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US History II, BJU 5th ed
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1
At what university were four students killed during a 1970 antiwar protest?
Virginia University
Alabama State
Kentucky State
Kent State
2
One reason for the counterculture was disillusionment with the materialism of the previous generation.
False
True
3
America won the Vietnam War.
True
False
4
Sputnik I
was
The name of the first dog in space.
popular breakfast cereal of the 1960's
a popular drug used by the counterculture.
the first Russian satellite successfully launched into space
5
What was Nixon’s greatest triumph in foreign affairs?
de-escalation of the Vietnam War
New Economic Policy
establishment of relations with Communist China
sale of grain to the Soviet Union
6
Presidential candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon close in age.
False
True
7
In which country was one-fifth of the nation’s population slaughtered by Communists?
Cuba
North Vietnam
Cambodia
North Korea
8
First person to step onto the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
9
Which group containted law-abiding, middle-class Americans
Slient Majority
Great Society
Counterculture
Black Power
10
"Freedom Riders" were attempting to do what?
Start an inmate rehabilitation program where inmates train horses.
Get JFK to enforce existing desegregation laws and to integrate facilities.
Expolit free bus fares.
Expose how expensive public transporation was.
11
This movement was a call for civil rights by any means necessary.
Jim Crow
Black Power
Civil Disobedience
Jim Eagle
12
Sheriff in Birmingham, Alabama used dogs and violence to subdue black civil rights protestors.
Bull Connor
Andy Taylor
Malcom X
Scrappy McGee
13
What happened at Selma, Alabama, that encouraged the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
large urban riot over literacy tests
corrupt purchase of black votes
deaths of three white civil rights activists
largest civil rights protest in American history
14
What was the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
outlawing literacy tests for voters
outlawing poll taxes
creation of the Equal Opportunity Commission
lowering the voting age to 18
15
Which was the longest war the US was involved in until Afganistan?
World War II
Civil War: War Between the States, aka War of Northern Aggression
World War I
Vietnam
16
Peace Corps was another way Americans tried to counter the appeal of communism
False
True
17
The Viet Cong were
King Kong's children
pro-Communist South Vietnamese
resturantures with the goal to bring Asian cuisine to the world.
were allies of US troops in Vietnam
18
This theory proved to be at least partly correct after the fall of South Vietnam.
free market society
Great Society
containment theory
domino theory
19
Astronauts left their trash and waste on the surface of the moon.
True
False
20
Why was the Vietnam War harder to fight than the Korean War?
superiority of the enemy’s weapons
lack of congressional authorization
Russian and Chinese support for the Communists
difficulty of supplying the American troops
21
Russian dictator Khrushchev put missiles on what island that was perceived as a threat to the US.
Alcatraz
Barbados
Cuba
San Jose
22
Before becoming president, Johnson had served as
secretary of state.
governor of Texas.
Senate majority leader.
American ambassador to the UN.
23
What government health insurance program was instituted in 1965 to help elderly people pay their medical expenses?
Liberty Mutual
SSI - Expansion
Obamacare
Medicare
24
Dallas, TX, November 22, 1963, 1PM Central Standard Time
The Vietnam war ended.
Cowboys win their first super bowl.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot.
President John F. Kennedy was shot.
25
Which of the following was a provision of the New Economic Policy?
ninety-day freeze on wages and prices
government control of essential industries
universal health insurance
increased public works spending
26
NASA stands for which of the following
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nuclear Aparthide and Space Affiliation
New Atmospheric Sectional Authority
27
The goal was to eliminate poverty and inequality
Great Society
Counterculture
Civil Rights Act 1964
New Left
28
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson were completely upfront and honest about the progress of the Vietnam War.
False
True
29
The Paris Peace talks in early 1973 ended US troop involvment in Vietnam.
False
True
30
The "sit-in" movement of the 1960's was
A large picnic style lunch for college students.
An urban legend.
An attempt to end segregation by young African-americans.
Protestors would sit in jail and not leave.
31
President Kennedy was very soft spoken and passive when dealing in political matters.
True
False
32
This moniker was applied to black people and then to the rules and laws used to segregate blacks and whites.
Separate but Equal
Jim Crow
Green Book
Black Panthers
33
The most popular illegal drug of the counterculture was
cocaine.
LSD.
marijuana.
opium.
34
What failed mission in April, 1961 left Cuban exiles stranded in Cuba after failing in an uprising against Fidel Castro?
Tet Offensive
Cuban strategic Force
Missile Murder
Bay of Pigs
35
The main “rallying point” of the disaffected youth in the 1960s and early 1970s was
the counterculture.
rock music.
the hippie movement.
the antiwar movement.
36
US soliders were treated with respect and dignity when they returned home from Vietnam.
False
True
