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1960's Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did JFK respond to the news that the Soviets had placed nuclear weapon installations in Cuba?

a)

Asking the United Nations to approve economic sanctions for Cuba

b)

Blockading ships from entering or exiting Cuba

c)

Closing the US border

d)

Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

2.

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)

Havana Uprising

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

3.

Brown v. Board of Education overruled which prior Supreme Court precedent?

a)

Texas v. Johnson

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Marbury v. Madison

4.

What were people protesting at Kent State?

a)

Nuclear Bombs

b)

Civil Rights

c)

President Nixon

d)

Vietnam War

5.

Detente was about:

a)

Easing tensions between the US and USSR

b)

Increasing tensions between the US and USSR

c)

Punishing the USSR

d)

Containing the USSR

6.

____________ was the belief that if Vietnam became communist then other countries would too.

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Yahtzee Theory

c)

Poker Theory

d)

Jenga Theory

7.

What is the name of Lyndon B. Johnson's program designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice?

a)

Make American Great Again

b)

The Great Society

c)

The Vietnam War

8.

The gap between what the gov’t was saying & the reality of the Vietnam War is called?

a)

956 Gap

b)

LBJ Gap

c)

Credibility Gap

9.

Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years old?

a)

23th

b)

24th

c)

25th

d)

26th

10.

Which act limited a president's ability to send troops without a declaration of war?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

War Powers Act

11.
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
12.
Allowed the public to consider different viewpoints concerning the  Vietnam war?
a)
Television 
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
13.

She was a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, also led many boycotts and successfully organized strikes and labor so farm workers got better pay

a)

Martha Cotera

b)

Dolores Huerta

c)

Emma Tenayuca

d)

Sandra Cisneros

14.

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers; he led the grape pickers march in California, organized agricultural boycotts and was inspired by Gandhi

a)

Dr. Hector Garcia

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Ruben Salazar

d)

Reies Lopez Tijerina

15.

What was the Chicano Mural Movement?

a)
The Chicano Mural Movement was a literary movement that produced novels and short stories
b)
The Chicano Mural Movement was a culinary movement that popularized Mexican cuisine
c)
The Chicano Mural Movement was a musical movement that created traditional Mexican music
d)

The Chicano Mural Movement was a cultural and political movement that produced art depicting the history and identity of Mexican Americans.

16.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed what type of tests?

a)

Drivers Tests

b)

Poll Tests

c)

Literacy Tests

17.

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 followed up on the 1964 legislation. It banned discriminatory practices in...

a)

Education

b)

Voting

c)

Housing