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  • Q1
    What was the purpose of the "Freedom Rides" in the early 1960's?
    Free transportation in urban areas.
    Civil Rights for African-Americans in southern states.
    Women's equality.
    Encourage laborers to join unions.
    30s
  • Q2
    What was the failed attempt to overthrow the communist regime in Cuba during 1962 called?
    Havana rumble.
    The Bay of Pigs invasion.
    War on Poverty.
    Kennedy's folly.
    30s
  • Q3
    Who were the two major candidates running for POTUS in 1960?
    John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater.
    Adlai Stevenson and Richard Nixon.
    John Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
    Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.
    30s
  • Q4
    How did the White House resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis?
    Stationed 150,000 soldiers in Key West, Florida.
    Threatened nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
    Signed a treaty with Fidel Castro.
    Diplomacy. It promised to never again attempt to invade Cuba and to remove nuclear missiles currently in Turkey.
    30s
  • Q5
    All of the following civil rights activists of the 1960's encouraged non-violent civil disobedience EXCEPT:
    Malcolm X
    A. Philip Randolph
    John Lewis
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    30s
  • Q6
    John Kennedy's religious faith was seen as a potential stumbling block in his attempt to become POTUS in 1960. He was:
    Jewish
    Agnostic.
    Roman Catholic
    Baptist
    30s
  • Q7
    President Kennedy was assassinated in November, 1963. Who was sworn in as the new President?
    John Connally
    Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
    Hubert Humphrey
    Richard Nixon
    30s
  • Q8
    LBJ became a strong advocate for civil rights during his term as president. He declared a War on ____________:
    Drugs
    Cuba
    Poverty
    Vietnam
    30s
  • Q9
    An event happened in 1962 that symbolized the Cold War and the fact that the U.S. and USSR were at odds in terms of who would have greater influence in Europe. It was:
    the Korean War
    Construction of the Berlin Wall.
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Assassination of JFK
    30s
  • Q10
    During the 1960's, young people who were part of the "counter-culture" (long hair, drugs, rock-and-roll music, love-ins, etc.) were referred to as:
    draft dodgers
    Hippies
    Beatniks
    Juvenile delinquents
    30s
  • Q11
    The argument against the war in Vietnam during the 1960's was that was a "rich man's war...poor man's fight." This was because:
    Uneducated whites and african-americans were the majority of those drafted into the military.
    Military pay was very low.
    These two groups were influenced most by Communist teachings.
    The government made lots of money producing weaponry.
    30s
  • Q12
    Who was elected POTUS in 1968?
    Robert F. Kennedy - Democrat
    Jimmy Carter- Democrat
    Richard M. Nixon - Republican
    Gerald R. Ford - Republican
    30s
  • Q13
    Who was the leader of the USSR during the Kennedy administration?
    Joseph Stalin.
    Mao Zedong.
    Nikita Kruschev.
    Vladimir Putin.
    30s
  • Q14
    Using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the example of the NAACP as a model, this women's organization pushed for "equal pay for equal work" regarding women in the workplace.
    SNCC
    SCLC
    CORE
    NOW
    30s
  • Q15
    The Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court decision in 1966 stated that:
    Students must stand for the Pledge of Alliegience and the National Anthem.
    Mandatory school prayer was unconstitutional.
    Evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court.
    Those charged of a crime had to be read their rights, including the right to remain silent.
    30s

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