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Ch 22 US History

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?
a)
Lyndon B Johnson
b)
Leonard Neemoy
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John F Kennedy
2.

This Great Society program provided health insurance for senior citizens

a)

Medicare

b)

HUD

c)

Head Start

d)

Job Corps

3.
How did Johnson become president the FIRST time?
a)
The people elected him.
b)
President John F. Kennedy was shot, and Johnson was Vice President at the time.
c)
He was appointed to the office by Thurgood Marshall.
d)
He stole the office from Susan B. Anthony in a fight.
4.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Awesome Society
d)
Great Society
5.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
6.
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
7.
Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII
a)
Cuba
b)
Turkey
c)
East Berlin
d)
Dominican Republican
8.
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
9.
What health insurance program was created to help the elderly?
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
c)
Social Security
d)
G.I. Bill
10.
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
11.
1964 Republican nominee for president; founder of the modern Conservative movement
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Barry Goldwater
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Robert Kennedy
12.

What event was unique to the 1960 Presidential election?

a)

First Democratic Candidate elected to the Presidency.

b)

First Televised Debate

c)

Last Republican nominated for the Presidency

d)

No Vice-Presidential Candidates on the Ticket

13.

Who was the more experienced candidate in the 1960 presidential election?

a)

Robert F. Kennedy

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard M. Nixon

d)

Harry S. Truman

14.

The 1960 Presidential election was a contest between which two candidates

a)

John Kennedy(R) and Richard Nixon(D)

b)

John Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

c)

Robert Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

15.

1963: to improve communication between the White House and Kremlin, Kennedy installed

a)

the A-line

b)

the red line

c)

the nuclear line

d)

the hot line

16.

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

a)

Lech Walesa

b)

Mikhael Gorbachev

c)

Nikita Khruschev

d)

Leonid Brezhnev

17.

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice established liberal rulings during the LBJ Presidency?

a)

John Marshall

b)

John Roberts

c)

Earl Warren

d)

John Jay

18.

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

a)

To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies

b)

To stop East Germans from fleeing West Berlin

c)

To stop communism from spreading

d)

To anger the United States

19.

Which President created the Peace Corps by executive order?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Richard M. Nixon

20.

The first satellite launched into space was

a)

Apollo I

b)

Apollo II

c)

Discovery

d)

Sputnik

21.

12 - QuizWhich president created the Great Society?

a)

FDR

b)

Johnson

c)

JFK

d)

Truman

22.

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans 65+, was intended to provide

a)

health insurance

b)

life insurance

c)

home insurance

d)

car insurance

23.

Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Fair deal

c)

The New Frontier

d)

The Fair Frontier

24.

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster....

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

25.

Because JFK was elected by a slim margin, he lacked a popular mandate.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the level of economic well-being in

a)

Latin America

b)

Africa

c)

Caribbean

d)

Western Europe

27.

The Event which placed the United States and USSR at the brink of War over Missiles in Cuba is known as:

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Cuban Blockade

c)

League of Nations

d)

Treaty of Versailles

28.

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Kennedy's domestic program?

a)

increasing taxes

b)

improving the economy

c)

reforming healthcare and education

d)

improving civil rights for African Americans

29.

What of the following is true about the Berlin Wall?

a)

It was built to stop the spread of communism

b)

It was built to stop people from leaving the Eastern Block of Germany

c)

It was built to keep people from Eastern Germany out of Western Germany

d)

It was built to make Germany Great again

30.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Cuban Revolution.

b)

13 day crisis in which the Soviet Union and the United States faced off and came close to nuclear war.

c)

Missiles not getting to Cuba.

d)

Plot to hide U.S. missiles in Cuba.

31.

Why is geography important in understanding the Cuban Missle Crisis?

a)

the communist government took over American businesses on the island

b)

the island is located just 90 miles from the coast of Florida

c)

the Soviets gave financial aid to the communist government of Cuba

d)

the Bay of Pigs invasion failed because of mountain ranges

32.

The "hot line" and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty were implemented to

a)

reduce tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

b)

contain Soviet power and communism

c)

expand capitalism in South Africa

d)

contain Chinese communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia

33.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, which caused Americans to worry 
a)
Roman Catholic 
b)
Jew
c)
Protestant 
d)
Hindu 
34.

If one is arrested for a misdemeanor and cannot afford an attorney the suspect is entitled to a lawyer free of charge courtesy of what case?

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

35.
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 
36.
Which court case is important in protecting the 4th Amendment right to "unreasonable search and seizures"? 
a)
Mapp v Ohio
b)
Gideon v Wainwright
c)
US v Nixon
d)
Brown v Board of Ed
37.

This ruling held that criminal suspects have a right to

counsel during police interrogations. indigent criminal defendants had a right to be provided counsel at trial.

a)

Furman v. Georgia, 1972

b)

Gregg v. Georgia

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois, 1964 or Gideon v. Wainwright, 1863

38.

These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and older.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Economic Opportunity Act

c)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

d)

Medicare and Medicaid

39.

Warren Court decisions on criminal matters tended to strengthen the

a)

rights of the accused.

b)

powers of the states to fight crimes.

c)

powers of the states to prosecute crimes.

d)

powers of the police to investigate crimes.

40.

Who assassinated President Kennedy

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

John Wilkes Booth

41.

What was purpose of the space race?

a)

Getting to the moon first

b)

Producing better technology

c)

Learning more about the ozone layer

d)

Bettering the technology to launch satellites

42.

Which of these came out of the Cuban Missile crisis?

a)

hot line with the USSR

b)

Nuclear test ban treaty

c)

Missiles are removed from Cuba

d)

All of the above

43.

What group investigated the incident?

a)

The NAACP

b)

The Kennedy Commission

c)

The Warren Commission

d)

The Equal Opportunity Task Force

44.

Who was sworn in after the killing?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

George H.W. Bush

45.
The U.S. met the Cuban Missile Crisis with which action?
a)
Naval quarantine of offensive weaponry
b)
Air strikes on missile sites on island
c)
Launching Bay of Pigs operation
d)
Presented case to UN for sanctions
46.
The Berlin Wall was built around
a)
East Berlin to separate from West Berlin
b)
Berlin to separate from East Germany
c)
West Berlin to separate from East Germany
d)
Berlin to separate from West Germany
47.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
48.

Who was the first man on the moon?

a)

Buzz Lightyear

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Michael Collins

d)

Neil Armstrong

49.

Which president is responsible for helping to put Head Start into action?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

50.

The Head Start program was created to help underserved children.

a)

True

b)

False

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