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1960s

Authored by Suzanne Kaercher

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During the 1960s, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used sit-ins primarily to

protest high college tuition costs

promote passage of clean air laws

support voting rights for 18-year-old citizens

challenge racially segregated public facilities

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was a major result of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

Fidel Castro was removed from power.

Steps were taken to relax Cold War tensions. (Nuclear Test Ban Treaty)

United Nations forces invaded Cuba.

Trade between Cuba and the United States increased

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

“No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.” — Section 2, Voting Rights Act of 1965


The specific goal stated in this section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to

expand the use of property qualifications (

establish voter qualifications such as literacy tests

stop fraudulent voting in large cities

remove barriers to voting based on racial background

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which event during the civil rights movement is most closely associated with President Dwight Eisenhower?

granting permission for the March on

Washington

urging the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Jackie

Robinson

supporting the sit-ins in Greensboro, North

Carolina

using federal troops to integrate schools in

Little Rock, Arkansas

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Cuban missile crisis was effectively ended when the

Soviet Union agreed to withdraw weapons from Cuba

Bay of Pigs invasion removed Fidel Castro from power

Cuban authorities signed new trade agreements with the United States

United States announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A goal of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to

eliminate discrimination in housing

implement job-training programs

increase equal rights for African Americans

end barriers to voting faced by African American

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which United States foreign policy action best illustrates the concept of containment?

adopting the Truman Doctrine in 1947

ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963

returning control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1978

granting diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China in 1979

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