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1
Which of the following terms describes those who went against the cultural norms of the 60's?
Hipsters
Counterculture
Hippies
Goths
2
Which US president created NASA?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
3
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when...
Cuban Missiles were found in Cuba
Cuban missiles were found in America
Russian missiles were found in Cuba
American Missiles were found in Cuba
4
Who was the leader of the Communist Revolution in China?
Kim Jong Un
Ho Chi Mihn
Kim Jong Il
Mao Zedong
5
Harry S Truman is from
Kansas City, KS
Independence, MO
Blue Springs, MO
Kansas City, MO
6
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader who believed in...
revenge
non-violence
land
black power
7
Brown vs. Board
of Education
was a Supreme course case that did what?
Desegregated the army
Desegregated schools
Segregated the army
Segregated schools
8
What was a cause for the investigations headed by Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s?
the corruption and bribery of members of Congress
the corruption of President Harry S Truman
prevention from communist spies
excessive spending by the US military
9
Malcom X was a civil rights leader who believed in
Forgiveness
Black Power
Hatefulness
Equality for the races
10
What is a whistleblower?
Those who rat their friends out to the police
Those who are referees
Those who release potentially dangerous info to the public
Those who are part of the Police Force
11
What was passed by congress in 1964 that sent American troops to Vietnam?
The Twenty-sixth Amendment
The Lend-Lease Act
The Vietcong Act
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
12
What was the name of the series of laws passed by LBJ aimed eliminating poverty in the US.
The Great Society
The War on Drugs
The New Deal
The Deal for the Public
13
Rosa Parks is best known for...
Not leaving a white restaurant
Organizing the march on Washington
Organizing a march on Selma
Not moving to the back of the bus
14
Who is Jackie Robinson, and why is he important?
He was the owner of the Kansas City Monarchs
He was the first Black player in White baseball
He was a famous civil rights leader
He desegregated the military
15
The 38th Parallel in Korea is a DMZ. DMZ stands for...
Dangerous Military Zone
Dominated by Mao Zedong
Dodging Military Zone
Demilitarized Zone
