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Unit 9: Civil Rights to Present Day
Unit 9: Civil Rights to Present Day
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1
Who was on the side of the prosecution in the Brown v. BOE of Topeka case?
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Davis
Thurgood Marshall
Sidney Portier
2
The Voting Rights Act of 1960 gave truly equal voting rights to all people.
True
False
3
Barack Obama failed to become the 1st African American president in 2008 but was elected in2012
False
True
4
Who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968?
Malcolm X
John F Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Kennedy
5
How many participants were there in the March on Washington in 1963?
25,000
250,000
1 million
500,000
6
Whose greatest success in office was that he "took the edge off" the Cold War?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
7
All programs enacted under Lyndon Johnson like Welfare & Medicare were part of his _____ ____
Master Plan
Newer Deal
Great Society
Fair Administration
8
Why did American troops first get sent to Vietnam?
To protect American citizens living there
To protect an air base
To protect the president who was visiting
To protect the U.S. embassy
9
Which U.S. president had an up & down presidency that was sandwiched by the Bush boys?
Barack Obama
Al Gore
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
10
What did angry revolutionaries from Iran do to 52 Americans in the early 1980's?
Executed them for being American
Held them hostage at the U.S. embassy
Kept them as prisoners of war
Made them fight for Iran in a neighboring war
11
It was ruled in Brown v. BOE case that "Separate-but-equal" is okay in the field of education
True
False
12
What was passed to ban discrimination in public facilities and outlaw discrimination of jobs?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
26th Amendment
Fair Employment Act
Equal Rights Act of 1964
13
The Mississippi Burning case was just a publicity stunt like the governor thought.
True
False
14
Which of these is TRUE of the Vietnam War at the time it occurred?
Longest war in U.S. history
Costliest war in U.S. history
Deadliest war in U.S. history
First war in Asia in U.S. history
15
Which event in history change how many Americans viewed the Vietnam War?
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
Vietnam Death March
Tet Offensive
Battle on Hamburger Hill
16
What major movement of the Civil Rights era did Rosa Parks begin?
Idea of sit-in protests
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
17
A sit-in was a peaceful form of protest where people simply sat and refused to leave.
True
False
18
Why did the U.S. not participate in the 1980 Olympics?
Did not have enough athletes
The U.S. was recovering from a terrible recession
Upset with Soviets over invasion of Afghanistan
Upset with Chinese over invasion of the Philippines
19
What country did the U.S. attack in 2001 because they believed Bin Laden was hiding there?
Afghanistan
Syria
Iraq
Iran
20
Who was assassinated on June 5, 1968 which most likely changed who the next president would be?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Kennedy
John F Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
21
Gerald Ford pleased the American public by granting Nixon a full, free, and absolute pardon.
False
True
22
Most of the earlier terrorist attacks on the U.S. actually occurred abroad, or not in the U.S.
False
True
23
Which southern city became the first to desegregate its public facilities?
Greensboro, South Carolina
Nashville, Tennessee
Selma, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
24
Which U.S. city was the site of a large setback in Civil Rights movement in August of 1965?
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
25
The two places that were actually hit on 9/11 were the Twin Towers & Capitol Building.
False
True
26
What was the result of the Miranda v. Arizona case in 1966?
Arrested persons must now be read their Miranda rights
Miranda's list required for all violent criminals
Arizona became the 48th state of the U.S.
Arizona became first state to have a female governor
27
Vietnam was a war with extremely clear objectives, the U.S. just didn't achieve them.
True
False
28
Which area has the U.S been highly involved in over the past 30-40 years largely due to its oil
Middle East
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Southern Africa
29
Who got involved in the Civil Rights movement for the first time in May of 1963 in Alabama?
MLK Jr.
Children
Black Panthers
Government
30
Who first proposed the idea of the Internet, something that has changed history just a bit?
Steve Jobs
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Bernerslee
Bill Gates
31
The invention of the television actually affected how some Americans viewed the war in Vietnam.
False
True
32
Vietnamization was the idea that the US would gradually withdraw & let So. Vietnamese take over
True
False
33
Which of the following is TRUE regarding Ronald Reagan's presidency?
Expanded the economy
For the most part went very well
All of these are true of his presidency
Restored the nation's faith in the presidency
34
Which of the following was part of MLK Jr.'s plan of civil disobedience?
Peaceful refusal to obey unjust laws
All of these were part of his plan
May even have to endure violence
Must be willing to go to jail
35
What group did MLK Jr. & other church leaders found in 1957 to strive for equality?
United Southern Negro Front
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Black Panthers
36
What was the site of one of the first terrorist attacks in the U.S. in 1993?
Times Square
Grand Central Station
World Trade Center
Madison Square Garden
37
About how many Americans died in the deadliest month of Vietnam, May of 1968?
100,00
2000
20,000
10,000
38
Which president quickly earned the nickname "The Great Communicator" after election in 1980?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
39
What region of the world is the largest source of immigration for the U.S. today?
Europe
Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
40
What occurred in the U.S. in 2007 that resulted in 1.4 million Americans losing their homes?
Deadly series of tornadoes in the midwest
Recession from GDP shrinking for 6 months
Bank collapse on a national scale
Stock market crash
41
Hurricane Katrina was the _______________ natural disaster in U.S. history.
longest
deadliest
disasterous
costliest
42
The goal of search & destroy missions in Vietnam was to kill as many Vietcong as possible.
True
False
43
The U.S. dropped about 2.4 million tons of bombs on the Ho Chi Minh Trail during Vietnam.
False
True
44
Nixon won his election by promising to restore law & order at home & win peach w/ honor in Nam.
True
False
45
Which of the following is TRUE about Jackie Robinson?
He was never a very good baseball player
Was the first African American to win the World Series
He was the first African American to play in the MLB
He was the MVP in 1947, his first year
46
The U.S. wanted to stop Communism in Vietnam because they feared it spread in Southeast Asia.
True
False
47
About 2.5 million Americans served in what major war in the late 1960's & early 1970's?
Vietnam War
Cold War
WW II
Korean War
48
Who became the youngest president ever elected in 1960 at the age of 43?
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Dwight D Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
49
Which Soviet leader kind of helped to bring the Cold War to a close and re-open relations w/ US
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Putin
50
When did the last of the U.S. troops finally leave Vietnam?
March of 1973
June of 1972
April of 1974
December of 1973
