Chapter 29

Question 1

Who ran against Johnson in 1963?

Answer 1

Barry M. Goldwater

Question 2

What was Johnson’s plan known as ?

Answer 2

The Great Society

Question 3

What acts came as a result of the Great Society ?

Answer 3

Listed on page 506

Question 4

Name the two Cabinet-level offices established by the Johnson Administration.

Answer 4

The Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Department of Transportation

Question 5

What act prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses?

Answer 5

The Fair Housing Act

Question 6

What important civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?

Answer 6

Malcolm X

Question 7

What act prohibited racial discrimination in public places ?

Answer 7

The 1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 8

What Amendment outlawed poll taxes for national elections?

Answer 8

The 24th Amendment

Question 9

Who was the first black American cabinet officer ?

Answer 9

Robert Weaver

Question 10

Who was the first black associate justice of the Supreme Court ?

Answer 10

Thurgood Marshall

Question 11

In what year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated ?

Answer 11

1968

Question 12

What provided legal justification for U. S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict ?

Answer 12

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 13

In what year did President Johnson send the first combat troops to Vietnam ? Who was their commander?

Answer 13

1965; General William C. Westmoreland

Question 14

The offensive position that was taken by the Communists was called…

Answer 14

The Tet Offensive

Question 15

What war erupted in the Middle East while the Americans were preoccupied in Vietnam?

Answer 15

The Six-Day War

Question 16

Who were the first men on the moon ?

Answer 16

Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins

Question 17

Who became the first basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game ?

Answer 17

Wilt Chamberlain

Question 18

Who killed Robert F. Kennedy?

Answer 18

Sirhan Biashara Sirhan

Question 19

Who won the election of 1968 ?

Answer 19

Richard M. Nixon

Question 20

On what two college campuses were violent demonstrations held ?

Answer 20

Kent State University and Jackson State College

Question 21

What Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?

Answer 21

The 26th Amendment

Question 22

In what year was a ceasefire agreement in Vietnam signed ?

Answer 22

1973

Question 23

Who was President Nixon’s Secretary of State ?

Answer 23

Henry Kissinger

Question 24

In what year did President Nixon visit Communist China?

Answer 24

1972

Question 25

In what war was Israel attacked by Egypt, Syria, and Jordan?

Answer 25

You Kippur War

Question 26

What embargo made oil scarce ?

Answer 26

The Arab Oil embargo

Question 27

What was the monopoly that was designed to control the price of Middle Eastern oil?

Answer 27

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Question 28

What ran the length of Alaska that brought oil down into the contiguous United States ?

Answer 28

The Alaska Pipeline

Question 29

What was the root cause of inflation?

Answer 29

The loose money policies of the Federal Government.

Question 30

In what year did the Supreme Court rule against the death penalty ?

Answer 30

1972

Question 31

What Supreme Court case legalized abortion? In what year?

Answer 31

Roe vs. Wade ; 1973

Question 32

What Vice President resigned in 1973?

Answer 32

Spiro Agnew

Question 33

What political scandal led to President Nixon's resignation? In what year did the President resign?

Answer 33

The Watergate Affair; 1974

Question 34

Who became President after Nixon?

Answer 34

Gerard R. Ford

Question 35

What program was expanded during the Ford Administration?

Answer 35

The Food Stamp Program

Question 36

In what year was American involvement in Vietnam officially ended?

Answer 36

1975

Question 37

When did South Vietnam fall to the Communists ?

Answer 37

1975; Laos and Cambodia fell soon after

Question 38

Who won the election of 1976?

Answer 38

James (Jimmy) Carter

Question 39

On what foundation did Carter build his policy?

Answer 39

Human Rights

Question 40

What area did President Carter negotiate to surrender in 1977?

Answer 40

The Panama Canal Zone

Question 41

What disarmament agreement was not kept by the Communists ?

Answer 41

The Salt II

Question 42

What Treaty promised peace between Egypt and Israel?

Answer 42

The Camp David Peace Accords

Question 43

Who led Iranian rebels to the capture of 63 Americans?

Answer 43

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Question 44

What new cabinet position was created by the Carter Administration ?

Answer 44

The secretary of energy

Question 45

The nuclear power plant on what island had a HUGE accident.

Answer 45

Three Mile Island

Question 46

What was the highlight of the 1970's ?

Answer 46

The Bicentennial Celebration of 1976

Question 47

Who became President in 1964?

Answer 47

Lyndon B. Johnson