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Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War Unit Test Review
Test Format- 50 questions 15 matching. 5 map, 3 reading a chart, 27 MC
1. What was LBJ’s (President Johnson) program to end poverty and racial injustice called? Pg. 889
2. Which two leaders worked to gain equal rights and fair treatment for farm workers? Pg. 896
3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? Pg. 888
4. How did the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act affect Native Americans? Pg.
897
5. What was decided in Plessy v. Ferguson? Pg. 874
6. Which two acts have helped reduce inequality among men and women? Pg. 900
7. How did the protections offered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 differ from those provided by the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment? Pg. 889
8. Who is Dolores Huerta? Pg. 896
9. What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act? Pg. 889
10. What did Rosa Parks do? Pg. 877
11. What were Jim Crow laws? Pg. 873
12. Who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)? Pg. 880
13. Which act banned the requirement to read from being able to vote? Pg. 889
14. Which act banned segregation in public places? Pg. 888
15. What did the Equal Rights Amendment attempt to accomplish? Pg. 900
16. How many states actually ratified the ERA, how many were needed? Pg. 900
17. Who helped found the United Farm Workers? Pg. 896
18. What events helped to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed through Congress? Pg. 888
19. Why was the March on Washington DC important? Pg. 887
20. What are some examples of non-violent protests that were used during the Civil Rights
movement? Pg. 877-883
21. This Supreme Court case ended segregation in public school. Pg. 878
22. The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would soon
follow. p. 911
23. He founded the Indochinese Communist Party and led the fight against foreign rule in
Vietnam. p. 910
24. Which European nation controlled the Indochina region of Southeast Asia (Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia)? p. 910
25. He served as president of South Vietnam until he was overthrown by a military coup in
1963. p. 911
26. This executive order gave the President the power to use military force in Vietnam. p.
916
27. What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968? p. 919
28. What is stated in the 26th Amendment? p. 928
29. Which President launched a secret bombing campaign into Cambodia? p. 925
30. Explain the War Powers Act. p. 929
31. Why did some Americans think the draft was unfair during Vietnam? p. 922
32. Who were the Viet Cong? p. 913
33. Why was Vietnam split into two separate countries during the Geneva Accords? p. 911
34. How did Truman and Eisenhower explain the U.S. role in Vietnam? p. 911
35. Why did President Kennedy increase military aid to South Vietnam? p. 913
36. Explain President Nixon’s strategy of “Vietnamization”. p. 925
37. What was the significance of the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War? p. 913
38. What were some long term effects of the war on the United States? p. 928
39. Explain what happened during the 1973 Paris cease-fire agreement. p. 927
40. The war in Vietnam officially came to an end when the Communists captured this city
in 1975.
41. Four students were killed during an anti-war protest at this university in Ohio.
1. What was LBJ’s (President Johnson) program to end poverty and racial injustice called? Pg. 889
Great Society
2. Which two leaders worked to gain equal rights and fair treatment for farm workers? Pg. 896
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? Pg. 888
Ended segregation in public places
4. How did the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act affect Native Americans? Pg.
897
Gave Native Americans more control over social programs law enforcement, hunting rights, water
rights and education. Some land returned.
5. What was decided in Plessy v. Ferguson? Pg. 874
Created separate but equal- allowed segregation
6. Which two acts have helped reduce inequality among men and women? Pg. 900
Title IX (Higher Education Act of 1972) and Civil Rights Act of 1964----- Not ERA it was never passed
7. How did the protections offered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 differ from those provided by the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment? Pg. 889
It banned literacy tests and sent federal officials to register voters.
8. Who is Dolores Huerta? Pg. 896
Helped to start the United Farm Workers along with Cesar Chavez to gain rights for migrant farm
workers.
9. What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act? Pg. 889
Stopped literacy test which was being used to stop African-Americans from voting.
10. What did Rosa Parks do? Pg. 877
Started the Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white
person.
11. What were Jim Crow laws? Pg. 873 Segregation Laws
12. Who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)? Pg. 880
MLK with other religious leaders
13. Which act banned the requirement to read from being able to vote? Pg. 889
Voting Rights Act of 1965
14. Which act banned segregation in public places? Pg. 888
Civil Rights Act of 1964
15. What did the Equal Rights Amendment attempt to accomplish? Pg. 900
Stop discrimination based on gender.
16. How many states actually ratified the ERA, how many were needed? Pg. 900
35/38
17. Who helped found the United Farm Workers? Pg. 896
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
18. What events helped to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed through Congress? Pg. 888
March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs
19. Why was the March on Washington DC important? Pg. 887
Helped to get Civil Rights laws passed. King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech.
20. What are some examples of non-violent protests that were used during the Civil Rights
movement? Pg. 877-883
Civil disobedience, marches, sit-ins, strikes, boycotts
21. This Supreme Court case ended segregation in public school. Pg. 878
Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka KS.
22. The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would soon
follow. p. 911
Domino Theory
23. He founded the Indochinese Communist Party and led the fight against foreign rule in
Vietnam. p. 910 Ho Chi Minh
24. Which European nation controlled the Indochina region of Southeast Asia (Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia)? p. 910 France
25. He served as president of South Vietnam until he was overthrown by a military coup in
1963. p. 911 Ngo Dinh Diem
26. This executive order gave the President the power to use military force in Vietnam. p.
916 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
27. What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968? p. 919
Turned public opinion against the war
28. What is stated in the 26th Amendment? p. 928
Lowered the voting age to 18
29. Which President launched a secret bombing campaign into Cambodia? p. 925
Nixon
30. Explain the War Powers Act. p. 929
Limited the President’s power to go to war- Took back some of the power given under the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
31. Why did some Americans think the draft was unfair during Vietnam? p. 922
Targeted the poor and minorities, if you were wealthy you could go to college or get out of
the draft through other means.
32. Who were the Viet Cong? p. 913
South Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighters who wanted to overthrow South Vietnams
government.
33. Why was Vietnam split into two separate countries during the Geneva Accords? p. 911
It was split until elections could be held at a later time.
34. How did Truman and Eisenhower explain the U.S. role in Vietnam? p. 911
Giving money and support to the South so they could stop the communist.
35. Why did President Kennedy increase military aid to South Vietnam? p. 913
Out of fear that if Vietnam became communist so would the rest of Southeast Asia.
36. Explain President Nixon’s strategy of “Vietnamization”. p. 925
To slowly turn the war and fighting over to South Vietnam
37. What was the significance of the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War? p. 913
It was used by North Vietnam to supply the Viet Cong
38. What were some long term effects of the war on the United States? p. 928
18 year olds can vote, War Powers Act
39. Explain what happened during the 1973 Paris cease-fire agreement. p. 927
U.S. agreed to pull its troops out of Vietnam.
40. The war in Vietnam officially came to an end when the Communists captured this city
in 1975. Saigon
41. Four students were killed during an anti-war protest at this university in Ohio.
Kent State