History: chapter 20 test

Question 0

Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as

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attorney general.

Question 1

John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from

Answer 1

Massachusetts.

Question 2

The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except

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bar nuclear testing.

Question 3

The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was

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proposed by Kennedy and succeeded.

Question 4

After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

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Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

Question 5

The Economic Opportunity Act did all of the following except

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offer foreign aid to Latin American countries.

Question 6

Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated, was

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an experienced politician.

Question 7

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide

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health insurance.

Question 8

The Immigration Act of 1965

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ended quotas based on nationality.

Question 9

Decisions of the Warren Court were

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praised by liberals.

Question 10

How many Soviet missiles sites are shown?

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five

Question 11

How many U.S. air bases are shown?

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four

Question 12

Which of the following locations in the United States is closest to Cuba?

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Key West

Question 13

Which statement about the U.S. blockade is true?

Answer 13

The naval blockade covered a larger area than the air patrol.

Question 14

Which U.S. air base is closest to the Soviet missiles?

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Key West

Question 15

Who is the taller man in the cartoon?

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John Kennedy

Question 16

Who is the shorter man?

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Nikita Khrushchev

Question 17

What does each man have in his hands?

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a tape measure

Question 18

What is the expression on the face of each man?

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serious

Question 19

Which event is least related to this cartoon?

Answer 19

the Kennedy assassination

Question 20

Name two laws that were passed as part of the Great Society and explain the purpose of each law. Think About:
• discrimination
• “war on poverty”
• health insurance
• standards in the automobile industry

Answer 20

For discrimination they made the civil rights act which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs. Also it increased federal power to prosecute civil right abuse. For the war on poverty, they made the economic opportunity act which created job corps, VISTA, project head start, and other programs to fight the wR on poverty. For health insurance they made Medicare which provided hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older. Also they made Medicaid which extended health insurance to welfare recipients. And for standards in the automobile industry, they made the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act which set federal safety standards for auto and tire industries.

Question 21

Explain how the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Berlin crisis each placed the United States in conflict with the Soviet Union. Think About:
• Castro’s ties to the Soviet Union
• placement of missiles in Cuba
• reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall

Answer 21

In the bay of pigs, Castro took over Cuba so people started traveling to the United States in the southern coast. They were getting mad so they were trying to attack America but the United States weren’t letting any body else get in so they weren’t able to get by. In the Cuban missile crisis, Cuba was planning to send missiles to the U.S. And they heard about it so they were going to as well, but they knew that if they sent missiles to each other it would start a nuclear war so they didn’t. And in the Berlin Wall crisis, people were fleeing to West Berlin because they were trying to get away from communist rule, so they communist leaders closed all the paths to West Berlin and they almost called war over it. But they solved that problem by making the Berlin Wall.

Question 22

True/False. A decisive factor in the election of 1960 was television coverage of the Eisenhower endorsement.

Answer 22

False. the coverage of the kennedy v. nickson debate

Question 23

True/False. Concerned that reliance on nuclear weapons limited U.S. military options, the Kennedy administration developed the flexible response policy

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True/False. For several days, the Berlin Wall crisis brought the world uncomfortably close to the brink of nuclear war.

Answer 24

False. the cuban missle crisis

Question 25

True/False. The Alliance for Progress was a foreign aid program for Latin American countries.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True/False. The Kennedy family reminded many Americans of the romantic and optimistic vision presented in the Broadway musical My Fair Lady.

Answer 26

False. camelot

Question 27

True/False. In the moments before an assassin’s bullet ended his life, President Kennedy waved to cheering crowds of Houston citizens.

Answer 27

False. dallas

Question 28

True/False. Johnson’s VISTA program was sometimes called the “domestic Peace Corps” because it organized volunteers to help people in the United States.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True/False. Medicare extended health insurance to those on welfare.

Answer 29

False. old people

Question 30

True/False. The Warren Court upheld prayer in public schools.

Answer 30

False. the warren court was only about kennedy

Question 31

True/False. The reapportionment of election districts shifted political power from urban to rural areas.

Answer 31

true