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WorksheetsModern America Final: State of the Union and Popular Culture
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who beat Richard Nixon in 1960 to become the 35th President of the United States?
Jimmy Carter
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
What was the name of John F. Kennedy’s plan for domestic policies?
Great Society
Peace Corps
New World Order
New Frontier
During the 1960 presidential race, all of the following political milestones occurred EXCEPT…
Youngest person ever elected to Presidency
Largest winning margin ever in popular and electoral vote
First Roman Catholic elected to Presidency
First televised Presidential debate
What group was officially called, “The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy”?
Warren Commission
Kennedy Commission
Commission for Investigation
Government Commission
Who filmed the Kennedy assassination?
Tom Brokaw
Jack Ruby
George Connally
Abraham Zapruder
He was a Dallas club owner who killed Kennedy’s assassin…
Tom Brokaw
Jack Ruby
George Connally
Abraham Zapruder
What was one major goal of Johnson’s Great Society?
Tax cuts for the rich
Raise the standard of living in the US
Contain Communism
Increase funding for the military
All of the following were Great Society programs EXCEPT…
Defense of Marriage Act
Upward Bound
Medicare/Medicaid
National Endowment for the Arts
Which of the following refers to a health care program that assists low-income families or individuals in paying for doctor visits, hospital stays, long-term medical care, custodial care costs, and more?
Obamacare
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Who was the chief justice of the most progressive Supreme Court?
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
William Howard Taft
Roger Taney
How did the Warren Court’s Miranda decision expand the legal rights of individuals?
Any arrested suspect would automatically be assigned a court-appointed attorney.
People could no longer be arrested without being told a specific charge for the arrest.
Suspects became protected against evidence that had been improperly obtained.
Suspects would now be protected against self-incrimination upon being arrested.
The Supreme Court held that government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is directed to inciting or producing “imminent lawless action” and is likely to incite or produce such action in what milestone case?
Loving v. Virginia
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brown v. Board of Education
Mapp v. Ohio
What group was formed after the release of the Pentagon Papers to prevent further leaks of government information?
C.R.E.E.P.
The Plumbers
Hippies
D.N.C.
What was the primary reason behind the Watergate break-in in 1972?
Nixon’s reelection committee wanted to spy on the Democratic Party
Nixon wanted to recover the leaked Pentagon Papers
Nixon wanted to fake a break-in of his campaign headquarters to gain public support
Nixon wanted to purge his administration of possible communists
Richard Nixon fired the special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation after he asked the president to…
Resign
Pay "hush money" to Howard Hunt
Call the FBI for help
release secretly recorded audio tapes
The economy of the 1970s consisted of rising inflation and unemployment, known as what?
GNP
Depression
Stagflation
Recession
What was Gerald Ford’s most controversial act as President?
Balancing the budget
Pardoning Nixon
Bombing Laos
Raising Taxes
Jimmy Carter’s presidency was negatively impacted by all of the following EXCEPT…
the taking of American hostages in Iran
high inflation rates
a lack of clear goals and vision
growth of safe nuclear power
Which of the following BEST describes American society as it entered the 1980s?
Confident
Aggressive
Malaise
Prosperous
The famous Olympic “Miracle” that occurred between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was in what sport?
Hockey
Baseball
Soccer
Basketball
Reagan’s plan to revitalize the economy included…
Stock market investment policies
Raising federal spending by increasing government programs
Reducing taxes on the wealthy
Massive taxes on large corporations
Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Charles Guiteau
Lee Harvey Oswald
Timothy McViegh
John Hinckley Jr.
All of the following contributed to the shuttle Challenger explosion EXCEPT…
NASA budget cuts from the Reagan administration
NASA’s impatience to launch despite warnings
Faulty equipment (O-rings)
Weather conditions
Who was the teacher who died in the shuttle Challenger disaster?
Christa McAuliffe
Terry Womack
Benjamin Bloom
Maria Montessori
What did the two articles of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives charge against President Clinton?
Adultery and misuse of federal office facilities
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Bribery and jury tampering
Misdirection of funds and defiance of Congressional spending restrictions
Which school shooting established the school shooting in modern culture?
Parkland
Netwown
Aurora
Columbine
Victory in the 2000 presidential election was eventually awarded to George W. Bush when…
Al Gore conceded that it was impossible for him to win
The Supreme Court ruled that Florida’s hand counting of ballots was to be halted
A joint session of Congress declared Bush the winner
The Florida legislature awarded the state’s electoral votes to Bush
The period of economic downturn that ensued after the financial crisis of 2007-08 and affected many countries world-wide is called…
Black Friday
Great Depression
Great Recession
Dot Com Boom
The most controversial aspect of President Obama’s first term was his focus on…
His female nominees to the Supreme Court
A tax cut for the top wage earners
Universal health care coverage
Economic stimulus distribution
President Kennedy vigorously supported the U.S. space program because…
He saw the space race as a crucial area of competition with the Soviet Union and the source of positive propaganda around the world
He believed space colonies would be crucial to the survival of the human race in the event of a nuclear war
He had been a pilot himself and had a deep passion for all things aeronautic
He believed spin-off technology from the program would be a boost to the U.S. economy
The 1968 Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon was significant because...
Its success as an unmanned mission showed that the next manned mission to the moon could be successful
It was one event that all Americans seemed to celebrate in a year marked by deep societal divisions.
It was marked by a near-disaster that nearly left the crew stranded in space.
It was America’s first space program tragedy, with three astronauts killed on the launch pad during a flight rehearsal
Which Apollo mission was the first to land humans on the moon?
Apollo 1
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 16
Who was the first U.S. astronaut to walk on the moon?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
In the 1980s, what game became a sensation because it appealed to more than a male audience and was non-violent?
Super Mario Bros.
Pong
Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Who was the CEO of Apple that helped to usher in a new world of personal technology, communication, and connection?
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Al Gore
Steve Jobs
