Test 6

Question 1

What were the major events of Kennedy’s Presidency?

Answer 1

• Peace Corps
• Bay of Pigs
• Berlin Wall (June/August 1961)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 22-26,1963)
• Space Race

Question 2

What did the 25th Amendment do?

Answer 2

Passed to make it possible for the Vice President to take over if the president were incapacitated, but not dead. It also allowed the President to appoint a Vice President if the job were vacant.

Question 3

What did the 26th Amendment do?

Answer 3

Gave 18 year olds the right to vote

Question 4

Who was the former governor of Georgia who had to deal with the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

Answer 4

Jimmy Carter

Question 5

Who was the “Teflon” President who survived an assassination attempt and invaded Grenada?

Answer 5

Ronald Reagan

Question 6

What kept George Bush Sr. from being reelected?

Answer 6

The economy

Question 7

Which President was the First Baby Boomer President?

Answer 7

Bill Clinton

Question 8

Which president was the first to appoint a female attorney general?

Answer 8

Bill Clinton

Question 9

Which president appointed the first woman to the supreme court? Who appointed the second?

Answer 9

Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton

Question 10

Who won the election of 1964?

Answer 10

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 11

Who was President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were signed?

Answer 11

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 12

Which President was not only sued for sexual harassment but also had an affair with an intern?

Answer 12

Bill Clinton

Question 13

Who was sworn in as president after the death of John F. Kennedy?

Answer 13

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 14

Which President had the Watergate Scandal?

Answer 14

Richard M. Nixon

Question 15

Which President pardoned Nixon?

Answer 15

Gerald Ford

Question 16

Who was President when the Iranian Hostages were taken? When they were released?

Answer 16

Jimmy Carter. Released when Ronald Reagan came into office.

Question 17

Who was President when the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed?

Answer 17

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 18

What is Terrorism?

Answer 18

The use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal. Intended to instill fear in people and frighten governments into changing policies.

Question 19

Where was Osama Bin Laden from?

Answer 19

From one of Saudia Arabia’s wealthiest families, operated from Afghanistan.

Question 20

Where was the U.S.S Cole when it exploded?

Answer 20

Aden, Yemen

Question 21

Who said, “We will not tire; We will not falter; We will not fail” in response to the 9/11 attack?

Answer 21

George W. Bush

Question 22

Whose death was announced on the evening of May 2011?

Answer 22

Osama Bin Laden

Question 23

Tinker V. Des Moines

Answer 23

Students had right to protest Vietnam war with armbands

Question 24

Title IV

Answer 24

Required equal “access and opportunities” for girls in education

Question 25

25th Amendment

Answer 25

President may appoint VP if position is vacant

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

18 year olds can vote

Question 27

Gore V. Bush

Answer 27

Supreme Court decides outcome of the election

Question 28

Patriotic Act

Answer 28

Expanded Law enforcement powers after 9/11 under Bush

Question 29

American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009

Answer 29

Economic Stimulus package under President Obama

Question 30

Hillary Clinton

Answer 30

First former first lady to hold office, Secretary of State

Question 31

Sandra Day O’Conner

Answer 31

First female Supreme Court Justice

Question 32

Sonia Sotomayor

Answer 32

First Hispanic Justice of Supreme Court

Question 33

Oprah Winfrey

Answer 33

Wealthy talk show host/philanthropist/most influential women

Question 34

Monica Lewinski

Answer 34

Involved in sex scandal with President Clinton