Question 1

In the worldwide youthful protests of 1968, the movement in ____ succeeded in toppling the government, while the movement in ____ ended in harsh repression and failure.

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States; France 
B)  Poland; France 
C)  Germany; Britain 
D)  France; Czechoslovakia 
E)  Japan; the United States 
A)  the United States; France 
B)  Poland; France 
C)  Germany; Britain 
D)  France; Czechoslovakia 
E)  Japan; the United States

Question 2

As a result of U.S. support for Israel in 1973, when Israel was attacked by Egypt and Syria

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt and Syria broke off diplomatic relations with the United States. 
B)  America had to reduce its aid to other nations. 
C)  Arab nations placed an embargo on oil to America. 
D)  the Soviet Union started sending arms to Syria and Egypt. 
E)  Israel was able to seize the Suez Canal. 
A)  Egypt and Syria broke off diplomatic relations with the United States. 
B)  America had to reduce its aid to other nations. 
C)  Arab nations placed an embargo on oil to America. 
D)  the Soviet Union started sending arms to Syria and Egypt. 
E)  Israel was able to seize the Suez Canal.

Question 3

Richard Nixon's policy of détente

Accepted Answer

A)  was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China. 
B)  increased diplomatic tensions with the Soviet Union, but relaxed diplomatic tensions with China. 
C)  was a failure. 
D)  found support in the Democratic party but not the Republican party. 
E)  ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union. 
A)  was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China. 
B)  increased diplomatic tensions with the Soviet Union, but relaxed diplomatic tensions with China. 
C)  was a failure. 
D)  found support in the Democratic party but not the Republican party. 
E)  ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.

Question 4

The Nixon administration still reflected a staunch anticommunist policy when it engaged in covert operations to overthrow the elected leftist government of

Accepted Answer

A)  Cuba. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  China. 
D)  Chile. 
E)  Brazil. 
A)  Cuba. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  China. 
D)  Chile. 
E)  Brazil.

Question 5

By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attention primarily on

Accepted Answer

A)  housing. 
B)  school integration. 
C)  voting rights. 
D)  black separation. 
E)  economic demands. 
A)  housing. 
B)  school integration. 
C)  voting rights. 
D)  black separation. 
E)  economic demands.

Question 6

Despite his political skills and foreign policy knowledge, Richard Nixon harbored deep and bitter resentments against

Accepted Answer

A)  the conservative, Goldwater wing of the Republican party. 
B)  women whom he blamed for undermining traditional conservative values. 
C)  the Communist great powers, China and the Soviet Union, which threatened America. 
D)  the Catholic Church that be believed looked down on his own Quaker religion. 
E)  the liberal establishment that had fought him throughout his career. 
A)  the conservative, Goldwater wing of the Republican party. 
B)  women whom he blamed for undermining traditional conservative values. 
C)  the Communist great powers, China and the Soviet Union, which threatened America. 
D)  the Catholic Church that be believed looked down on his own Quaker religion. 
E)  the liberal establishment that had fought him throughout his career.

Question 7

The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
B)  Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
C)  Twenty-Fourth Amendment. 
D)  Twenty-Third Amendment. 
E)  Twenty-Fifth Amendment. 
A)  Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
B)  Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
C)  Twenty-Fourth Amendment. 
D)  Twenty-Third Amendment. 
E)  Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Question 8

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration aroused bitter opposition among many business people because

Accepted Answer

A)  they undermined strong efforts that businesses were already making to protect the environment and worker safety. 
B)  the agencies were financed by new corporate business taxes. 
C)  most business leaders were hostile to improvements in the environment or safety. 
D)  they directly involved the federal government in many aspects of business decision making. 
E)  they operated under laws passed by an antibusiness administration. 
A)  they undermined strong efforts that businesses were already making to protect the environment and worker safety. 
B)  the agencies were financed by new corporate business taxes. 
C)  most business leaders were hostile to improvements in the environment or safety. 
D)  they directly involved the federal government in many aspects of business decision making. 
E)  they operated under laws passed by an antibusiness administration.

Question 9

Signs that the Cold War was thawing a bit in the early 1970s included

Accepted Answer

A)  development of MIRVs. 
B)  the SALT agreement. 
C)  the ABM treaty. 
D)  the unification of Vietnam. 
E)  Nixon's visits to Moscow and Beijing. 
A)  development of MIRVs. 
B)  the SALT agreement. 
C)  the ABM treaty. 
D)  the unification of Vietnam. 
E)  Nixon's visits to Moscow and Beijing.

Question 10

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Accepted Answer

A)  the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  the sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  the sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

Would the outcome of the 1968 election have been substantially different if Senator Robert Kennedy had not been assassinated? Would Kennedy have been more effective than Hubert Humphrey in overcoming the deep Democratic divisions of that year?

