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Civil Rights & Vietnam

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Federal Housing Authority Act

c)

Social Security Act

d)

GI BIll

2.

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when (21a)

a)

the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

b)

CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.

c)

the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West.

d)

a nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon.

3.

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Domino Theory

4.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

5.

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

a)

the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

b)

the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

c)

the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

d)

the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

6.
What role did the United States play in the Korean War?
a)
The United States and its allies did not join the Korean War.
b)
The US and its allies fought to defend North Korea.
c)
The US joined its allies in the fight against North Korea to keep communism from spreading.
d)
The United States and its allies only sent supplies and weapons to Korea.
7.
1896- established “separate but equal” by which segregation became legal as long as the facilities for each race w
a)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
b)
McCulloch v. Maryland
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Brown v. Board of Education 
8.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
African-Americas could play sports
b)
Segregation of public schools became legal
c)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
d)
MLK led the March on Washington
9.

What is Conservatism?

a)

A person who is in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

b)

A person who is not in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

c)

A deep water well

d)

People that planted tress in the dust bowl

10.

1. Supreme Court case Sweatt vs Painter

a)

A bad paint job

b)

A paint job where the painter dripped sweat on the surface

c)

A man named Sweatt was denied admission to The University Of Texas law School because of race

d)

Minorities were a priority

11.

The group That help set up Equal opportunities for women

a)

ACT

b)

NOW

c)

POW

d)

CAT

12.

First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Rosa Parks

13.
Which of the following is an example of the concept of integration: 
a)
White people sitting in the front of the bus and black people sitting in the back of the bus.
b)
African Americans workings as maids in white homes.
c)
Jackie Robinson joining a Major League Baseball team.
d)
MLK, Jr. speaking with President Kennedy about civil rights issues.
14.
Who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
a)
Sonia Sotomayor
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c)
Sandra Day O'Connor
d)
Anita Hill
15.
Satellite GPS most helped improve what technological forms of communication?
a)
Physical
b)
Digital/Cellphones
c)
Non-verbal
d)
Freight-based
16.

Wrote “Feminine Mystique”, was one of the founders and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) that addressed feminist issues and promoted full equality for women (ERA).

a)

Dolores Huera

b)

Betty Friedan

c)

Hector P. Garcia

d)

Cesar Chavez

17.

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

a)

Southern Peace Corps

b)

NAACP

c)

SNCC

d)

Black Panthers

18.
Veterans were paid to go to college and obtain home loans easier.
a)
G.I. Bill
b)
Infantryman Act
c)
Selective Service Act
d)
Interstate Commerce for Veterans Act
19.
Beat Generation/Beatniks
a)
Writers and their followers who fought against the culture of the 1950s
b)
McCarthy Loyalists working to expose Communists
c)
The name of the foundrs of Rock and Roll
d)
The creaters of the first Civil Rights Movement
20.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to 
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
21.

Which method for achieving civil rights is most associated with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

a)

Obtaining signatures to petition for a referendum.

b)

Using peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience.

c)

Recalling officials in special elections.

22.
Which action of Congress was a response to the long-term military involvement of the United States in Vietnam?
a)
Congress passed the War Powers Act to limit presidential power.
b)
Congress conducted surveys to measure public response to the war.
c)
Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to increase the voting age.
d)
Congress reinstated the draft toassure better military preparation in the future.
23.

Who was the only president to resign from office?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Franklin Pierce

24.

This president used his power to ensure black students were successfully able to attend high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

John F Kennedy

25.

This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 giving African Americans more protections on their civil rights.

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

James K Polk

26.
Space Race/Cuban Missile Crisis
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Lyndon B Johnson
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Jimmy Carter
27.
Watergate Scandal/Pentagon Papers
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Lyndon B Johnson
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Ronald Reagan
28.
Nixon knew most Americans wanted out of the Vietnam War. Turning over fighting to the S. Vietnamese while bombing N. Vietnam more was called: 
a)
Viet Cong
b)
Peace with Honor
c)
Vietnamization
d)
Sayonara Saigon
29.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
30.
Limits the power of the President during a time of conflict
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act
31.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
32.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the  Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio 
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
33.
The result of the discrepancy between government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War?
a)
Apathy towards gov't issues
b)
Greater support for the President
c)
Growing support for the war
d)
Credibility Gap 
34.
Mexican American who received congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam War? 
a)
Roy Benividez
b)
Pablo Escobar
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Cesar Chavez
35.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
36.

Determined that anti-miscegenation(inter-racial) laws were unconstitutional.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

UC Regents v. Bakke

d)

Plyler v. Doe

37.
Keeping things or people separate 
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)
DISTRACTION!
d)
segregation

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