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JFK/LBJ Civil Rights Test Review

Total questions: 175

Worksheet time: 3hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Naval blockade of Cuba
b)
invade Cuba
c)
bomb U.S.S.R.
d)
do nothing
2.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
3.
Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII
a)
Cuba
b)
Turkey
c)
East Berlin
d)
Dominican Republican
4.
What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
D-Day
c)
Operation Havana
d)
Cuban Offensive
5.
What health insurance program was created to help the elderly?
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
c)
Social Security
d)
G.I. Bill
6.
What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?
a)
Alliance for Progress
b)
Green Peace
c)
Peace Corps
d)
Army Corps of Engineers
7.
1964 Republican nominee for president; founder of the modern Conservative movement
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Barry Goldwater
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Robert Kennedy
8.
Who was the Democratic nominee for president in the election of 1960?
a)
John Kennedy
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Richard Nixon
9.
Who was the Republican nominee for president in the election of 1960?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John Kennedy
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Lyndon Johnson
10.
What was unique about the election of 1960 (specifically the debates)?
a)
They were on radio
b)
They were on TV
c)
They were live on Instagram
d)
They were held in foreign countries
11.
Who had the advantage in the televised debates of 1960?
a)
Kennedy
b)
Nixon
c)
Johnson
d)
Eisenhower
12.
What was JFK's plan for America?
a)
Great Society
b)
New Frontier
c)
New Deal
d)
Square Deal
13.
What organization was created to provide humanitarian aid to developing nations?
a)
Peace Corps
b)
NATO
c)
NAFTA
d)
United Nations
14.
Khrushchev built a wall around what city?
a)
West Berlin
b)
East Berlin
c)
West Munich
d)
East Dublin
15.
Who was the communist dictator of Cuba (he received aid from USSR)?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Raul Castro
c)
Vicente Fox
d)
Pablo Escobar
16.
What was the failed invasion of Cuba and overthrow of Castro called?
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Bay of Dogs
c)
Bay of Fish
d)
Bay of Sharks that have laser beams attached to their heads so they can shoot stuff and are much more fearsome than regular sharks
17.
What was the standoff between USA and USSR/Cuba called (had to do with nuclear weapons)?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
U2 Incident
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Bay of Pigs
18.
What said that JFK was assassinated by a lone gunman--Lee Harvey Oswald?
a)
Warren Report
b)
Harvey Document
c)
Oswald Report
d)
That guy from Law and Order:  SVU
19.
What was Johnson's plan for providing civil rights, medical, environmental, and social programs for Americans called?
a)
New Frontier
b)
Great Society
c)
New Deal
d)
New Society
20.
Who won the election of 1968 after Robert Kennedy and MLK were assassinated
a)
JFK
b)
LBJ
c)
Nixon
d)
Ford
21.
What Great Society program provided job training to youths?
a)
Job Corps
b)
HUD
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Public Works Administration 
22.
What Great Society program provided pre-K education for disadvantaged children
a)
Job Corps
b)
Head Start
c)
HUD
d)
Mr Davis' Academy of Learning Good
23.
What Great Society program provided affordable housing?
a)
HUD
b)
HBK
c)
NATO
d)
NAACP
24.
What Great Society program provided health care to the elderly?
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
25.
What Great Society program provided health care to the poor?
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
26.

Organized by Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, this group worked for improvements for migrant workers.

a)

Safety and Health Administration

b)

United Farm Workers

c)

NAACP

d)

Latino Works Movement

27.

This established that separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Dred Scott v Sandford

c)

Roe v Wade

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

28.

Sit-ins, freedom rides, & marches were all examples of...

a)

Attempts to expand opportunities for minorities

b)

New forms of exercise in the 60s

c)

Ways to connect the North & South US

d)

Economic growth for minorities

29.

What did the Rosa Parks incident lead to?

a)

More registered voters in the south

b)

Bus Boycott

c)

Imprisonment of all civil rights activists

d)

Banishment from the NAACP

30.

