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America in the Cold War
The Sixties
Vietnam War
Civil Rights Movement
Legislation
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Why did the Cold War begin? (Bonus for both answers)
Ideological differences (communism v. democracy) and World War II events (atomic bomb and nonaggression pact).
100
Why did President John F. Kennedy create a trade embargo against Cuba?
To try and overthrow Castro and cause political change.
100
What is the best reason for why the United States became involved in the Vietnam War?
To stop the spread of Communism.
100
What previous Supreme Court case did Brown v. Board of Education overrule?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
100
Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 following the Vietnam War?
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
200
What event created fears in the Soviet Union had beat the US with their technology? Bonus points for year this event occurred.
The launch of Sputnik. Bonus:1957.
200
What event caused President John F. Kennedy to place a blockade around Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis.
200
The US provided military aid to South Vietnam’s government and sent troops to North Korea because of this belief.
The Domino Theory
200
What was the ultimate goal of the Civil Rights Movement as expressed by Martin Luther King Jr. in his “I have a dream” speech?
Replace racial segregation with an integrated society
200
Which act outlawed discrimination due to race or gender by employers and ended segregation in public places?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
300
Name the word used to describe “accusing people of subversive activities without sufficient evidence”.
What is McCarthyism
300
Name of the program President Lyndon Baines Johnson created as a war to be waged on poverty.
The Great Society.
300
What was passed at the end of the Vietnam War to limit the president’s power to send troops into military combat and give it back to Congress?
The War Powers Act.
300
What was the main difference between methods of the Black Panthers and the methods of Martin Luther King Jr.?
The use of violence.
300
Which amendment protected the right to vote without having to pay a poll tax or take a literacy test?
What is 24th Amendment.
400
What agreement was designed to contain communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey?
The Truman Doctrine
400
What was the ultimate goal of putting a man on the moon?
To win the Space Race against the Soviet Union.
400
How did Americans react to US involvement in the Vietnam War?
They formed two groups: Hawks (pro-war) and Doves (anti-war)
400
What was the main thing Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi had in common?
They both believed in the use of nonviolence.
400
What was created as a result of the 1950s growth of American suburbs?
The Interstate Highway Act.
500
What was the purpose of NATO?
To form an alliance to protect countries against Soviet aggression.
500
Why did the US get involved in the Korean War?
To try and contain communism.
500
What thing helped caused the public support for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War to decline in the late 1960s?
The television coverage of the war or the media.
500
Name a governor whose beliefs said people should not be forced to mix with those of other races in public places, including schools and universities.
What is Governors Orval Faubus (Arkansas), Lester Maddox (Georgia), Ross Barnet (Mississippi), and George Wallace (Alabama).
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Which act prohibited presidents from acting unilaterally (alone) in declaring war or sending troops abroad without the permission of Congress?
The War Powers Act.