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Chapter 29: The Civil Rights Era
Test Description: Section 2: Kennedy Johnson
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) define POVERTY LINE
A
the minimum income needed to survive
B
a line of poor people waiting to be feed (also called a bread line)
C
an area of a city separating the poor and wealthy
2) define MEDICARE
A
helps poor people pay their hospital bills
B
helps pay for medical care for senior citizens
C
another name for a doctor in times of war
3) define MEDICAID
A
helps poor people pay their hospital bills
B
another name for a doctor in times of war
C
helps pay for medical care for senior citizens
4) What was the purpose of the job corps?
A
helped poor students attend college
B
to offer training to young people who wanted to work
C
domestic peace corps of citizens working in poor neighborhoods
5) What are 3 proposals that Kennedy asked Congress to act on?
A
additional federal funds for education, establish the Department of Housing, Medicaid
B
additional federal funds for education, assist poor people to obtain jobs, guarantee of civil rights for all individuals
C
pledge to continue the policies of Eisenhower, federal funds for education, medicare
6) Who promised new programs to GET THE COUNTRY MOVING AGAIN?
A
Richard M. Nixon
B
John F. Kennedy
C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
7) Which young senator wrote the book PROFILES IN COURAGE?
A
Dwight D. Eisenhower
B
Richard M. Nixon
C
John F. Kennedy
8) Who was the vice president that pledged to continue the policies of President Eisenhower?
A
Richard M. Nixon
B
George W. Bush
C
John F. Kennedy
9) Who won the 1960 Presidential Election?
A
Lyndon B. Johnson
B
John F. Kennedy
C
Richard M. Nixon
10) What is John F. Kennedy's middle name?
A
Franklin
B
Fabian
C
Fitzgerald
11) What was the name of the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy?
A
Lee Harvey Oswald
B
Marcus Junius Brutus
C
John Wilkes Booth
12) What was Kennedy's NEW FRONTIER plan?
A
a group of proposals involving social programs
B
a group of people to travel across the United States reporting social injustice
C
a group of rules for society
13) Name the program that was established to provide preschool education for the children of poor families?
A
Upward Bound
B
Head Start
C
Job Corps
14) What is the name of the act that prohibited discrimination against African Americans in employment, voting, and public accomodations?
A
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's
B
Civil Rights Era 1954-1973
C
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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