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WorksheetsUnit7--1960s/1970s
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which statement explains why President John F. Kennedy ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?
The United States government believed the new government in Cuba was a right-wing dictatorship.
The United States government feared stronger ties between Communist Cuba and the Soviet Union.
The United States government suspected the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The United States government wanted to acquire Cuba as an agricultural colony.
“You, Mr. President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use force.” Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, letter to John F. Kennedy, October 24, 1962
Which US action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?
Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America
Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba
Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam
Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin
Competition with the USSR during the “space race” was beneficial to the United States because it
prevented any other country from developing nuclear weapons.
led to an increase investments in science and technology.
eventually led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
caused more emigration from the USSR.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city
As a defense against the Soviet Union
To keep people from escaping to West Germany
According to what Cold War philosophy did the United States believe that, if Vietnam fell to Communism, all of the other southeastern Asian countries nearby would fall to Communism as well?
Red Scare
Containment
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
What was the significance of President Nixon's visit to Communist China in 1972?
It led to the reunification of Taiwan with Communist China
It persuaded Chinese leaders to introduce capitalism into the marketplace
It showed that the Cold War between the "Free World" and Communism was over
It opened the way for China's entry into the United Nations and trade with the United States
What policy did President Richard Nixon introduce to remove American troops from South Vietnam without abandoning that country to Communist rule?
Vietnamization
"Arms for Bases"
Flexible Response
Operation Rolling Thunder
The quote below comes from a speech given by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964: “I submit, for the consideration of the Congress and the country, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The Act does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course.... It can be a milestone in our one-hundred-eighty year search for a better life for our people.” Source: Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook
President Johnson gave this speech because the United States faced which of these problems?
unequal pay for women
widespread unemployment
failure to pass a minimum wage law
a high level of poverty
What was the significance of Roe v. Wade?
It protected abortion rights for women.
It allowed women to be drafted into the military.
It prohibited gender discrimination in the workplace.
It brought national attention to violence against women.
What is feminism?
the belief that women are superior to men
the idea that women should receive special protection under the law
the desire for the fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society
the conviction that women and men should be socially, politically, and economically equal
How did President Lyndon Johnson believe these programs would change society?
By creating economic incentives for entrepreneurship.
By promoting equal opportunity and reducing poverty.
By developing government agencies to monitor race relations.
By encouraging civic participation and eliminating infectious diseases.
Which of the following events caused the changes in African American voter registration shown in the table?
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Southern states enacted their own new voting laws
Desegregated restaurants and hotels made voting easier
Newly integrated schools encouraged African Americans to vote
“If we don’t do something real soon, I think you’ll have to agree that we’re going to be forced
either to use the ballot or the bullet. It’s one or the other in 1964. It isn’t that time is running
out—time has run out!”
-- Malcolm X, April 3, 1964
Which type of action against racial injustice is Malcolm X supporting in this passage?
Violent riots
Political action
Non-violent protest
Any means necessary to end injustice
Why were Arkansas National Guardsmen deployed in the image?
To prevent nine African-American students from entering their high school
To carry out a state executive order that integrated public schools
To protect nine African-American students who were integrating a high school
To enforce the decision inBrown v. Board of Education
The revolution is at hand, and we must free ourselves of the chains of political and economic slavery. The nonviolent revolution is saying, "We will not wait for the courts to act, for we have been waiting for hundreds of years. We will not wait for the President, the Justice Department, nor Congress, but we will take matters into our own hands and create a source of power, outside of any national structure, that could and would assure us a victory." —SNCC Chairman John Lewis, speech at March on Washington, August 28, 1963
In this speech, Chairman Lewis is sending the message that
civil rights advocates cannot expect the federal government to promote justice.
it is time to abandon nonviolent resistance as a means of protest.
when segregation is abolished, circumstances will improve for all blacks.
states’ rights can work in favor of the civil rights movement as well as against it.
“Integration . . . has been based on complete acceptance of the fact that in order to have a decent house or education, blacks must move into a white neighborhood or send their children to a white school. This reinforces the notion . . . that ‘white’ is automatically better and ‘black’ is by definition inferior.” —“What We Want,” 1966
In this statement, Stokely Carmichael is arguing
for busing African American students to white schools.
against the integration of schools.
for economic advancement and better schools.
in support of school desegregation.
What was the goal of African American and white volunteers during the Freedom Summer?
to train African Americans in job skills
to integrate state-supported universities
to protest segregated eating establishments
to register African American voters
In the 1960s, which issue was the focus of the Supreme Court decisions in Mapp v. Ohio, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Miranda v. Arizona?
freedom of the press
racial segregation
rights of the accused
interstate commerce
What was the significance of the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
It outlawed the use of poll taxes.
It prohibited the use of racial quotas.
It outlawed segregation in public schools.
It prohibited discrimination by teachers unions.
What strategy did both Martin Luther King Jr. and César Chávez use to achieve social change?
Organized boycotts
Started riots
Created militant demonstrations
Organized labor unions
The cartoon above was published in May 1973.
With which event was this cartoon associated?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Iran Hostage Crisis
Watergate Scandal
Iran-Contra Affair
What was a lasting effect of the Vietnam War and the Watergate Scandal under President Richard Nixon?
The system of checks and balances was weakened.
Trust in elected officials was undermined.
Presidential responsiveness to public opinion was lessened.
The scope of executive privilege was broadened.
Which of these MOST accurately describes a result of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs?
Federal anti-poverty programs were enacted for the first time in history.
Less tax money was spent on social programs.
Federal spending was increased for education, housing, and health care.
The federal government gave up many state and local government functions.
Which of the following best describes the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
It marked the first occurrence of federal troops being called in to monitor elections.
It increased the role of the federal government in protecting African American civil rights.
It marked the first time that white Southerners lost control of the political process in the region.
It led many Southern states to amend their constitutions to prevent the enfranchisement of African Americans.
Where were Project Mercury flights launched from?
Kodiak Island
Wallops Island Flight Facility
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Vandenberg Air Force Base
