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1950's and 1960's test #3
1950's and 1960's test #3
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What president was responsible for desegregating the military?
Eisenhower
Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
2
Kennedy was criticized by some business leaders for his involvement in the
bay of pigs
steel industry
election of 1962
civil rights movement
3
the name of president Kennedy's plans for America was
square deal
camelot
new deal
new frontier
4
What Supreme Court decision outlawed segregation in public schools?
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Roe vs. Wade
Law of separate but equal
educational rights act of 1965
5
Rosa Parks is well known in her role in starting what important civil rights protest?
general work strike
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
sit ins
6
how would you explain Kennedy's victory?
won by a landslide
it was a close margin of victory
easily defeated Nixon
it was a miscount
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what was unique about Kennedy as a president
his brother would be president
he was the youngest ever elected
he never ran for office prior to president
his father was also president
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9 African Americans were the first students to attend Central high in what American city?
pittsburgh
little rock
Montgomery
atlanta
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How did the first ever televised debate affect the 1960 election?
it was never aired
Kennedy appeared youthful and sure of himself
Nixon won the debate
had no effect
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What problems did Kennedy have that few Americans knew about?
he did not serve in the Armed Forces
severe back problems
he was divorced
he used to be a communist
