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Worksheets1960's Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
____________________ was the United States main goal in Vietnam.
Reunifying Vietnam
Containing the spread of communism
Upholding the Geneva Accords
Negotiate a cease fire with North Vietnam
______________________ served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Dean Rusk
Clark Clifford
Robert McNamara
William Westmoreland
____________________ did not occur in 1968
The Tet Offensive
The U.S. invasion of Cambodia
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
After World War II, the United States aided ________ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam
Japan
China
France
Britain
__________________ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable
Body counts
The Tet Offensive
The actions of Students for a Democratic Society
The invasion of Cambodia
John F. Kennedy, The Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a Senator from
New York
California
Texas
Massachusetts
The Economic Opportunity Act did all of the following expect
offer foreign aid to Latin American countries
give underprivileged preschoolers a head start
encourage poor people to join in public works programs
create a training program for youth
Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated, was
never elected president by the people
an experienced politician
mistrusted because he was a Catholic
opposed to the Great Society
Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide
housing
transportation
education
health insurance
Decisions made by the Warren led Supreme Court were
of little importance to the average American
praised by liberals
praised by conservatives
an obstacle to change in election districts
Which of the affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?
the 14th
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
the decision of Morgan v. Virginia
Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education
due process of law
"separate but equal"
"all deliberate speed"
equal protection of the law
What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on buses?
social
economic
political
physical force
Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
nonviolence
Black Power
black nationalism
community development
Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?
to persuade Americans that a Vietcong surrender was imminent
to motivate U.S. soldiers to desire revenge
to build antiwar sentiment in the United States
to show that the war could not be won without U.S. involvement
Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?
If one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall, too.
Communism will topple the global economy.
Communism will cause the fall of the United States.
Socialist governments are a thereat to freedom.
In Brown v. Board of Education, the doctrine of _______ relating to public education was finally overturned.
due process of law
"separate but equal"
"all deliberate speed"
equal protection under the law
The first organized movement by African-Americans to fight segregation was ____________________.
the "children's crusade" in Birmingham.
the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott
the mass march on Washington, D.C.
the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign
In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in ___________.
riots in Northern cities resulting from racial tensions
a demonstration in support of integrating Southern colleges
a funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.
a campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi
Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ______________ preached a militant approach to civil rights
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Medgar Evars
Fannie Lou Hammer
A major turning point in the civil rights movement was marked by _______________
the conversion of Malcolm X to orthodox Islam
the drifting apart of SNCC and SCLC
the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
the assassination of Robert Kennedy
What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
American's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkery
the discovery that the missiles had been removed
Castro's promise to restore democracy
Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
to embarrass America
to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
to reduce Cold War tension
to demonstrate the success of communism
How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?
indifference
pride in human achievement
determination not to lose the space race
threats of military action
What was one result of Johnson's Great Society initiatives?
a balanced budget
reduction in the power of the federal government
a conservative backlash
increased taxes
What was the major factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?
Johnson's domestic agenda
Goldwater's liberlaism
Johnson's determination to fight communism
Goldwater's call for the use of nuclear weapons against Cuba and Vietnam
