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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 29mins
What was the Bay of Pigs?
A cove of pigs.
a SUCCESSFUL invasion of Cuba.
A failed invasion attempt by the U.S. to overthrow Castro.
Castro's invasion of the United States.
How did the United States work to challenge the Soviet Union in the "Space Race" after Sputnik?
They sent spies to copy Soviet space secrets
War was declared on the Soviet Union
The US put nuclear missiles closer to the Soviet Union
NASA was created and the US spent more on math and science education to make engineers.
Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?
It meant the Soviet Union could stop all nuclear attacks sent their way
It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets
They believed the USSR would soon declare war on the US
It made Americans feel an impending invasion of US soil was happening
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
Vietminh
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minhions
What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?
The US sent is own satellites into Space
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon
Who became president in 1963 when JFK was assassinated?
Nixon
LBJ
Ford
Carter
Who murdered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th, 1968?
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Boothe
Lee Harvey Oswald
Richard Nixon
What resolution passed gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism and was the justification for the escalation of troops to Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
Mekong Delta Resolution
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?
SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK I
UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE
Which of the following is evidence for the US winning the space race?
US LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE
USSR LAUNCHED A FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON
JOHN GLENN ORBITED THE EARTH
Which of the following was supported by the Space Race?
Computer Technology
Pharmacology
Zoology
Spaceship Detailing
The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
World War I
Worl War II
Cold War
Civil War
Who was the last person to perform at Woodstock?
John Denver
Richie Havens
Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix
The Warren Commission studied?
Kennedy Assassination
MLK Murder
Watergate
Woodstock
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" came from what Supreme Court case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
LBJ v. America
4 students were killed at an anti-war protest on what campus?
Kent State
Akron
College of Wooster
University of Toledo
What does "SNCC?"
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Stupid nurses Cops Cones
Singers No Cool Calls
Student's Violence Coordinating Committee
Those that supported Richard Nixon but did not share their opinion were known as?
Wimps
Silent Majority
Rich People
Silent Minority
The black teenagers that were the first to integrate Little Rock Central High School were known as?
Little Rock Students
Intruders
Little Rock Nine
Arkansas Free Riders
What was the name of the first American Satellite launched into space?
Elrod II
Apollo
Sputnik
Explorer I
What was the name of the craft that carried John Glenn?
Rocketship
Eagle 2
Freedom 7
Fred
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by what President?
Lincoln
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
