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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.

A) True
B) False

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George Kennan stated the "most disastrous" undertaking in the United States' history involved


A) Vietnam.
B) Korea.
C) Cuba.
D) Haiti.
E) Somalia.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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President Kennedy's Alliance for Progress was designed to be a complement to NATO by improving the military security of the Caribbean.

A) True
B) False

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In the 1968 presidential campaign,Richard Nixon called for


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

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Consider the presidencies of John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.Why was Kennedy more popular with the public,and why was Johnson more successful in passing legislation?

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In the 1960 presidential election,


A) Richard Nixon was soundly defeated.
B) Richard Nixon won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote and the election.
C) Dixiecrat Harry
D) None of these answers is correct.
E) John Kennedy narrowly won the popular vote but fared slightly better in the electoral vote.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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All of the following statements regarding affirmative action are true EXCEPT


A) affirmative action brought awareness to gender discrimination in the workplace and higher education.
B) None of these answers is correct.
C) Lyndon Johnson supported affirmative action.
D) within a short amount of time, affirmative action guidelines quickly extended to virtually all institutions in the United States.
E) affirmative action requires employers to adopt positive measures to recruit minorities.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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In the 1960s,the percentage of Americans living in poverty was nearly cut in half.

A) True
B) False

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President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program


A) angered doctors by forcing them to lower their fees.
B) appealed mainly to poor and working-class Americans.
C) was broadly unpopular in the form in which it was enacted.
D) built on the success of his Medicaid program.
E) provided benefits to all seniors regardless of need.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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