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
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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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Which president started the Peace Corp?
a. | Eisenhower | c. | Johnson | b. | Nixon | d. | Kennedy |
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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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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
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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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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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Barry Goldwater was considered a
a. | Conservative | c. | Socialist | b. | Liberal | d. | Labor Leader |
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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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