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1960's Test Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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)

3.

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

4.

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

5.

12 - QuizWhich president created the Great Society?

a)

FDR

b)

Johnson

c)

JFK

d)

Truman

6.

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

a)

health insurance

b)

life insurance

c)

home insurance

d)

car insurance

7.

Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Fair deal

c)

The New Frontier

d)

The Fair Frontier

8.

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

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

9.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
10.
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
11.
Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII
a)
Cuba
b)
Turkey
c)
East Berlin
d)
Dominican Republican
12.
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
13.
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
14.
Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's New Frontier program?
a)
Forceful containment of communism
b)
Peace Corps
c)
Military interventions in Latin America to protect democracies
d)
Developing greater nuclear capabilities
15.
The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:
a)
Peace Corps
b)
AFP
c)
VISTA
d)
Great Society
16.

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” - President John F. Kennedy, speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962


The main purpose of the above speech was to win public support for –

a)

Establishing a missile defense system on the moon

b)

Cooperating with Communist countries in exploring space

c)

Surpassing the Soviet Union in the space race

17.

LBJ’s plan for the Great Society included which of the following?

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Medicare

18.

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

a)

Nuclear deterrence

b)

Flexible response

c)

Domino theory

d)

Iron Curtain

19.

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spain

20.

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.

21.

Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?

a)

Aerial attacks (regular bombs)

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Napalm

d)

Nuclear bombs

22.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

a)

Gulf of Thailand

b)

Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

South China Sea

23.

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Kent State University

24.

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

a)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

25.

Gave the President expansive war powers

a)

Operation Rolling Thunder

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

26.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and War Powers Act created

a)
unlimited power for the President to involve the United States in armed conflict
b)
complete control of the military by the Congress
c)
no impact on the President's power to involve the United States in armed conflict
d)

created debate over the legislative and executive power

27.

Primary reason US government justified involvement in Vietnam

a)

To practice containment

b)

We wanted to take over Vietnam

c)

War is fun

d)

Everyone in the US supported it

28.

What was the war draft?

a)

The process of selecting individuals for military service, at high rates during Vietnam

b)

Everyone from the ages of 18-26 had to go to war

c)

Was created only for the Vietnam War

d)
A type of weather phenomenon
29.
What main problem does MLK address in the "I Have a Dream" speech?
a)
African Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
b)
African Americans do not have the same religious freedom as other groups
c)
African Americans have more rights than whites and are discriminating against them
d)
No one reads the speeches of Abraham Lincoln anymore
30.
What IS King's dream?
a)
equality
b)
wealth
c)
injustice
d)
faith
31.

In the United States the system of keeping people of different races separated was known as:

a)

Apartheid

b)

Integration

c)

Unification

d)

Segregation

32.

Segregation took place in which of the following places?

a)

Schools

b)

Buses

c)

Movie theaters

d)

Segregation was happening in all of these places (and many more)

33.
How does King want advocates for equality to pursue their work?
a)
through violent action.
b)
without discipline.
c)
peacefully
d)
passively
34.
Malcolm's protests were more....
a)
violent
b)
peaceful
35.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

a)

willingness to speak publicly

b)

Opposition to segregation

c)

Desire to help African Americans

d)

Methods of Protest

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