What was the goal of "freedom rides"?

a)

Encourage the federal gov't to enforce rulings against discriminating in interstate transportation.

b)

To allow minority groups access to all forms of travel

c)

To show economic impact in discriminatory actions using transportation

d)

To connect southern and northern United States through bus routes

31.

This civil rights activist supported non-violence, civil disobedience, and desegregation.

a)

Malcom X

b)

Rosa Sparks

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

32.

How were the "Black Panthers" tactics different from those of MLK?

a)

The use of armed resistance can be used if necessary.

b)

Marches were not an effective strategy

c)

Violence should be the primary option

d)

Religious faith must be used

33.

This person co-founded the Black Panther Party

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Huey P. Newton

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B Du Bois

34.

This ended racial segregation in the armed forces

a)

Executive Order 9981 (Harry Truman)

b)

Civil Rights Act-1964

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Nineteenth Amendment

35.

What most drastically increased the percentage of African American voting in the 1960s

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

33rd Amendment

d)

Equal Opportunity Act 1962

36.

This established that employment discrimination is illegal

a)

Voting Rights Act 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964

c)

94th Amendment

d)

Equal Opportunity Act 1962

37.

This Alabama Governor was against integration of schools in his state

a)

George Wallace

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Joseph McCarthy

38.

This person helped to expand the rights of individuals

a)

Supreme Court Chief Earl Warren

b)

Governor George Wallace

c)

Senator Joseph McCarthy

39.

This Great Society program provided health insurance for senior citizens

a)

Medicare

b)

HUD

c)

Head Start

d)

Job Corps

40.

Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev challenged what U.S. action in a letter to JFK?

a)

Establishing a blockade to stop shipment of missiles to Cuba

b)

Ban on military aid in Vietnam

c)

Shipment of supplies to East Berlin

d)

Prevention of Cuban baseball players traveling to the U.S.

41.

Removal of poll taxes did what?

a)

Allowed Minorities to vote

b)

Made voting easier for women

c)

Allowed 18 year olds to vote

d)

Made voting more accessible to the poor & minorities

42.

The Bay of Pigs Incident & Cuban Missile Crisis were both ways the US tried to contain what?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Democracy

d)

Civil Rights

43.

Leaders of this group enforced the use of non-violence during protests like sit-ins.

a)

SNCC

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Oligarchy

d)

NOW

44.

When things like poll taxes and literacy tests were removed from voting, who participated more in the democratic practice?

a)

Minorities

b)

White males

c)

Northerners

d)

German Americans

45.

What proved a "Lack of equality" in favor of a black applicants at the University of Texas?

a)

Delgado v. Bastrop

b)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Hernandez v. Texas

46.

How did JFK react to Soviets constructing missile sites in Cuba?

a)

Ordering a naval blockade

b)

Declaring war on Cuba

c)

Authorizing military strikes on both Cuba and the Soviets

d)

Authorizing military strikes ONLY on Cuba

47.

What did the Great Society program, HUD, assist?

a)

Hitting Ugly Ducks

b)

Hospitality for Urban Decay

c)

Hospitals in Urban Districts

d)

Housing and Urban Development

48.

What did the 15th amendment do?

a)

Outlawed the sale of alcohol

b)

Granted woman's suffrage (Women's voting)

c)

Citizens cannot be denied voting rights based on race

d)

Citizens cannot vote without paying a poll tax

49.

The civil rights strategy of direct action mixed with nonviolent resistance was known as what?

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Civil Disobediance

c)

Law and Order

d)

Targeted Refusal

50.

What was JFK's goal in the space race?

a)

Put the first satellite into space

b)

Be the first to the Moon

c)

Put the first man into space

d)

Put the first monkey into space

51.

Who did JFK run against in the Election of 1960?

a)

Barry Goldwater

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

John Glenn

52.

What commission was responsible for investigating the Kennedy assassination?

a)

Kerner

b)

HUD

c)

Johnson

d)

Warren

53.

The Alliance for Progress was aimed to help what part of the world?

a)

Canada

b)

SE Asia

c)

Latin America

d)

Europe

54.

