Lesson 2Q.2.1

2Q.2.1 Challenges to the American Dream, 1963–1980 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 27

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The 20 questions

  1. Which programme of Lyndon Johnson aimed to abolish poverty and expand federal social welfare?

    • The New Deal of 1933
    • The Square Deal
    • The Great Society
    • The New Frontier

  2. Which Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex or national origin?

    • The Taft-Hartley Act
    • The Civil Rights Act
    • The Fair Housing Act
    • The Voting Rights Act

  3. Which Act of 1965 removed barriers to African-American voter registration in the South?

    • The Civil Rights Act
    • The Equal Pay Act
    • The Voting Rights Act
    • The Brown Decision

  4. Which 1964 resolution gave President Johnson wide powers to escalate the war in Vietnam?

    • The Truman Doctrine
    • The Geneva Accords
    • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    • The Hot-line Agreement

  5. Which event of January 1968 showed that the North Vietnamese could strike deep into South Vietnamese cities and shook US confidence?

    • The Hue massacre of 1968
    • The Tet Offensive
    • The Hanoi bombing campaign of 1972
    • The Paris peace talks of 1968

  6. Which group of students founded in 1960 became a major voice of the anti-war protest movement?

    • The Weather Underground
    • The Black Panthers
    • Students for a Democratic Society
    • The National Organisation for Women

  7. Which organisation founded in 1966 became a major voice for women's rights in the USA?

    • The Congress of Racial Equality
    • The American Legion
    • The National Organization for Women
    • The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  8. Which policy of the Nixon administration aimed to gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam while the South took over the fighting?

    • Dollar diplomacy
    • Brinkmanship
    • Vietnamisation
    • Containment

  9. Which 1972 agreement limited the number of strategic missiles held by the USA and USSR?

    • The Helsinki Accords
    • SALT II
    • The Test Ban Treaty
    • SALT I

  10. Which 1972 visit ended decades of hostility between the USA and China?

    • Nixon's visit to Beijing
    • Ford's trip to Vladivostok
    • Carter's trip to Tehran
    • Kissinger's trip to Moscow

  11. Which scandal of 1972-1974 forced President Nixon to resign?

    • Iran-Contra
    • Watergate
    • Whitewater
    • Teapot Dome

  12. Which event of 1973 caused a sharp rise in oil prices and contributed to economic problems in the USA?

    • The Iranian revolution
    • The Berlin Airlift
    • The Arab oil embargo
    • The collapse of the Soviet Union

  13. Which combination of problems did the US economy face in the 1970s?

    • Stagflation, meaning high inflation and high unemployment
    • Rapid growth with falling inflation
    • Deflation with a budget surplus
    • Full employment with stable prices

  14. Which event of 1979 saw US diplomats held hostage and damaged President Carter's popularity?

    • The Cuban missile crisis
    • The Panama Canal Treaty
    • The Soviet invasion of Hungary
    • The Iranian hostage crisis

  15. Which Soviet action in December 1979 prompted a US boycott of the Moscow Olympics and renewed Cold War tensions?

    • The construction of the Berlin Wall
    • The Cuban missile deployment
    • The invasion of Afghanistan
    • The Hungarian uprising

  16. Which factor was most important in the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980?

    • Economic problems, the Iran hostage crisis and Carter's image
    • Victory for the Democrats in a coalition with the Libertarians
    • A split in the Republican Party in 1979
    • Strong support from trade unions for the Republican candidate

  17. Which 1973 Supreme Court decision legalised abortion in the USA?

    • Brown v. Board of Education
    • Roe v. Wade
    • Miranda v. Arizona
    • Plessy v. Ferguson

  18. Which event of 1970 led to the deaths of four students during protests against the Vietnam War?

    • The Kent State shootings
    • The Watts riots
    • The Attica prison riot
    • The Stonewall riots

  19. Which 1975 event marked the end of the US involvement in Vietnam and the fall of Saigon?

    • The fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces
    • The Tet Offensive of 1968
    • The Paris peace talks of 1968
    • The Hanoi bombing of 1972

  20. Which statement best summarises the challenges to the American Dream from 1963 to 1980?

    • Civil rights and women's rights were fully achieved by 1968
    • Scandal, war, economic decline and social division
    • The USA became a non-superpower after the Vietnam War, with no global influence
    • The period brought uninterrupted economic growth and national unity

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