Accepted Answer

It is difficult to say definitively whet

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Malcolm X

Accepted Answer

Advocate of black separatism he was insp

Question 13

Richard Nixon's Southern strategy included the policy of

Accepted Answer

A)  completely overhauling the welfare system. 
B)  ending the Vietnam War. 
C)  moving nearly all military bases to the southern states. 
D)  appointing only southerners to the Supreme Court. 
E)  soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance. 
A)  completely overhauling the welfare system. 
B)  ending the Vietnam War. 
C)  moving nearly all military bases to the southern states. 
D)  appointing only southerners to the Supreme Court. 
E)  soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance.

Question 14

Barry Goldwater, the Republican party's 1964 presidential candidate, opposed

Accepted Answer

A)  the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
B)  the Social Security system. 
C)  civil rights legislation. 
D)  the nuclear test-ban treaty. 
E)  the federal income tax. 
A)  the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
B)  the Social Security system. 
C)  civil rights legislation. 
D)  the nuclear test-ban treaty. 
E)  the federal income tax.

Question 15

In 1971, a group of Vietnam War veterans in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A)  tossed their medals in front of the Capitol building to protest against the war. 
B)  fought the antiwar movement with a demonstration on behalf of U.S. soldiers. 
C)  protested the lack of medical care and benefits for returning soldiers. 
D)  encouraged young men in Times Square, NY, to enlist in the U.S. military. 
E)  supported expanded roles for women in the military. 
A)  tossed their medals in front of the Capitol building to protest against the war. 
B)  fought the antiwar movement with a demonstration on behalf of U.S. soldiers. 
C)  protested the lack of medical care and benefits for returning soldiers. 
D)  encouraged young men in Times Square, NY, to enlist in the U.S. military. 
E)  supported expanded roles for women in the military.

Question 16

To control creeping inflation in the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon

Accepted Answer

A)  imposed a 90-day wage and price freeze. 
B)  put the United States back on the gold standard. 
C)  sought a system of international currency stabilization. 
D)  lowered Social Security payments. 
E)  pressured the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates. 
A)  imposed a 90-day wage and price freeze. 
B)  put the United States back on the gold standard. 
C)  sought a system of international currency stabilization. 
D)  lowered Social Security payments. 
E)  pressured the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates.

Question 17

Assess America's role in Vietnam in the 1960s. Consider, for example, Diem's assassination, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the policy of gradual escalation, and the bombing campaign.

Accepted Answer

America's role in Vietnam in the 1960s w

Question 18

The 1967 Six-Day War intensified the Arab-Israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans and Israelis. 
B)  Israel and Saudi Arabia. 
C)  Israel and the United States on the one hand and the Arabs and the Soviet Union on the other. 
D)  the Israeli government and Jewish settlers on the West Bank. 
E)  Israelis and Palestinians. 
A)  Americans and Israelis. 
B)  Israel and Saudi Arabia. 
C)  Israel and the United States on the one hand and the Arabs and the Soviet Union on the other. 
D)  the Israeli government and Jewish settlers on the West Bank. 
E)  Israelis and Palestinians.

Question 19

In what ways were the American political and cultural upheavals of the 1960s simply part of a worldwide uprising by affluent young people against traditional authority? Was there anything that made American protest unique compared with similar movements in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and other places?

Accepted Answer

The American political and cultural uphe

Question 20

The focal point of congressional opposition to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam War policy was

Accepted Answer

A)  the Republican party in both the Senate and the House. 
B)  the Senate office of Vice President Hubert Humphrey. 
C)  Senator Richard Russell's Armed Services Committee. 
D)  the House Ways and Means Committee. 
E)  Senator William Fulbright's Foreign Relations Committee. 
A)  the Republican party in both the Senate and the House. 
B)  the Senate office of Vice President Hubert Humphrey. 
C)  Senator Richard Russell's Armed Services Committee. 
D)  the House Ways and Means Committee. 
E)  Senator William Fulbright's Foreign Relations Committee.

Exam 36: The Stormy Sixties

In the worldwide youthful protests of 1968, the movement in ____ succeeded in toppling the government, while the movement in ____ ended in harsh repression and failure.

As a result of U.S. support for Israel in 1973, when Israel was attacked by Egypt and Syria

Richard Nixon's policy of détente

The Nixon administration still reflected a staunch anticommunist policy when it engaged in covert operations to overthrow the elected leftist government of

By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attention primarily on

Despite his political skills and foreign policy knowledge, Richard Nixon harbored deep and bitter resentments against

The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration aroused bitter opposition among many business people because

Signs that the Cold War was thawing a bit in the early 1970s included

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Would the outcome of the 1968 election have been substantially different if Senator Robert Kennedy had not been assassinated? Would Kennedy have been more effective than Hubert Humphrey in overcoming the deep Democratic divisions of that year?

Identify and state the historical significance of Malcolm X

Richard Nixon's Southern strategy included the policy of

Barry Goldwater, the Republican party's 1964 presidential candidate, opposed

In 1971, a group of Vietnam War veterans in the U.S.

To control creeping inflation in the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon

Assess America's role in Vietnam in the 1960s. Consider, for example, Diem's assassination, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the policy of gradual escalation, and the bombing campaign.

The 1967 Six-Day War intensified the Arab-Israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict

The focal point of congressional opposition to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam War policy was

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