LBJ stated his mission was to fight a war against ____.

a)

Urbanization

b)

the Soviets

c)

Poverty

d)

Civil Rights

55.

What court case issued the idea that people must be read their rights when they are arrested?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Schnek v. United States

d)

Gideon vs. Ohio

56.

What did Southerners call it when they wanted to defy the Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board?

a)

Communist Manifesto

b)

Southern Manifesto

c)

Confederate Manifesto

d)

Jim Crow Laws

57.

The result of the Selma March was the passing of the ___.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Jim Crow Law

d)

SCLC Amendment

58.

What was LBJ's vision for America called?

a)

Great Society

b)

New Frontier

c)

Make America Great Again

d)

War on Poverty

59.

Freedom Riders wanted to draw attention to the South to combat the issue of?

a)

Segregation on Buses

b)

Segregation at amusement parks

c)

Integration of Schools in the South

d)

Integration of Buses

60.

What Civil Rights Organization was led by college students?

a)

SCLC

b)

NAACP

c)

CORE

d)

SNCC

61.

Who was the Supreme Court justice during the Kennedy presidency?

a)

Earl Warren

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

John Marshall

d)

Robert Kennedy

62.

What organization was founded by JFK to provide humanitarian support throughout the world?

a)

Ameri Corp

b)

Alliance for Progress

c)

New Frontier

d)

Peace Corp

63.

Who was dictator of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Raul Castro

64.

What court case established "separate but equal"?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Gideon v. Ohio

65.

What European city was divided by a wall after the Vienna summit?

a)

Paris

b)

Copenhagen

c)

Berlin

d)

Stockholm

66.

Which government program that began in 1965 was put together to provide healthcare support for people 65 and older?

a)

Obamacare

b)

Medicaid

c)

Medicare

d)

Blue Shield

67.

What was considered the most segregated city in the South?

a)

Little Rock

b)

Birmingham

c)

Montgomery

d)

Selma

68.

Who was one of the first leaders of the Black Muslims?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Ralphy Abernathy

d)

Bull Connor

69.

James Farmer was one of the first leaders of which Civil Rights organization?

a)

NAACP

b)

SNCC

c)

SCLC

d)

CORE

70.
Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?
a)
Lyndon B Johnson
b)
Leonard Neemoy
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John F Kennedy
71.

This established that separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Dred Scott v Sandford

c)

Roe v Wade

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

72.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

Someone who loves to eat

b)

Someone who travels from place to place to work

c)

Someone who likes to color

73.

What union did Cesar Chavez start?

a)

Community Service Organization

b)

La Causa

c)

Huelga

d)

National Farm Workers Association

74.

Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?

a)

to help migrant farm workers

b)

to finish school

c)

to learn how to farm

75.

What is a strike?

a)

When workers do not to eat

b)

When workers do not work

c)

When workers go to school

76.

Why did Cesar Chavez picket stores that sold grapes?

a)

He did not like grapes

b)

He liked to eat apples instead

c)

He was allergic to grapes

d)

Growers used chemicals to kill insects and this hurt the migrant workers

77.

Who helped Cesar to found the National Farm Workers Association?

a)

Carmen Salinas

b)

His wife

c)

Sonia Sotomayor

d)

Dolores Huerta

78.

What senator joined the efforts of Cesar Chavez?

a)

Robbert Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Jorge H. W. Bush

79.

Cesar is also famous for popularizing the slogan ...

a)

"En la union está la fuerza"

b)

"Sí, se puede"

c)

Huelga

d)

Ahora o nunca

80.

In the movie, we heard the word "Huelga" many times. What does this word mean?

a)

Peace

b)

Strike

c)

Boycott

d)

Equality

81.

