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1
Richard Nixon opened up better relations with
China
Germany
Cuba
India
2
Who was the US in a space race and nuclear arms race with?
England
China
Japan
USSR / Soviet Union
3
Due to corporations taking over, this declined in the 1970s
Industry
Farm Families
Women in the workplace
Suburbs
4
Who shot JFK?
John Wilks Booth
Jack Ruby
William Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
5
JFK's failed attempt to overthrow Castro was the
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Tonkin Invasion
Bay of Pigs Invasion
D Day Invasion
6
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons
K1C2
Watergate
ICE
SALT
7
JFK focused on the space race by declaring the US would do what?
Create missiles in space
Create nuclear weapons
Send a man to mars
Go to the moon
8
How did television effect Americans view of the Vietnam War?
More people volunteered for service
Increased the Anti-war movement
Increased support for the war
Increased Congressional support for the war
9
The creation of interstate highways lead to the expansion of ....
apartments
urban living
suburbs
riots
10
The communist leader of Cuba was
Fidel Castro
Tomas Molotov
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
11
Nixon's aids were caught breaking into Democratic Headquarters was known as the
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bridgeport Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Nixon Fail
12
Why did an embargo occur in 1973?
US supported the Jews
High gas prices
Us supported the Arabs
Failed Negotiations
13
Who was President during the 1973 oil embargo?
Nixon
Reagan
LBJ
Carter
14
Vietnamization means...
LESS American soldiers in Vietnam
Bombing Cambodia
MORE American soldiers in Vietnam
Starting war with Vietnam
15
Which program was NOT a part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?
Medicaid
Minimum Wage
Head Start
Medicare
16
Only person to serve as VP and President without being elected
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
17
This President promoted Vietnamization of the Vietnam war, ultimately ending the war.
LBJ
JFK
Nixon
Carter
18
Which was NOT a major event during Kennedy's Presidency
Bay of Pigs
Watergate Scandal
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
19
This event gave Pres. Johnson the right to declare war without asking Congress...
TET Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Bombing of Cambodia
20
Anti-war protests led to students being killed by the National Guard at
Capitol Hill
The Pentagon
Kent State
Watergate Scandal
21
The first televised presidential debate was between
Lincoln and Kennedy
Carter and Reagan
Kennedy and Nixon
Truman and FDR
22
The United States became involved in Vietnam war
To stop the spread of communism in the region
after they bombed America
in support of the United Nations
To help them rebuild after WWII
23
This president sent more troops to Vietnam than any other president
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
24
The US and the USSR had weapons pointed at eachother for 13 days
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Watergate
Berlin Wall
25
Because of the Bay of Pigs Invasion these two countries became BFF's
USSR and Cuba
USSR and Canada
United States and USSR
United States and Cuba
26
What is the organization of countries that export petroleum?
Embargo
SALT
OPEC
CIA
27
Who was president when Apollo II spaceship landed on the moon?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
28
United States participation in Vietnam resulted in
Consumer supplies shortage
Public support for the war
A call for a third party to run for President
Anti-war protest
29
Lyndon B Johnsons Domestic Policy that extended federal government social welfare programs
New Federalism
Great Society
New Frontier
New Deal
30
More women began to enter the workplace in the 1960s
True
False