T/F: In the 50's there was a decline in the development of the suburbs.
False: the suburbs were developing rapidly, but the cities began to decline.
100
In the election of 1960, Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy defeated the Republican candidate ____________
____________.
A. Richard Nixon
B. Lyndon Johnson
C. Gerald Ford
D. Walter Mondale
A. Richard Nixon
100
The Supreme Court ruling, Brown vs. Board of Education, in 1954, declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional resulting in the ___________ of public schools.
a. integration
b. segregation
c. termination
d. none of the above
a. integration
100
What year did Vietnam divide between the North and South?
A. 1968
B. 1954
C. 1969
D. 1973
B. 1954
100
T/F: We call the North Vietnamese and their sympathizers the Vietminh.
False: The North Vietnamese was called the Vietcong.
200
T/F: Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in 1952, but lost the following term to the Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson.
False: Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in both elections and served for 8 years.
200
President Kennedy was the ____________ person ever elected as President, and the first of this religion.
A. youngest, Protestant
B. youngest, Christian
C. youngest, Roman Catholic
D. oldest, Lutheran
C. youngest, Roman Catholic
200
Martin Luther King Jr. was ______________ on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
A. arrested
B. promoted
C. assassinated
d. stabbed
C. assassinated
200
Vietnam was originally a colony of what country?
A. Great Britain
B. China
C. Russia
D. France
D. France
200
Senator McCarthy went too far when he claimed there were Communists in the U.S. _________, and the Senate voted to condemn his actions.
A. navy
B. House
C. army
D. Senate
C. army
300
Who claimed to know 57 workers at the State Department who were Communists?
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin
300
The Bay of Pigs invasion on April 17, 1961 (that turned out to be a disaster), was authorized by Kennedy on this country?
A. Brazil
B. Cuba
C. Puerto Rico
D. Haiti
B. Cuba
300
Who initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1965?
A. Martin Luther King Jr
B. Rosa Parks
C. Malcolm X
D. President Johnson
B. Rosa Parks
300
T/F: We never formally declared war on Vietnam.
True.
300
Who was the first American in space in 1961?
a. Alan Shepard
b. John Glenn
c. Neil Armstrong
d. Buzz Aldrin
a. Alan Shepard
400
The fear of Communism is called the "_______ ________".
Red Scare
400
The _______ culture developed in opposition to the Vietnam War.
hippie
400
T/F: The Voting Rights Act was passed in the year 1964.
False....the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965-tricked you!! Pay attention to details-
400
What incident led President Johnson to send U.S. combat troops to Vietnam following the incident in August 1964?
Gulf of Tonkin
400
Who assassinated President Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
500
Eisenhower's year's as President were characterized by:
1.
2.
3.
1. economic prosperity
2. cultural stability
3. fear of Communism
500
President Johnson's social programs were called the "_______ ____________".
Great Society
500
What was the name of King's famous speech that he delivered in August 1963 in Washington, D.C.
"I Have A Dream"
500
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
500
Two parter: What was built in August 1961 to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin, and who was it built by?
1. The Berlin Wall
2. The Soviet Union and East Germany