American civil liberties are found in the?

a)

Preamble

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Statute of Religious Freedom

d)

Bill of Rights

82.
This case created separate but equal facilities and encouraged segregation
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Korematsu v. U.S.
83.
This case ended segregation in public schools
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
d)
Bethel School District v. Fraser
84.
This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one
a)
Mapp v. Ohio
b)
Terry v. Ohio
c)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
85.
This case guaranteed certain rights for individuals being arrested
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
d)
Miranda vs. Arizona 
86.
This court case gave everyone the right to legal counsel in a criminal case
a)
Griswold v. Connecticut
b)
Gideon v. Wainright
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Marbury v. Madison
87.
Voted against public prayer and Bible readings in school
a)
Board of Ed. v. Earls
b)
Engel v. Vitale
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
88.
This court case addressed inequality in schools and established integration
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
U.S. v. Nixon
89.
This court case gave everyone the right to legal counsel in a criminal case
a)
In re Gault
b)
Gideon v. Wainright
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Marbury v. Madison
90.
What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
It enforced segregation
b)
It abolished poll taxes
c)
It made slavery illegal
d)
It defined citizenship
91.
Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?
a)
the right for women to protest
b)
the right to vote in elections
c)
citizenship
d)
freedom
92.
How did the 24th Amendment expand voting rights to Americans?
a)
States could charge poll taxes in elections
b)
Literacy tests were required so minorities learned to read
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It did nothing to expand voting rights
93.
Which Supreme Court case created the idea of "separate but equal"?
a)
Tinker v. Des Moines
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
94.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
95.
Which of the following responses best supports the 15th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on gender.
b)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
c)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on age.
d)
No one can be denied the right to vote. 
96.
The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?
a)
Women
b)
18 year olds
c)
All freed slaves
d)
All Americans
97.
What was the outcome of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education?
a)
Segregation in schools was illegal
b)
States voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation
c)
Segregation was accepted if the facilities were equal
d)
Segregation was not harmful to children
98.
Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?
a)
The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
b)
The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
c)
The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
d)
The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws
99.
Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _________?
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
100.
Are residents of Washington, D.C. banned from voting for the President?
a)
Yes
b)
No
101.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
102.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
103.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1964

104.

"States are prohibited from imposing any voting qualifications or prerequisite to voting or to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color" - Which of the following is being described in the document?

a)

Armed Forces Desegregation Act

b)

the Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

G.I. Bill

105.

"Extends voting rights and outlaws racial discrimination in schools and the workplace and by facilities that serve the general public" - Which of the following is being described in the document?

a)

Armed Forces Desegregation Act

b)

the Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

G.I. Bill

106.

In 1965, troubles in this city caused the Voting Rights Act to be passed.

a)

Montgomery

b)

Selma

c)

Greensboro

d)

Atlanta

107.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

13th amendment

b)

15th amendment

c)

19th amendment

d)

26th amendment

108.

You need to register in order to vote?

a)

True

b)

False

109.

The group of people with the lowest voter turnout rate is

a)

college graduates.

b)

young people.

c)

women.

d)

senior citizens over 70.

110.

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

a)

be denied based on whether you were male or female

b)

be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

c)

be denied even if a person was not a citizen

111.

After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)

a)

crime tax

b)

slave tax

c)

poll tax

112.

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

a)

1st

b)

14th

c)

19th

113.

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

a)

the right to vote

b)

the process to amend the Constitution

c)

suffering

114.

The ___________ protects voting rights guaranteed in the Constitution

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1965

c)

Civil War Act of 1865

115.

The 19th amendment went through several votes in the House and Senate but was finally _____________ (legally approved) in the year 1920

a)

platform

b)

suffrage

c)

ratified

116.

In a _____________ the power of the government comes from the people (“We the People…”)

a)

monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

confederation

117.

Gave citizens who live in Washington, DC the right to vote in presidential elections.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

24th Amendment

d)

23rd Amendment

118.

