Question 1

The correct chronological order of the following events is

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

Question 2

Describe the various arguments made in the historical assessment for America's entry into Vietnam.Which one would you subscribe to,and why?

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Question 3

President Johnson dispatched troops to the Dominican Republic to support a democratic government that was holding out against supporters of Fidel Castro.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1963,civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day

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A)   a federal court ruled James Meredith could attend the University of Mississippi.
B)   Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech.
C)   a black church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama.
D)   Governor George Wallace tried to prevent black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama.
E)   Attorney General Robert Kennedy mandated the integration of bus and train stations.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The Immigration Act of 1965

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

Question 6

What steps did Lyndon Johnson take to expand the liberal state? Which steps seemed to be successful,and why? Which did not seem to be successful,and why?

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Question 7

In 1965,Malcolm X

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A)   denounced the Black Panthers.
B)   belonged to the Nation of Islam for a time.
C)   advocated nonviolence to end segregation.
D)   was assassinated by white racists.
E)   argued in favor of integration.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

The 1964 election saw

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A)   Lyndon Johnson distance himself from the memory of John Kennedy.
B)   Lyndon Johnson receive a larger plurality than any candidate before or since.
C)   Lyndon Johnson win a decisive victory over Richard Nixon.
D)   Lyndon Johnson carry the entire South.
E)   Republicans gain control of the Senate, but not the House.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The "Freedom Summer" campaign in 1964 focused on

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A)   housing discrimination.
B)   desegregation of public accommodations.
C)   fair employment practices.
D)   school integration.
E)   black voter registration and participation.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

The National Liberation Front was

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A)   also known in the United States as the Viet Cong.
B)   an organization attempting to overthrow the North Vietnamese government.
C)   both created by Ngo Dinh Diem and also known in the United States as the Viet Cong.
D)   None of these answers is correct.
E)   created by Ngo Dinh Diem.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy concluded

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A)   None of these answers is correct.
B)   Jack Ruby killed Oswald on the orders of an unknown third party.
C)   both that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby killed Oswald on the orders of an unknown third party.
D)   An unknown second gunman shot from a "grassy knoll" behind the motorcade.
E)   Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 12

Discuss the evolution of the civil rights movement.Did the federal government lead or follow in the movement? What forces most often initiated change? What divides could be found within the movement? Why did they exist?

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Question 13

The Johnson administration's Office of Economic Opportunity

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A)   was criticized for its absence of minority appointments.
B)   spent less than $500 million in its first two years of existence.
C)   called for the relocation of many of the nation's urban poor.
D)   included a controversial community action program.
E)   eliminated poverty in many regions of the nation.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Martin Luther King Jr.confined his civil rights campaigns to the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

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Lyndon Johnson's view of social reform w...

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In 1961,President John Kennedy saw legislative success in

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

Question 18

In the early 1960s,the SNCC was formed primarily by

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A)   college students.
B)   the urban poor.
C)   rural blacks.
D)   Republicans.
E)   Catholics.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

What was the Kennedy strategy for fighting the Cold War? How did Vietnam fit into this overall strategy?

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President Kennedy's strategy for fightin...

Question 20

President Johnson supported civil rights legislation but opposed affirmative action.

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A) True 
 B)False

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