US History Quiz 8

Malcolm X was assassinated by

• the nation of Islam

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• James Earl Ray

• the Black Panthers

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• James Earl Ray

• the nation of Islam

• the Black Panthers

John F. Kennedy was assassinated by

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• James Earl Ray

• the Nation of Islam

• the Black Panthers

Which of these was NOT part of the "Great Society"?

• Medicare

• Endangered Species Act

• Higher Education Act

• Elderly Nutrition Act

Which of these was the first space mission that successfully put a man on the moon?

• Apollo 10

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 12

• Apollo 13

Malcolm X originally supported __________, while MLK supported ____________.

• racial seperation, racial integration

• racial integration, racial seperation

• racial unification, racial integration

• racial integration, racial unification

Which President made the idea of the "Great Society" possible?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• J. Edgar Hoover

What is the name of the civil rights leader who is most famous for his speech on black power?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jesse Jackson

What was the result of the operation called Bay of Pigs?

• it failed miserably

• it resulted in the US taking back its factories that were in Cuba

• it resulted in Fidel Castro being assassinated

• it resulted in Fidel Castro being overthrown by Miguel Díaz-Canel

Which one of these is NOT something the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did?

• banned the use of literacy tests

• provided federal oversight of voter registration

• made it illegal to deny someone the right to vote based on race

• made white people pay higher poll taxes than black people to balance things out