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Describe the escalation of the Vietnam War during Johnson's administration.Why did the war make Johnson extremely unpopular,and how did this disapproval with Johnson express itself?

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During Johnson's administration, the Vie...

Question 2

Police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor unleashed attack dogs and fire hoses on which of the following?

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A)  singing youngsters filing out of a Baptist Church
B)  high school students at the Woolworth sit-in
C)  freedom riders stepping off a bus
D)  college students who were registering voters

Question 3

All of the following were laws passed during the Johnson years EXCEPT the

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A)  Wilderness Act.
B)  Clean Air Act.
C)  National Park Act.
D)  Clean Water Act.

Question 4

The first student-led civil rights organization was the

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A)  NAACP.
B)  SNCC.
C)  SDS.
D)  CORE.

Question 5

At the time of his assassination,Malcolm X was

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A)  revered by the Nation of Islam.
B)  a strict believer in racial separatism.
C)  hated among Nation of Islam leadership.
D)  becoming less flexible in his views.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT true of the sit-ins that were conducted in 1960?

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A)  They were coordinated by the NAACP.
B)  They resulted in the arrest of thousands of protesters.
C)  They represented a change,in strategy and aims,from the freedom movement of the 1950s.
D)  They enraged some whites to the point of physical assault.

Question 7

Compare and contrast the civil rights movement in the 1950s to that of the 1960s.What happened in the movement during the early 1960s that caused it to fracture and transform?

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Question 8

Analyze the context and events that made 1968 such a pivotal year in political history.What was the cumulative impact of this social unrest on the Democratic Party in the election of that year,and how did the Republican Party channel this to achieve an electoral victory?

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The year 1968 was a pivotal year in poli...

Question 9

By late 1967 less than half of the population supported the Vietnam War,which left a broad antiwar coalition that consisted of all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  radicals.
B)  pacifists.
C)  liberals.
D)  neoconservatives.

Question 10

Summarize President Johnson's vision of and efforts to build a Great Society,including significant legislation passed during his presidency.

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President Johnson's vision for a Great S...

Question 11

Kennedy's campaign included rhetoric about "closing the missile gap" with the Soviet Union,

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A)  and he fulfilled his promise to increase military spending even thought there was in fact no missile gap.
B)  and he fulfilled his promise to increase military spending in an effort to close that gap.
C)  but he did very little once in office to strengthen the U.S.militarily.
D)  and once in office he proposed an increase in defense spending,even though he was actually soft on communism.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true of the American economy when Kennedy took office?

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A)  African Americans endured the highest poverty rate of all minorities.
B)  Most Americans enjoyed a higher standard of living than their European counterparts.
C)  Poverty rates had been steadily declining.
D)  Poverty had become a mostly urban phenomenon.

Question 13

Compare and contrast the goals,motivation,and activities of the hippie counterculture movement with that of gay,lesbian,and transgendered Americans.

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The hippie counterculture movement and t...

Question 14

The hippie counterculture expressed their critique of American society through

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A)  political activism.
B)  music,sex,and drugs.
C)  nonviolent protest in urban areas.
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

The Stonewall Riots of 1969 took place in

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A)  San Francisco.
B)  New York.
C)  Chicago.
D)  New Orleans.

Question 16

By analyzing each major international event or initiative,explain how the Cold War conflict drove Kennedy's foreign policy.

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Kennedy's foreign policy was heavily inf...

Question 17

Growth liberalism,the theory on which LBJ founded his domestic policy,included

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A)  higher taxes and programs to provide the poor with skill and education.
B)  lower taxes and programs to provide the poor with skill and education.
C)  higher taxes and New Deal-style public works programs.
D)  lower taxes and New Deal-style public works programs.

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