The Berlin Crisis almost resulted in:

Active war between the US and USSR

Which of the following was created to prevent another incident like the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Adding a hotline for easy communication between the US and USSR

The programs of the Great Society:

used the federal government to try to help the less fortunate

Which of the following would be one reason that Nixon lost the presidential election of 1960?

He looked sweaty and uncomfortable during the debate

How were Cesar Chavez and MLK similar?

They both used non-violent methods of protest

Why was the US so mad at Castro in the late 1950s?

He nationalized American owned businesses

What was the effect of television on the Civil Rights movement?

Made people sympathetic to the movement

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Made voting available for hundreds of thousands of blacks in the South

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1
Which type of protest strategy was used in Montgomery in 1956-7?
Strikes
Sit-ins
Boycott
Kneel-ins
2
Which program was LBJ's idea to end poverty?
New Deal
Fair Deal
Great Society
Alliance for Progress
3
The Berlin Crisis almost resulted in:
A peaceful end to the cold war
Active war between the US and USSR
Nuclear missiles being pointed at the US
Freedom for East Germany
4
Which of the following was created to prevent another incident like the Cuban Missile Crisis?
An embargo on Cuba
Increased NATO aggression on the USSR
Adding a hotline for easy communication between the US and USSR
A permanent nuclear missile base in Cuba
5
The programs of the Great Society:
used the federal government to try to help the less fortunate
put people back to work after the Great Depression
Were eventually successful in eradicating poverty
reset society after the global pandemic by improving capitalism
6
How did most Americans receive news and entertainment in the 1960s?
Radio
Telephone
Theater
Tv
7
Which presidential election was the first to be affected by Television?
1952
1972
1960
1968
8
The Civil Rights Act of 1964...
Ended legal segregation
Eliminated literacy tests and poll taxes
Forced companies to hire a certain amount of minorities
Oversaw voting procedures
9
Which of the following would be one reason that Nixon lost the presidential election of 1960?
He looked sweaty and uncomfortable during the debate
He did a poor job answering the questions during the presidential debate
He was relatively unknown compared to the popular JFK
He didn't have as much political experience as Kennedy
10
Which thing did not happen in 1968?
Assassination of MLK
Violence at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Building of the Berlin Wall
Assassination of RFK
11
All of the following happened in the Kennedy administration except
Building of the Berlin Wall
The U-2 Incident
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs invasion
12
Which of the following events caused he US to become more involved in Vietnam?
Fall of Hue
Tet Offensive
Invasion of Laos
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
13
Which of the following Civil Rights groups was not created in the 40s-60s
CORE
SNCC
SCLC
NAACP
14
How were Cesar Chavez and MLK similar?
They both used non-violent methods of protest
They were both African American leaders
Both concentrated on the Southern region of the US
They were both Baptist ministers
15
After which event did the US begin to turn on the War in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Tet Offensive
Fall of Hue
Fall of Saigon
16
The belief that if you allowed one country to fall to communism, then all neighboring countries would fall too is:
the Domino Theory
Containment
The Eisenhower Theory
The Truman Doctrine
17
Which was not a method used to end discrimination during the early 1960s?
Bomb threats
Sit-ins
Freedom Rides
Marches
18
Why was the US so mad at Castro in the late 1950s?
He was a dictator
He nationalized American owned businesses
He led an armed coup against his government
He committed human rights violations as leader of Cuba
19
What was the effect of television on the Civil Rights movement?
Showed black people using violence against their oppressors
No impact, because journalists refused to report on it.
Convinced people at home that blacks had equal rights to whites
Made people sympathetic to the movement
20
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed Southern states the right to give literacy tests to vote
Gave black people the right to vote
Gave women the right to vote
Made voting available for hundreds of thousands of blacks in the South

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