Made charging a poll tax to vote illegal.

a)

23rd Amendment

b)

24th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

119.
Women's Suffrage
a)
18th
b)
15th
c)
17th
d)
19th
120.
President Dies, VP becomes President
a)
24th
b)
23rd
c)
25th
d)
27th
121.
Eliminated poll taxes – Civil Rights Amendment 
a)
23rd
b)
24th
c)
25th
d)
26th
122.
Which amendment gave people 18+ the right to vote? 
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 26
c)
Amendment 5
d)
Amendment 9
123.
Establishes presidential succession
a)
24th
b)
25th
c)
26th
d)
27th
124.
People no longer have to pay a poll tax in order to vote
a)
25th
b)
24th
c)
14th
d)
17th
125.
Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?
a)
HUD and CPB
b)
VISTA and Job Corps
c)
NEA and SeniorCare
d)
Medicare and Medicaid
126.
Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
a)
Minorities and the poor
b)
White, middle-class families
c)
Farmers and laborers
d)
Businessmen
127.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Welfare
d)
Great Society
128.
This is a pre-school program  for low-income children
a)
Medicaid
b)
Kindergarten
c)
Head Start
d)
Medicare
129.

The purpose of Medicaid was to provide health care to which group of Americans?

a)

The elderly

b)

Immigrants

c)

Republicans

d)

Low-income individuals and families

130.

The Great Society could be most compared to which previous government program?

a)

The Square Deal

b)

Laissez-Faire

c)

The New Deal

d)

The New Frontier

131.
This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the “war on poverty”
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act 
c)
Pendleton Service Act
d)
Warren Court 
132.
What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?
a)
one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
b)
on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
c)
one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
d)
one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal
133.
President Johnson's success in getting many of former President Kennedy's programs passed through Congress was due in part to 
a)
his successful policy Vietnam
b)
his experience and skill as a politician 
c)
his lack of desire to help less fortunate people 
d)
the support of his hand picked cabinet 
134.
True or False: President Johnson signed both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act during his time in the White House.
a)
True 
b)
False
135.
Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?
a)
The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal
b)
The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.
c)
The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal
d)
The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party
136.
Some critics complained that the Great Society programs
a)
gave the rich too many tax breaks
b)
gave the federal government too much power
c)
paid too little attention to health care
d)
favored rural over urban citizens
137.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave black women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It gave all blacks the right to vote
138.

Regenerated attention to the women's rights movement with her book "Feminine Mystique".

a)

Frances Willard

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Betty Frieden

139.

The Chicano Civil Rights Movement wanted-

a)

extension on their visas

b)

better pay and working conditions

c)

work longer hours with little pay

d)

government grants for college

140.

There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-

a)

Literacy tests, voter intimidation, and gerrymandering

b)

Poll taxes, sit-ins, and freedom rides

c)

Labor unions, marches, and protests

d)

Literacy tests, integration, and desegregation

141.

Founder and leader of the Black Panther Party

a)

MLK

b)

Huey P. Newton

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Malcom X

142.

Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Sit-ins

c)

Marches

d)

Boycotts

143.

Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?

a)

They reacted to oppression and racial injustices

b)

They were militant and only sought to cause harm

c)

They only used non-violence

d)

They were created by MLK jr.

144.

Who started the Black Panthers?

a)

Malcolm X and Huey Newton

b)

Bobby Seale and Rosa Parks

c)

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

d)

MLK jr. and Malcolm X

145.

What larger movement did the Panthers emerge from?

a)

The Civil Rights Movement

b)

The Chicano Movement

c)

The Native American Movement

d)

None of the above

146.

Where did the Panthers focus their efforts?

a)

Foreign policy

b)

individual salaries

c)

the community

d)

individual families

147.

Who started the Black Panther Party?

a)

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

b)

Eldridge Jackson and Nikki Giovanni

c)

Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Jackson

d)

Robert Kennedy and Jesse Jackson

148.

Who was Emmett Till?

a)

A Chicago teen murdered for supposedly whistling at a white woman.

b)

A leader of the Black Panther Party.

c)

He was the first African American to run for president in 1964.

d)

A fictional person in which Lil' Wayne rapped about.

149.

In what city did the 1955 Bus Boycotts begin?

a)

Montgomery

b)

Selma

c)

Atlanta

d)

Little Rock

150.

Freedom Rides were created to

a)

help Southern African Americans gain the right to vote and to end segregation.

b)

help Southern African Americans gain the right to sit on the front of the bus.

c)

help Nothern African Americans gain the right to work in oil mines.

d)

help all African Americans gain the right to eat at "White Only" lunch counter.

