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U.S.2 : JFK/ LBJ Quiz
U.S.2 : JFK/ LBJ Quiz
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1
What did the Voting Rights Act establish?
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests
Made literacy tests and poll taxes legal
Repealed the 15th amendment
Made it harder for African Americans to vote
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What was the solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK lifted the naval blockade and Cuba retained its nuclear weapons
The Soviets kept missiles in Cuba and U.S. missiles stayed in Turkey
JFK agreed to not invade Cuba and remove the missiles in Turkey
Khruschev agreed not to invade Cuba and remove his missiles from Turkey
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What was established between the U.S. and the soviets to avoid future issues?
Email chain
Daily letters between the leaders
A hot line
Monthly meetings in Vienna
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What was Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act?
Improve the health, education and overall well being of Americans
Was part of the New Frontier
Help low income people purchase food
Banned discrimination in the workplace
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What programs did the Great Society promote?
NASA and providing money for education
Foreign and Domestic policy
Addressing poverty and social injustice
National Healthcare
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What were LBJs Medicaid and Medicare programs?
Part of his foreign policy program
Retirement funds for the elderly
Programs for kindergarten and preschool children
Healthcare for the elderly and low-income families
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What did the Civil Rights Act establish?
Banned the poll tax
Prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, religion, etc
Allowed discrimination based on race and gender
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices
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What happened in Cuba BEFORE U.S. involvement?
JFK wanted their naturla resources
JFK wanted to expand U.S. territory
The Soviets established a Communist government
Fidel Castro overthrew the gov't and created a Communist one
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What was JFK's response to the Soviets giving Cuba missiles?
Told Khrushchev to remove them
Built a bridge from the U.S. to Cuba
Air Embargo
Naval Blockade
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Which was an effect of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
JFK fired his advisors for leaking information
Castro asked the Soviets for additional military assistance
The Soviets pulled their support for Cuba
Cuba planned an invasion of the U.S.
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What did the Limited Test Ban establish?
Allowed nuclear testing only above ground
No underground nuclear testing
Nuclear weapons can be tested anywhere
no nuclear testing underwater, above ground or in space
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What was JFK's Flexible Response policy?
Allowed for the use of nuclear weapons to solve problems with the Soviets
JFK's plan for Civil Rights
Nuclear weapons being met with other nuclear wespons
A plan to prepare for various military responses to foreign crises
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What programs did the New Frontier focus on?
Increase funding for education and medical care for the elderly
Help fight poverty and stop racial injustice
Alleviate financial suffering
Foreign and domestic policy
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What was the goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
The Soviets were planning to attack the U.S. from Cuba
The U.S. was going to attack the Soviets
Cuban exiles were training to overthrow Fidel Castro
Cuba invaded the U.S.
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After JFKs assassination, who promised to continue his platform?
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King JR
