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Worksheets1960S EVENTS
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Sputnik
First satellite launched into orbit
Bay of Pigs
Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro
Domino Theory
If one country falls to communism, all the border nations may fall
Naval Blockade
A quarantine placed around Cuba October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far
What does the red dotted circle represent?
How did JFK respond to the news that the Soviets had placed nuclear weapon installations in Cuba?
Asking the United Nations to approve economic sanctions for Cuba
Blockading ships from entering or exiting Cuba
Closing the US border
Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Havana Uprising
Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)
Mark the location where the Cuban Missile Crisis took place
Brown v. Board of Education overruled which prior Supreme Court precedent?
Texas v. Johnson
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited Segregation in/at...
(select all that apply)
Public Schools and Universities
Any Public Property
Restaurants, Theaters, and Hotels
Private Schools and Institutions
Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
Integration in Little Rock H.S.
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States
Herman Sweatt
Black law student who challenged UT LAW
East LA Walkouts
protest led by Chicano students to improve education
In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to?
demonstrate against air pollution
protest American involvement in Vietnam
demonstrate in support of equal rights for women
test segregation laws in the South
Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
Nuclear deterrence
Flexible response
Domino theory
Iron Curtain
