US History II - Chap. 20

Question 1

This election helped turn the South into....

Accepted Answer

A Republican stronghold

Question 2

Who did Johnson turn down as his running mate in 1964?

Accepted Answer

Robert F Kennedy

Question 3

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

The exploration of space

Question 4

Some Republicans were so freaked out by Goldwater's extremist views, what did they do?

Accepted Answer

Pledged support for Johnson

Question 5

A year prior to the election of 1964, who was assassinated?

Accepted Answer

President John F Kennedy

Question 6

According to the American public, Nixon won the debates in this medium...?

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 7

The Johnson campaign designed the Daisy Girl ad to do what?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 8

The Gemini Project did all of these things EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Put a man on the moon

Question 9

What pledge did Nixon make during the campaign that historians later said was a waste of time?

Accepted Answer

To campaign in all 50 states

Question 10

What was one of the main reasons Kennedy was disliked?

Accepted Answer

He's Catholic

Question 11

By how much % did Kennedy win the popular vote?

Accepted Answer

1/10%

Question 12

As a result of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, this occurs....

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 13

In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. What is it?

Accepted Answer

A satellite

Question 14

Throughout the Apollo missions a total of how many US astronauts went to the moon?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 15

What the purpose of the USA-led event at Bahia Honda?

Accepted Answer

To make Castro think the attack was going to happen there

Question 16

Who was the first human in space?

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

Question 17

In 1960 Presidential debates were televised. How many debates were held?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 18

Why is this election considered so lopsided?

Accepted Answer

Goldwater only had 52 electoral votes

Question 19

The Civil Rights Act included ending discrimination in all of the following EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Age

Question 20

As a result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, President Johnson did what?

Accepted Answer

Escalated troop involvement in Vietnam

Question 21

The Cuban Bay of Pigs Affair began on April 15, 1961 with what tactic?

Accepted Answer

Aerial bombing

Question 22

In 1960, which Presidential candidate received 15 electoral votes in protest?

Accepted Answer

Byrd

Question 23

How long did the Bay of Pigs Invasion last?

Accepted Answer

5 days

Question 24

Who is the leader of the Cuban Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 25

The Cuban exile to the USA focuses most on which city?

Accepted Answer

Miami

Question 26

How old was Kennedy when he received the Democratic nomination for US President?

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43

Question 27

Why were the Dixicrats against nominating Johnson for the Presidency?

Accepted Answer

Because Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law

Question 28

What event might not have occurred if the Bay of Pigs invasion was successful removing Castro?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 29

What distinction did Kennedy hold at the time of his election as President of the USA?

Accepted Answer

Youngest

Question 30

Because the election was so close, what did the Republicans accuse the Democrats of?

Accepted Answer

Voter fraud

Question 31

What does Fidel Castro get in exchange for returning the 1000 or so captured rebel invaders?

Accepted Answer

$58 million

Question 32

Who was Wernher von Braun developing rockets for before the USA?

Accepted Answer

Nazi Germany

Question 33

What state did a flip-flop one week after absentee ballots were casts in the 1960 election?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 34

Who comes up with the plan to oust Castro?

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CIA Director Allen Dulles

Question 35

Why is Sputnik a factor in heightened tensions between the Soviet Union and the USA?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 36

Why was the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party upset with Mississippi Convention delegates?

Accepted Answer

They were all white

Question 37

Why was the first step bombing of Cuban seen as a failure?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 38

How many terms as Vice President did Richard M. Nixon serve?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 39

What year did the Cuban Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1959

Question 40

President Kennedy blames the CIA for blowing the special operation at Bay of Pigs because...

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 41

The first astronauts are chosen from which branch of the armed forces?

Accepted Answer

Air Force

Question 42

Which of the following is date of the USA moon landing for Apollo 11?

Accepted Answer

July 20, 1969

Question 43

Why didn't President Eisenhower run for election again?

Accepted Answer

First President to be affected by the "No Third Term" Rule

Question 44

What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Accepted Answer

A fake news story

Question 45

Of which country is the USA most afraid of an alliance with Cuba?

Accepted Answer

The USSR

Question 46

What is the demographic of the people fleeing Castro's Cuban revolt?

Accepted Answer

Middle class, educated

Question 47

In the botched debacle of the Bay of Pigs, both the Castro regime and the CIA blame who?

Accepted Answer

President Kennedy

Question 48

Which of these were NOT a part of the Batista regime?

Accepted Answer

Soviet aid: monetarily and militarily

Question 49

On the Republican ticket of 1964, who represented the more conservative voting sector?

Accepted Answer

Barry Goldwater

Question 50

In what year did the USA get a man, Allan Shepard, into space?

Accepted Answer

1961

Question 51

In the test for the Mercury Project, who was the pilot?

Accepted Answer

Enos the Chimp

Question 52

By what year does Kennedy want the USA to put a man on the moon?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 53

What makes the Castro regime appear to be a communist regime?

Accepted Answer

The huge takeover of public & private land

Question 54

Why was Kennedy's space mission challenge so important to the USA?

Accepted Answer

All of these

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