Question 1

All of the following statements regarding the 1968 Tet offensive are true EXCEPT that it

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A)   began on a Vietnamese holiday.
B)   saw the communists fighting on the grounds of the American embassy in Saigon.
C)   saw American troops inflict enormous casualties on the communists.
D)   suggested to the American public something of the brutality of the fighting in Vietnam.
E)   involved the fall of Saigon to the communists.

Question 2

The Immigration Act of 1965

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A)   ended the strict limits on the total number of immigrants to be admitted each year.
B)   allowed people from all parts of Latin America to enter the United States on an equal basis.
C)   had little impact on the character of the American population.
D)   maintained strict restrictions on immigrants from Africa.
E)   eliminated rules that gave preference to immigrants from northern Europe.

Question 3

In Vietnam, the American military "attrition" strategy

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A)   prevented North Vietnam from sufficiently resupplying their soldiers.
B)   led the United States to abandon its air bombardment campaign.
C)   eventually broke the resolve of North Vietnam.
D)   both prevented North Vietnam from sufficiently resupplying their soldiers, and led the United States to abandon its air bombardment campaign.
E)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 4

President Kennedy canceled military air support for the Bay of Pigs operation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the summer of 1967, racial conflicts in the United States

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A)   resulted in more than a hundred major disorders.
B)   saw 43 people die in a riot in Detroit.
C)   went ignored by the Johnson administration.
D)   both resulted in more than a hundred major disorders, and went ignored by the Johnson administration.
E)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 6

Ngo Dinh Diem and JohnF. Kennedy were both assassinated in November of 1963.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

By 1967, no major American politician had publicly criticized the U.S. policy in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 1956, scheduled national elections for Vietnam were cancelled because

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A)   the communist government in North Vietnam refused to participate.
B)   a leading presidential candidate was assassinated.
C)   the pro-Western government in South Vietnam refused to hold them.
D)   the United Nations asserted it would be impossible to prevent election fraud.
E)   actions by the National Liberation Front (NLF)  prevented free and open elections.

Question 9

The correct chronological order of the following events is

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A)   Vienna summit, Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis.
B)   Cuban missile crisis, Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs, Vienna summit.
C)   Berlin Wall, Vienna summit, Cuban missile crisis, Bay of Pigs.
D)   Bay of Pigs, Vienna summit, Cuban missile crisis, Berlin Wall.
E)   Bay of Pigs, Vienna summit, Berlin Wall, Cuban missile crisis.

Question 10

How did Lyndon Johnson's view of social reform compare with Franklin Roosevelt's? Woodrow Wilson's? Theodore Roosevelt's?

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Question 11

The building of the ________ in 1961 heightened East-West tension.

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Question 12

The Tet offensive of 1968 was a rare American victory and briefly revived the American public's support for the war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The centerpiece of President Johnson's "war on poverty" was the Office of ________.

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Economic O...

Question 14

In the 1960s, the philosophy of "black power"

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A)   called for an increased awareness of racial differences.
B)   helped to unite the many different black civil rights groups.
C)   encouraged greater racial assimilation.
D)   disavowed the use of violence in the civil rights movement.
E)   was rejected by groups such as SNCC and CORE.

Question 15

Regarding foreign policy, was Lyndon Johnson more in line with Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, or Theodore Roosevelt? Explain your choice.

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Lyndon Johnson was more in line with Fra...

Question 16

Vietnam had a long history both as an independent kingdom and a major power in its region, as well as a subjugated province of Japan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why did the military superiority held by the United States fail to achieve victory in Vietnam?

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There are several reasons why the milita...

Question 18

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech was part of a civil rights march on Washington to celebrate the passage of major civil rights legislation by Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon called for

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A)   an end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
B)   an immediate withdrawal of American military forces in Vietnam.
C)   a new commitment to effective social reform.
D)   stability and national law and order.
E)   the diplomatic recognition of China.

Question 20

In 1961, President John Kennedy saw legislative success in

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A)   a major civil rights bill.
B)   tariff reductions.
C)   improved Soviet-American relations.
D)   a major tax increase.
E)   a reduction of Social Security.

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