151.

The March on Washington, D.C was lead by

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Huey Newton

d)

Diana Ross

152.

What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

a)

1964

b)

1968

c)

2018

d)

1999

153.

The Black Panther Salute consists of

a)

a raised fist

b)

a lowered fist

c)

a high five

d)

a middle finger.

154.

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

e)

James Gregory

155.

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

a)

Destroy Castro

b)

Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The U-2Coastal Operation

e)

The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

156.

Which of the following statements is true about the Bay of Pigs?

a)

Castro was alert and prepared for a rebel attack because the first rebel soldiers had missed their target.

b)

Soviet ships carrying medical supplies and food were refused entrance to the Bay of Pigs and had to turn back.

c)

Castro made an alliance with Gorbachev, who placed missiles in Cuba which were directed at the US.

d)

A US spy plane observed the Cubans placing Soviet submarines in the Bay of Pigs, which prompted the US to attack Cuba.

e)

The Bay of Pigs is a small farming community that was being used to disguise the Soviet missiles being set up on the coast of Cuba.

157.

Which of the following justifies Kennedy's Navy block around Cuba?

a)

Khrushchev removed all Soviet missiles from Cuba.

b)

An American spy plane caught the Soviet Union placing nuclear weapons in Cuba.

c)

Fidel Castro becomes dictator of Cuba and launches his new line of army fatigues with matching beards.

d)

Khrushchev led a conference in Yalta but the US was not invited.

e)

Castro threatened to launch four missiles at the US if Kennedy refused to take down the US missiles in Turkey.

158.

Which of the following statements expresses the message in this political cartoon?

a)

Castro reluctantly agreed to give Khrushchev 54 of his submarines in exchange for the Soviet missiles.

b)

Castro had a terrible toothache and asked Khrushchev if he would pay his dental bill.

c)

In 1968 Khrushchev demanded that Castro remove 22 missiles in Turkey, which were pointed at the Soviet Union.

d)

Khrushchev determined he couldn't trust Castro and made the decision to remove the 100 missiles he had left behind in Cuba.

e)

Castro mockingly told Khrushchev he would rather lose all his teeth than to lose all the missiles pointed at the United States.

159.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

160.

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Detente

161.

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Cold War

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Iron Curtain

162.
What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
a)
1959
b)
1973
c)
1962
d)
1963
163.

During the Cold War, who was the United States' biggest adversary?

a)

Germany

b)

North Korea

c)

England

d)

Soviet Union

164.

How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Khruschev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba

b)

Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion

c)

Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War & asked Khrushchev to intervene

d)

The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases

165.
Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? 
a)
The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US. 
b)
US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US. 
c)
The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets. 
d)
Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.
166.
What did Khrushchev want when sending the missiles to Cuba?
a)
To increase the Soviet Union's nuclear capability
b)
Aid the Cuba
c)
Aid the US
d)
To increase the US nuclear capability
167.

Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Raul Rodriguez

d)

Che Guevara

168.

The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US would________________?

a)

Take missiles out of Poland

b)

Promise not to invade Cuba

c)

Promised to not attack the Soviet Union

d)

Take missiles out of the Soviet Union

169.

Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?

a)

"quarantine" or blockade Cuba

b)

airstrike on key bases

c)

launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro

d)

use diplomacy to appeal to Castro

170.

School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

Schenck v. United States

171.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  
a)
To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
b)
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
c)
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
d)
All of the above
172.
What country had control over the government of East Germany?      
a)
Soviet Union
b)
China 
c)
Poland 
d)
Hungary
173.
What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?
a)
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
b)
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
c)
The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
d)
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty
174.

What encouraged JFK to support environmental protection?

a)

finding of pollutants in the forests of California

b)

various TV programs that showed the state of the nation's air quality

c)

a book written by Rachel Carson on the quality of water

d)

a Congressional report on the bad state of the environment

175.

Kennedy's foreign affairs policy looked at options to handle international crises instead of taking nuclear action

a)

Flexible Response

b)

Hotline

c)

Medicaid

d)

Head Start

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