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Civil Rights & Vietnam War

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

a)

Guzman V. School

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Miranda V. Arizona

d)

Plessy V. Ferguson

2.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

3.

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

4.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

Flying Tigers

5.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

6.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?

a)

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

b)

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

7.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

a)

Sit-in

b)

Boycotts

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

March on Washington

8.

The ruling of this court case ensured that people were informed of their due process rights when arrested-

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Guzman v. STAAR

9.

This program created by Lyndon Johnson introduced programs like Head Start, HUD, Medicare, Food Stamps to reduce poverty and improve everyone’s quality of life-

a)

HUAC

b)

Great Society

c)

New Deal

d)

NAACP

10.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
11.

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Kneily Stewart

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Lester Maddox

12.
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
13.
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
14.

The major success of Freedom Summer was

a)

More registered voters in Mississippi

b)

Mississippi Burning

c)

A law outlawing the KKK

15.

Cesar Chavez helped which group of people to be treated better?

a)

Businessmen in the Northeast

b)

Congressional leaders in government

c)

Migrant workers

d)

Catholic Christians

16.

What did the efforts of Chavez and his association, the United Farm Workers (UFW), accomplish?

a)

a strong union, bargaining power for workers, and safer working conditions for migrant workers

b)

a better economy across the nation that started with the national banks

c)

climate change in California that would extend across the U.S.

d)

lower gas prices for all Americans

17.

Which protest involved SNCC setting up a schedule for students to replace each other at a lunch counter?

a)

Freedom Summer

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Sit Ins

d)

Selma

18.

What was the point of Freedom Summer?

a)

Desegregation of lunch counters

b)

Protesting bus travel

c)

Registering people to vote

d)

Having student march for civil rights

19.

Bull Conner went along with desegregating Birmingham

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What was considered the most racist city of the south?

a)

Birmingham

b)

Montgomery

c)

Selma

d)

Little Rock

21.

Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) decision?

a)

It incorporated the 4th Amendment to state and local governments

b)

It required that police officers inform suspects under arrest of the 5th and 6th Amendment rights

c)

It incorporated the right to legal counsel, as protected under the 6th Amendment, to state and local governments

d)

It increased states' power to restrict freedom of speech when it is shown to increase danger to public safety

22.

Police officers must have search warrants and any illegal evidence acquired without one cannot be used in court

a)

Nixon -v- US

b)

Korematsu -v- US

c)

Dredd Scott -v- Sanford

d)

Mapp -v- Ohio

23.
Who inspired MLK Jr. to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
John Lewis
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Mother Jones
d)
Lester Maddox
24.
This group was founded by MLK Jr. to bring all black churches together in peaceful resistance and push for equal rights
a)
SNCC
b)
SCLC
c)
SCUY
d)
SCBC
25.
This group was founded by students and young people to promote non-violent methods to end inequality (sit-ins, freedom rides)
a)
SNCC
b)
SCLC
c)
SCUY
26.

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spain

27.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was

a)

a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.

b)

a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.

c)

the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.

d)

a supply line used by South Vietnam.

28.
At which University did the National Guard open fire upon protestors? 
a)
K-State 
b)
Kansas 
c)
Kennesaw 
d)
Kent State
29.

President __________ is credited with the plan of Vietnamization

a)

Ford

b)

Reagan

c)

Johnson

d)

Nixon

30.
Vietnamization was the plan to...
a)
promote Vietnamese culture in the United States
b)
Slowly withdraw from Vietnam 
c)
Let the Vietnamese citizens in the United States have a tax break  
31.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
The Geneva Accords 
c)
The Tet Offensive 
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder 
32.
The government says one thing, and media another, this was known as what? 
a)
Credit Check 
b)
Fake News 
c)
Credibility Gap 
d)
Credibility Old Navy 
33.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society 
b)
The Fair Deal 
c)
The New Frontier 
d)
The Square Deal 
34.

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh establish?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Monarchy

35.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
newsreels
36.
South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
37.
What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?
a)
Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
b)
Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
c)
American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
d)
American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.
38.
Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?
a)
Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
b)
Passage of the War Powers Act
c)
Graphic coverage by television news
d)
Propaganda films by antiwar protestors
39.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
a)
There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
b)
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war 
c)
Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
d)
Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved. 
40.
Which amendment allowed for voting at age 18?
a)
     18th Amendment
b)
       5th Amendment
c)
      2nd Amendment
d)
      26th Amendment
41.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese warfare tactics
b)
Minh warfare
c)
hidden warfare
d)
guerrilla warfare
42.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
43.

What US policy strongly influenced US involvement in the Vietnam War?

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Spread Theory

c)

Red Scare

d)

Vietnamization

44.

What is Domino Theory?

a)

idea garlicky crust and sweet tomato sauce make the best pizza at the best price

b)

communism can be allowed to spread in Asia so long as it remains contained in Europe

c)

if one nation in Asia fell to communism, other nations would fall to communism like dominos.

d)

Vietnam should be free to choose its own future.

45.

This was a jelly-like substance that was highly flammable and used in bombs.

a)

Petroleum Jelly

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Spray Palm

d)

Napalm

46.

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

a)

My Lai Massacre

b)

Attack on Sai Pan

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Attack on Khe Sanh

47.

An election was to take place in Vietnam according to what agreement?

a)

Munich Pact

b)

The United Nations

c)

Paris Treaty

d)

Geneva Accords

48.

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident claimed that 2 US Ships were attacked and this gave President ______________ the authority to send troops to Vietnam.

a)

Kennedy

b)

Johnson

c)

Eisenhower

d)

Truman

49.
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
50.

Who was the senator and presidential candidate who supported civil rights, who was assassinated in 1968?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Rosa Parks

e)

Robert Kennedy

51.

Who was the lawyer who represented the Browns in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

52.

Who was the Latin American civil rights activist who led a boycott to support the rights of migrant workers?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

53.

Who was the US president who supported civil rights, who was assassinated in 1963?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Thurgood Marshall

54.

Who killed JFK?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Lady Bird Johnson

d)

Lyndon Johnson

55.

This group was created to help poor families in cities gain job skills necessary to survive

a)

NAACP

b)

Urban League

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

SCLC

56.

Which U.S. President integrated the U.S. military

a)

Truman

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Kennedy

d)

Johnson

57.

This group was created in 1930 with the purpose of making live of African Americans as good as possible

a)

NAACP

b)

Urban League

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

SNCC

58.

What was the spark for environmentalism?

a)

Silent Summer

b)

Feminism Fever

c)

Silent Spring

d)

Sick Springs

59.

The Environmental Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act both illustrated the government’s commitment to –

a)

allowing certain issues to be decided by private citizens.

b)

protecting natural areas and their resources for the public good.

c)

permitting unlimited exploitation of the nation’s natural resources.

d)

leaving all decisions on the use of natural resources to state and local agencies.

60.

Which of the people below was a co-founder of NOW (The National Organization for Women)?

a)

Betsy Ross

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Betty Friedan

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

61.

What piece of legislation prohibited federally funded schools to discriminate against women in its operations and within athletics?

a)

Equal Educational Opportunity Act

b)

Title IX

c)

Educational Amendment Act

d)

Women's Educational Equity Act

62.
What was a popular method of protesting the Vietnam War?
a)
Burning Clothing
b)
Burning Draft Cards
c)
Sit-Ins
d)
Burning Down Recruitment Centers
63.

Members of the counter culture movement were mostly

a)

Young African Americans from lower economic backgrounds

b)

Middle aged white men

c)

Latino youths seeking voting rights

d)

white youths from middle and upper middle class backgrounds

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