Communist leader of Cuba who openly supported the Soviet Union
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Yuri Gagarin
15.
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
16.
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
17.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, it caused Americans to worry
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Jew
c)
Protestant
d)
Hindu
18.
President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev met together at the _______ Summit.
a)
Versailles
b)
Vincennes
c)
Vienna
d)
Verona
19.
Kennedy's initial response to discovering nuclear missiles in Cuba was
a)
Attack Cuba
b)
Blockade Cuba
c)
Bomb the missile sites
d)
Bay of Pigs invasion
20.
The name of a famous music festival in the 60s.
a)
Country Fest
b)
Woodstock
c)
Coachella
d)
Bieber Fever
21.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
22.
African Americans form their own political party in 1964, and forced the National Democratic Convention to compromise to eventually make equality a party issue
a)
sit-in campaigns
b)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
23.
On February 1, 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, N.C. tried to integrate the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth; this type of protest spread across the south and became very effective
a)
sit-in campaign
b)
Riots in Birmingham
24.
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people joined together at the Lincoln Memorial in order to try to put pressure on Congress to pass the civil rights legislation
a)
March on Washington
b)
Selma Voting Rights marches
25.
Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
26.
Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
27.
The federal law prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the federal government would enforce desegregation
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
28.
Who said "This is one small step for man, it is one giant leap for mankind"?
a)
Lance Armstrong
b)
Buzz Aldrin
c)
Jim Lovell
d)
Neal Armstrong
29.
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
a)
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
b)
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
c)
the French promised to support American colonies
d)
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
30.
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Le Duc Tho
b)
Ngo Deinh Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Vo Nguyen Giap
31.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
32.
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
a)
modern, mechanized warfare
b)
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
c)
archaic, stone-age warfare
d)
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
33.
What major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
a)
New Year's Offensive
b)
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Saigon Offensive
34.
What was the term Nixon used to describe South Vietnamese taking over fighting in the conflict?
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Militarization
c)
Americanization
d)
Democratization
35.
The lunch counter “sit-ins” were meant to
a)
antagonize the restaurant owners.
b)
draw attention to segregation and challenge the law.
c)
provoke police intervention.
d)
protest rising food costs
36.
Court Case that overturned the 1896 Separate but Equal case was
a)
Brown v. BOE ,1954
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1964
37.
What country was the first to send a man to space?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
USA
c)
Germany
d)
England
38.
Who led the migrant farm workers?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Bobby Kennedy
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
ZJoan Baez
39.
What is the name of the farm workers union that protected the rights of migrant farm workers?
a)
United Nations
b)
Great Society
c)
New Deal
d)
United Farm Workers Union
40.
Which civil rights leader supported civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance and desegregation.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Malcolm X
41.
Why did John Carlos and Tommie Smith carry out the action in the photo at the 1968 olympics
a)
They wanted to bring people together after the assassinations of 1968
b)
They wanted to leave the U.S
c)
They were protesting the fact that the olympics were held in Mexico
d)
They protesting against communism
42.
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
43.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
26th
44.
At the Democratic Convention in this city in 1968, violent riots took place.
a)
New York
b)
San Francisco
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Chicago
45.
What gave war powers back to congress after the Vietnam War?
a)
War Powers Act
b)
Immigration Act
c)
Tonkin Resolution Act
d)
Civil Rights Act
46.
Which constitutional amendment outlawed poll taxes?
a)
20
b)
18
c)
24
d)
27
47.
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
48.
This provided low-cost medical insurance to people over 65
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
c)
Head Start
d)
VISTA
49.
What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?
a)
Alliance for Progress
b)
Green Peace
c)
Peace Corps
d)
Army Corps of Engineers
50.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
51.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
52.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
53.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
54.
Sputnik 1 was launched by:
a)
US
b)
USSR
55.
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
a)
perjury
b)
murder
c)
espionage
d)
embezzlement
56.
Who headed a communist witch hunt?
a)
McCarthy
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Lodge
d)
Stevens
57.
The Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss are known for what?
a)
Being Soviet Spys
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Being WWII heroes
d)
Making killer macaroni and cheese
58.
Which Civil Rights Leader also became the first African American to serve on the US Supreme Court?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Rosa Parks
59.
Why was the end of the Korean War considered a stalemate?
a)
The cold war continued.
b)
The North and South were still divided.
c)
Both the North and South lost many lives.
d)
The United States removed all of its troops.
60.
Leading voice of the Civil Rights Movement; helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott; was a Baptist minister
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr
61.
Supreme Court decision in 1954, stating that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional; over ruled Plessy v Ferguson; called for integration of schools in the U.S.
a)
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
b)
Brown v Board of Education of Kansas City, Kansas
62.
The students who at first were kept from attending Central High School in 1957, by the National Guard, but then were escorted to classes by the 101st Airborne sent by President Eisenhower
a)
Emmett Till
b)
Little Rock Nine
63.
In 1955, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who supposedly flirted with a white woman in Money, Mississippi, was killed by her husband and dumped into the Tallahatchie River weighted down with a cotton gin fan and barbed wire.
a)
Emmett Till
b)
Orval Faubus
64.
Which lawyer argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education ?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren
65.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC.
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Jesse Jackson
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