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WorksheetsUS Standard 21 Resource Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which US Presidency was know for his Great Society Programs and War on Poverty?
Lyndon B Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
First Telivised Debates, establishes Peace Corps, Warren Court and the New Frontier
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
This established that separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
Dred Scott v Sandford
Roe v Wade
Plessy v Ferguson
Sit-ins, freedom rides, & marches were all examples of...
Attempts to expand opportunities for minorities
New forms of exercise in the 60s
Ways to connect the North & South US
Economic growth for minorities
Which part of Vietnam was Communist?
North
South
Neither
Both
Why did the U.S. back South Vietnam?
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
their belief in the Domino Theory
the War Powers Act
they needed more help
What is the Domino Theory?
it's a game
It would reunite the country under democratic rule
Communism would spread throughout Europe
if one South East Asian country falls to communism the others would follow.
Fidel Castro was _____________________________.
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War; tried to spread communism to Cuba
Corrupted ruler of Cuba in the 1940's and 1950's; overthrown by US supported revolutionaries backed by President Eisenhower
the leader of the Cuban Revolution in late 1950's who wanted Cubans to have greater control of their country; later allied Cuba with the Soviet Union
Leader of China who tried to spread communism to South Korea and South Vietnam in an effort to create a unified Asia
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt by ______________________to invade Cuba, but it failed because ______________________________________.
American marines and navy seals; the US Air Force failed to provide timely air support
Cuban exiles trained by the CIA in the US; Kennedy refused to send US military support
Cuban communist supporters; Kennedy sent too much military support and the Soviets military defeated us.
Soviet navy and soldiers; Eishenhowe refused to send backup when the battle started to go downhill because he didn't want to use nuclear weapons.
The Cuban Missile Crisis is best described as __________________.
the discovery of U.S. nuclear missiles in China and President Kruschev's threat of the Soviet Union to invade the country;
the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and President Kennedy's threat to blockade and invade the country; Soviets agreed to remove missiles if the US removes theirs from Turkey
the discovery of Cuban missiles in Cuba and President Kennedy's threat to start World War III; Cubans agree to remove missiles if the US agrees to give up property ownership in Cuba
the discovery of Soviet missiles in the Cuba and President Kennedy's investigation of the US government, the CIA, and the military for communist supporters who allowed this to happen.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ___________________________________.
upheld the constitutionality of the "separate but equal" doctrine in all areas of American life
was a campaign to register voters to vote in the 1964 presidential election
Prohibited segregation in public accommodations and discrimination in education and employment
ruled that slaves were not citizens and could be transported anywhere in the US without losing their slave status
Who said, "...ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
What happened to end John F. Kennedy's presidency?
He resigned due to a scandal of abuse of power and obstruction of justice
He was impeached for improper behavior.
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
He left office after only four years after being defeated.
In education the purpose of what led to enrolling more students into colleges that have previously been discriminated against in order to correct the wrong doings of the past and increase employment of discriminate populations
Affirmative Action
De facto Segregation
Civil rights act of 1968
Voting rights act of 1965
Which NAACP civil rights leader became the first black Supreme Court justice?
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Thurgood Marshall
Which civil rights leader was known for taking a more radical approach to promote change
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
MLK and other ministers were prominent members of what organization that promoted nonviolent protest to combat segregation?
Black Panthers
NAACP
Freedom Summer
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
