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WorksheetsAcademic Pentathlon Social Science
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which US President was first seen as an advocate and protector of the American people?
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
America's first credit car was
American Express
Master Card
Diner's Club
Visa
At the height of the "baby boom" years in America, one child was born every
seven seconds
fifteen minutes
three minutes
forty seconds
The term "McCarthysim" is most closely associated with
fear of communism
Vietnam War
economic boom
Civil Rights Movement
Which landmark Supreme Court case ruled that the "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional?
Plessy v Ferguson
Civil Rights Case
Brown v Board of Education
Garner v Louisiana
In which decade did the Korean War begin?
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
The acronym, ICBM stands for
intercontinental banking markets
international cooperation for banking and markets
intercontinental ballistic missile
investigations on communism, Bolsheviks, and military
In which branch of the American military did President Kennedy serve?
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Prior to World War II, Vietnam was a _______ colony.
French
British
Spanish
Chinese
The march for Jobs and Freedom(1963) ended at the ______ in Washington, D.C.
US Capitol building
Supreme Court
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Memorial
In which US city was President Kennedy assassinated?
New York City, New York
Boston, Massachusetts
Dallas, TX
Chicago, Illinois
Before public office, President Lyndon Johnson was a
Lawyer
Teacher
Physician
Journalist
What is the capital of Alabama?
Selma
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
The actions of the Black Panthers prompted the state of ____ to ban individuals from carrying loaded firearms in public.
California
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
How many college students were killed in a protest at Kent State University in Ohio?
10
32
18
4
Which of the following politicians ran against Hubert Humphrey for the Democrat party's presidential nomination during the 1968 presidential race?
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Documents that contained the secret history of America's involvement in Vietnam and ten leaked to the New York Times were known as the
Nixon Records
Secret War Document
Pentagon Papers
Secrets of Vietnam
In which year was the first satellite in space launched?
1968
1957
1972
1947
The first man in space was
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
Which type of tax was required in order to vote in the South prior to the 1960's
consumption
poll
regressive
property
Cuba is approximately ___ miles from the American coast.
ten
ninety
thirty
two hundred
In what year did America enter World War II?
1917
1929
1941
1954
Seoul is the capital of which Asian country?
South Korea
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
How did the East German government prevent its citizens from leaving East Berlin for West Berlin?
They revoked all East German passports.
They closed down all German airports and train stations.
They asked the Soviet military to surround both East and West Berlin.
They constructed a brick and concrete wall between East and West Berlin.
Which US president was the First to cut off diplomatic relations with the Cuban government?
John Kennedy
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
