WorksheetsGreat Society & Vietnam War
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Ended the Vietnam War
Outlawed segregation in public places
Created Medicare and Medicaid
Guaranteed voting rights to all citizens
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to:
Desegregate schools
Provide federal healthcare to the elderly
End barriers to African American voting
Create new job opportunities
Which president launched the “Great Society” programs?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The War on Poverty was a set of programs designed to:
Fight communism in Asia
Reduce economic inequality in the U.S.
Increase military spending
Support space exploration
The Economic Opportunity Act was created to:
Fund the Vietnam War
Provide job training and education
Create new taxes
Increase tariffs on foreign goods
What is the main goal of the Head Start program?
Prepare young children for school
Provide jobs to veterans
Train military leaders
Expand highway systems
Medicare provides health insurance for:
All unemployed citizens
Low-income families
Elderly Americans
Children under 5
Medicaid is a government program that helps:
Senior citizens pay for prescriptions
Low-income individuals with healthcare
Students get financial aid
Veterans find jobs
The 17th Parallel divided which places during the Cold War:
North and South Korea
North and South Vietnam
East and West Germany
The U.S. and Canada
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was used to:
Transport oil to South Vietnam
Evacuate civilians from war zones
Move troops and supplies to the Viet Cong
Build a new trade route
The Viet Cong were:
Soldiers from China
Anti-war protesters in the U.S.
Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
Leaders of North Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed:
The U.S. to pull troops out of Vietnam
Congress to declare war
The president to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war
U.S. citizens to vote at age 18
The draft lottery during the Vietnam War:
Was a game show
Selected soldiers based on voluntary sign-up
Randomly selected men for military service
Was used to promote peace talks
The Tet Offensive was:
A failed U.S. peace negotiation
A massive surprise attack by the Viet Cong
The first U.S. air raid in Vietnam
A plan to evacuate Americans from Saigon
