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The Sixties: Decade of Change
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1
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese leader who supported which idea?
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Communism
Capitalism
2
Where did the event in these headlines occur and who became the new U.S President?
Dallas/Lyndon B. Johnson
Dallas/Lee H. Oswald
Denver/George W. Bush
Detroit/Richard M. Nixon
3
How did the U.S respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Invaded the Bay of Pigs in Cuba
Placed a blockade around Cuba
Launched airstrikes on Cuba
Assassinated the Cuban president
4
Which president created a number of programs to improve society called the "New Frontier"?
Gerald R. Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
5
Which event signaled the end of the Vietnam War?
Fall of Peking
Fall of Pyongyang
Fall of Ho Chi Minh City
Fall of Saigon
6
Domino Theory was used to justify what action by the U.S?
Placing an embargo on Thailand
Defending Cambodia from Chinese aggression
Invading North Korea
Sending military aid to South Vietnam
7
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by which nation?
Berlin
United States
Germany
Soviet Union
8
The Vietnam War began as a war between....
North and South Vietnam
Vietnam and the Soviet Union
China and Vietnam
The U.S and Vietnam
9
John Glenn was the first American to...
Orbit the Earth
Orbit the Moon
Walk on the Moon
Walk in Space
10
Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point for the U.S during the Vietnam War?
The defeat led to the surrender of the U.S
The victory led to a swift end of the war
The battle convinced Americans that victory was not close
The battle brought China and the Soviet Union into the war
11
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense showdown primarily between which two nations?
Cuba and the U.S
Cuba and Angola
The U.S and the Soviet Union
Cuba and the Soviet Union
12
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The U.S promised not to invade Cuba. Missiles removed.
The Soviet Union and the U.S attacked Cuba
Cuba agreed to remove the missiles
The U.S allowed the missiles to remain in Cuba
13
All of the following are "Great Society" programs except
Aid to U.S cities
War on Drugs
Medicare
War on Poverty
14
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt by the United States to overthrow which leader?
Jose Marti
Emiliano Zapata
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
15
Which man earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War?
Cesar Chavez
Roy Benavidez
James Olmos
Rudolfo Gonzalez
16
Which resolution justified President Johnson's escalation of U.S involvement in Vietnam?
Vietnam Resolution
Johnson's Resolution
War Powers Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
