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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in what year in what city?
1963 Dallas
1968 Dallas
1968 Memphis
1963 Los Angeles
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President during Cuban Missile Crisis
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
3
What was the US government's response to Sputnik?
The GI Bill and Levittown
increased funding for math and science, creation of NASA
Invention of television and air conditioning
Funding for interstate highways and the Manhattan Project
4
What was the first "televised" war?
Spanish American War
Korea
World War II
Vietnam
5
Who was the first black major league baseball player of the modern era?
Louis Armstrong
Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
A. Phillip Randolph
6
What president is associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barrack Obama
7
What event led to a shift from indentured servitude to slavery in Virginia?
Whiskey Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Revolt
8
This group, founded by Martin Luther King, grew out of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
SNCC
Black Panthers
SCLC
Nation of Islam
9
Student-led Civil Rights group, Known for Freedom Rides
SNCC
SCLC
EPA
NOW
10
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in what year and what city?
1968 Memphis
1963 Memphis
1968 Los Angeles
1963 Dallas
11
Increased birth rates after World War II was referred to as the
Boom Boom Time
Sexual Revolution
Great Awakening
Baby Boom
12
Nixon, Ford, ????, Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
George Bush
Jimmy Carter
13
First permanent English settlement in New World
Plymouth Rock
Quebec
New Amsterdam
Jamestown
14
Roe v Wade
Right to an attorney
Free Speech
Race in College Admissions
Reproductive Rights (privacy)
15
What war included the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) and Tet Offensive (1968)
World War II
Operation Enduring Freedom
Vietnam
Korea
16
What was the name of the leader of the Powhatan Indians in Virginia
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Sitting Bull
Sacajawea
17
The following were used during both the American Revolution AND Civil Rights movement EXCEPT
Intellectual Argument
Boycotts
Direct Action
Tar and Feathering
18
Letter From A Birmingham Jail
A Phillip Randolph
Martin Luther King
WEB DuBois
Cesar Chavez
19
What decade did TV first become popular?
1950s
1930's
1920s
1970s
20
Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
21
Which Supreme Court decision dealt with the use of race in university admissions?
Roe v Wade
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainright
Regents v Bakke
22
Which president is associated with the missile defense program known as Star Wars in the 1980s?
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
23
This book written by Rachel Carson warned Americans about a threat to the planet
Bye-Bye Birdie
Nuclear Winter
Silent Spring
Cruel Summer
24
What scandal was Ronald Reagan's administration involved in?
Iran-Hostage Crisis
Iran-Contra
Watergate
Monica Lewinski
25
What effect did TV have on the 1960 presidential election?
TV had no effect on the campaign
Richard Nixon used the first campaign ads on TV
Nixon won because he looked better on TV than Kennedy
Kennedy defeated Nixon in televised debates
26
What decade was the Great Depression
1950s
1910s
1930s
1940s
27
Which president desegregated the military by executive order in 1947?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Harry S Truman
28
Sputnik was
The German rocket program during WWII
the code name for the Soviet Union's atomic bomb program
The first man-made satellite launched into space
The Russian counter-part to NATO
29
First ever president to resign
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Bill Clinton
George Bush
30
Which president was known for re-establishing relations with China and the Watergate scandal?
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
31
Which ethnic group were sent to internment camps during WWII?
Koreans
Japanese
African-Americans
Chinese
32
What was Levittown?
Pivotal battle in the American Revolution
a 1950s suburban development
Code name for the atomic bomb
a 1920s suburban development
33
1940s Civil Rights leader, planned March On Washington
A. Phillip Randolph
Martin Luther King Jr.
Louis Armstrong
W..E.B. DuBois
34
Truman, ????, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
35
Economic Aid to 22 European Countries after WWII
Marshall Plan
Anaconda Plan
Tet Offensive
Watergate Plan
36
The GI Bill included tuition for college, business loans, and
unemployment benefits for WWII veterans
bonuses for World War I veterans
health care for Vietnam veterans
free meals at Applebee's on Veteran's Day
37
What was the primary cash crop in Jamestown?
Tobacco
Cotton
Maize
Indigo
38
You have the right to remain silent
Roe v Wade
Sanford v Scott
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
39
Which president is responsible for the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
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You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provide for you
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Roe v Wade
Regents v Bakke
41
Union Leader: United Farm Workers
Rachel Carson
Cesar Chavez
Samuel Gompers
Martin Luther King
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"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Donald Trump
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
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The Battle of Midway was a turning point in which war?
Vietnam War
World War II
Korean War
World War I
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Supreme Court ruling overturned "Separate But Equal"
Plessy v Ferguson
Miranda v Arizona
Brown v BOE
Gideon v Wainwright