Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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All of the following are true
of John F. Kennedy except that
he ...
a. | served as Vice
President | c. | was assassinated
in his first term | b. | was the first Catholic President | d. | was a Democrat |
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In the Kennedy-Nixon debates,
Richard Nixon was hurt most by ...
a. | lack of
maturity | c. | lack of foreign
relations experience | b. | lack of experience on TV | d. | association with Eisenhower
administration |
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During the Kennedy years,
Congress enthusiastically committed funds for
a. | education | c. | social services | b. | the space program | d. | urban development |
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The defense policy called
"flexible response" was designed to allow the U.S. to ...
a. | choose when to object to Soviet
aggression and when not to | c. | pursue nonmilitary methods of decreasing the Communist
threat | b. | engage in military actions that stopped short of nuclear
attack | d. | decrease its defense budget and spend more on domestic
programs |
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The Bay of Pigs invasion
humiliated the U.S. by making the government appear
a. | aggressive | c. | timid | b. | indecisive | d. | incompetent |
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All of the following are
Congressional acts passed as part of the Great Society legislation except the
a. | Civil Rights
Act | c. | Americans with Disabilities
Act | b. | Medical Care Act | d. | national Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
Act |
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Warren court decisions on
criminal matters tended to strengthen the
a. | rights of the
accused | c. | powers of the
states to prosecute crimes | b. | powers of the states to fight crime | d. | powers of the police to investigate
crimes |
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Warren Court decisions
regarding reapportionment dealt with fairly balancing the representation of
a. | rich and poor
voters | c. | non-citizen
voters | b. | urban and rural voters | d. | African American and White
voters |
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Who was president, and
responsible, when the Berlin wall was built by the Soviet Union, missles were installed in
Cuba, the Bay of Pigs invasion failed
a. | Richard
Nixon | c. | John F.
Kennedy | b. | Dwight David Eisenhower | d. | Lyndon Johnson |
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10.
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Which president started the
Peace Corp?
a. | Eisenhower | c. | Johnson | b. | Nixon | d. | Kennedy |
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11.
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How did JFK stimulate the
economy?
a. | lowering taxes and government
spending | c. | lowering taxes and
increasing government spending | b. | lowering government spending and raising
taxes | d. | increasing government spending and increasing
taxes |
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12.
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Who killed John F.
Kennedy?
a. | Fidel
Castro | c. | Oliver
Stone | b. | Jack Ruby | d. | Lee Harvey Oswald |
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Who ran against Lyndon Johnson
in the 1964 elections?
a. | Bobby
Kennedy | c. | Barry
Goldwater | b. | Gene McCarthy | d. | J.Edgar Hoover |
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Which president created the
"War on Poverty" program?
a. | Lyndon
Johnson | c. | Barry
Goldwater | b. | John Kennedy | d. | General McArthur |
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Which of the following are
not part of the "Miranda
Rights?"
a. | Right to
privacy | c. | Right to remain
silent | b. | Right to a lawyer | d. | anything said can be used against a
suspect |
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The Warren Court was headed by
...
a. | Warren
Harding | c. | Hugo
Black | b. | Earl Warren | d. | Clarance Thomas |
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During which presidential
election did the Kennedy-Nixon debates take place
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A presidents program for
improving conditions inside the country is called .....
a. | foreign
affairs | c. | the domestic
agenda | b. | internal affairs | d. | the Peach Corp |
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What was the "hot
line" used for?
a. | ordering
pizza | c. | calling the police prior to the 911
system | b. | communicating with congress | d. | contacting the Soviet Union in an
emergency |
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Medicare and Medicaid were
mainly used to help .....
a. | young
people | c. | the
hospitals | b. | middle aged people | d. | old people |
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Who was Attorney General under
President Kennedy?
a. | Bobby
kennedy | c. | Lyndon
Johnson | b. | J. Edgar Hoover | d. | John Ashcroft |
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The main purpose of the Warren
Commission was to investigate
a. | the Bay of Pigs
invasion | c. | the Kennedy
Assassination | b. | the War on Poverty | d. | the Viet Nam war |
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23.
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Baker v. Carr (1962) and
Reynolds v. Sims (1964) dealt with
the issue of
a. | school
segregation | c. | one man one
vote | b. | segregation in the armed forces | d. | rights of persons accused of a
crime |
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24.
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Barry Goldwater was considered
a
a. | Conservative | c. | Socialist | b. | Liberal | d. | Labor Leader |
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25.
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The big dance craze in the
sixties was the "twist." Who invented the "twist?"
a. | Little
Richard | c. | Elvis
Presley | b. | Bill Haley and the Comets | d. | Chubby Checker |
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