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WorksheetsAmerican History Unit 4 Practice Test
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which statement about President Kennedy is true?
He ordered federal officials to arrest Martin Luther King, Jr., for staging sit-ins at segregated lunch counters.
He only appointed people to his cabinet who shared his political views and agreed with all his policies.
He followed President Eisenhower's advice to keep a low profile and not be controversial.
He visited the divided city of Berlin and gave a powerful speech about political freedom.
Which statement accurately describes Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's reaction to the Bay of Pigs invasion?
He feared that Castro might assassinate Kennedy and ordered Soviet troops to arrest him.
He was concerned that Castro might invade Florida and removed Soviet advisors from Cuba.
He wanted to avoid confrontation and asked to meet with Kennedy to work out their differences.
He believed that Kennedy was a weak president and decided to place Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Which statement about the Cuban Missile Crisis is true?
The U.S. government backed down and allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Cuba.
The Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba and the U.S. agreed to remove missiles from Turkey.
Kennedy and Khrushchev secretly agreed to divide the island of Cuba between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev agreed to allow American forces to occupy Cuba and remove Castro from power.
Which statement about the importance of Cuba's geographic location is true?
American planes crossing the Atlantic would have to fly through Cuban airspace.
Soviet missiles based in Cuba could reach the U.S. with little warning time.
Cuba's position next to the Panama Canal made it a threat to American shipping.
Cuban warplanes could easily reach American cities on the West Coast.
How did the American public react to televised scenes of Birmingham's police force turning dogs and fire hoses against peaceful civil rights marchers?
Most people across the North and the South sympathized with the police.
Most northerners and southerners felt the civil rights movement had achieved its goals.
Northerners didn't pay any attention and southerners didn't have television sets.
Decent people, both in the North and in the South, were horrified and outraged.
Where did Martin Luther King Jr., deliver his famous "I have a dream" speech?
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
from his jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama
before both houses of Congress in the U.S. Capitol
at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York
Which organization was formed in the 1960s by young blacks who were fed up with the slow pace of progress on civil rights?
the American Civil Rights Institute
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Why did President Kennedy travel to Dallas in November 1963?
to meet with Martin Luther King, Jr. about the civil rights situation in Texas
to attend a Dallas Cowboys football game as the guest of Governor Connally
to ask Lyndon Johnson to run for governor of Texas in the upcoming election
to encourage unity among Texas Democrats and win support for his programs
Which term refers to President Johnson's program to end poverty, improve education, and provide health care to all?
the New Frontier
the Great Society
the Square Deal
the Fair Shake
Which country was a major provider of arms and supplies to North Vietnam during the war?
South Korea
United States
Australia
China
Which statements about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, are true? (two answers)
Television stations across the country refused to show attacks on marchers by police because it was too graphic.
James Reeb, a white minister from Boston, was murdered in Selma by segregationists.
Clergymen from many faiths joined Martin Luther King, Jr. in a "minister's march" to the Alabama capital.
President Johnson refused to intervene or speak publicly on behalf of the marchers.
Which statements about American involvement in Vietnam are true? (two answers)
American presidents of both parties supported the war so as not to appear soft on communism.
When the U.S. started bombing Hanoi, communist forces in South Vietnam surrendered.
Many Americans questioned their government's motives and justification for sending troops to Vietnam.
Presidential advisors urged both Kennedy and Johnson not to send American forces to Vietnam.
Presidential advisors urged both Kennedy and Johnson not to send American forces to Vietnam.
peaceful integration of once-segregated neighborhoods
overcrowded and crime-ridden inner cities
inadequate schools and public transportation
destructive and deadly riots in many large cities
Which statement about César Chávez's actions in support of farm workers in California is true?
He persuaded farmers in other states to increase production to drive California growers out of business.
He called for a strike and a boycott against grape growers who refused to allow unionized workers.
He encouraged migrants to move back to Mexico, where they would receive higher wages.
He urged striking grape pickers to destroy crops in the fields before they could be harvested.
Which statement accurately describes Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968?
He failed to gain the support of Martin Luther King, Jr., because of his civil rights record.
He had just won the California and South Dakota primaries when he was assassinated.
He vowed that as the Republican candidate he would continue fighting the war in Vietnam.
He promised Governor George Wallace that he would support segregation in Alabama.
Which effect did the Vietnam War have on Lyndon Johnson's presidency?
Early defeats led him to admit the war was a mistake and withdraw U.S. troops.
The war made him the most popular president in history when he finally left office.
Protests and frustration over the war led him to refuse to run for a second full term in 1968.
Profits from the war helped fund Johnson's domestic anti-poverty programs.
Which statement does not accurately describe major American cities during the 1960s?
Poor people lived in crowded, crime-ridden slums.
Relations between whites and blacks were much better in northern cities than in the South.
Inner-city schools were generally better than those found in the suburbs.
Unemployment and poverty were the major problems facing urban blacks.
Which action caused the greatest change for Native Americans during the 1960s and '70s?
Martin Luther King, Jr. staged rallies on reservations to gain publicity for their cause.
The U.S. government appointed Ben Nighthorse Campbell to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
American courts decided in their favor in treaty disputes, giving them land and monetary reparations.
President Johnson ordered that all Native American reservations be disbanded.
Members of which radical group assassinated civil rights leader Malcolm X?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC
Congress for Racial Equality or CORE
Nation of Islam or Black Muslims
Southern Christian Leadership Conference or SCLC
Which name did President Kennedy give his program for social legislation that included civil rights, tax-cut, and health-care bills, aid to cities and poor rural areas, manpower training, and a minimum wage?
Good Neighbor Policy
New Frontier
New Deal
Great Society
Which militant civil rights group was led by Malcolm X until he turned to nonviolence and left the group?
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nation of Islam
National Urban League
Which statement correctly describes the effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It outlawed discrimination against African Americans in the workplace and public facilities.
It provides equal protection under the law to citizens who were born outside the United States.
It guaranteed that equality under the law cannot be denied based on a person's gender.
It ended poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means used to prevent blacks from voting in southern states.
