Question 1

Explain why President Johnson was more successful than President Kennedy in getting domestic reform legislation through Congress.

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President Johnson was more successful th

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater was a significant figure

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cambodian incursion

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The Cambodian incursion, also known as t

Question 4

Former vice president Richard Nixon essentially won the 1968 presidential election by

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A) promising to escalate the Vietnam War and win a decisive victory there. 
B) repudiating Goldwater conservatives and running as a liberal Republican. 
C) re-asserting the Republican party's historic commitment to civil rights and civil liberties. 
D) arguing that the Vietnam War had been a mistake from the beginning. 
E) exploiting Democratic divisions and appealing to moderately conservative law and order sentiment. 
A) promising to escalate the Vietnam War and win a decisive victory there. 
B) repudiating Goldwater conservatives and running as a liberal Republican. 
C) re-asserting the Republican party's historic commitment to civil rights and civil liberties. 
D) arguing that the Vietnam War had been a mistake from the beginning. 
E) exploiting Democratic divisions and appealing to moderately conservative law and order sentiment.

Question 5

As part of the cease-fire agreement in Vietnam in 1973

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A) the United States ended the bombing of Cambodia. 
B) the United States stopped all economic and military aid to South Vietnam. 
C) North Vietnam withdrew all its troops from South Vietnam. 
D) North Vietnam guaranteed the political independence and security of South Vietnam. 
E) the United States withdrew all its troops from Vietnam. 
A) the United States ended the bombing of Cambodia. 
B) the United States stopped all economic and military aid to South Vietnam. 
C) North Vietnam withdrew all its troops from South Vietnam. 
D) North Vietnam guaranteed the political independence and security of South Vietnam. 
E) the United States withdrew all its troops from Vietnam.

Question 6

Opponents of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act calculated that

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A) they had enough votes from senators and congressmen opposed to racial equality to defeat the bill in the House and Senate. 
B) it would fail because liberals would not be able to support legislation that would end laws that gave women special protections. 
C) it would be derailed by the inclusion of sexual orientation in the new law. 
D) discrimination in hiring would not be eliminated by this law. 
E) Southern Democrats would be able to filibuster the bill in the Senate to death. 
A) they had enough votes from senators and congressmen opposed to racial equality to defeat the bill in the House and Senate. 
B) it would fail because liberals would not be able to support legislation that would end laws that gave women special protections. 
C) it would be derailed by the inclusion of sexual orientation in the new law. 
D) discrimination in hiring would not be eliminated by this law. 
E) Southern Democrats would be able to filibuster the bill in the Senate to death.

Question 7

The militant African American leader who most directly challenged Martin Luther King, Jr.'s goal of peaceful integration was

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A) Medgar Evers. 
B) Malcolm X. 
C) Fannie Lou Hamer. 
D) Andrew Young. 
E) Ralph Abernathy. 
A) Medgar Evers. 
B) Malcolm X. 
C) Fannie Lou Hamer. 
D) Andrew Young. 
E) Ralph Abernathy.

Question 8

Why do you think President Johnson's Vietnam policy of "a fine-tuned, step-by-step increase in American force [that] would drive the enemy to defeat with a minimum loss of life on both sides" was unsuccessful? What hawkish and dovish policy alternatives did President Johnson possess in Vietnam? Which, if any, of these Vietnam policy alternatives likely would have been successful? Why would your selected Vietnam policy alternative have stood a reasonable probability of success?

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President Johnson's Vietnam policy was u

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry Kissinger

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Henry Kissinger is a significant figure

Question 11

The attempt to nominate an antiwar Democratic candidate for president in 1968 suffered a crippling blow when

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A) Senator Eugene McCarthy withdrew from the race before the Democratic convention. 
B) Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the California primary. 
C) pro-war vice president Hubert Humphrey won the Oregon and California primaries. 
D) militant leftist demonstrators at the Chicago convention caused a backlash in favor of Humphrey. 
E) public opinion turned back in favor of the war after the Tet offensive. 
A) Senator Eugene McCarthy withdrew from the race before the Democratic convention. 
B) Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the California primary. 
C) pro-war vice president Hubert Humphrey won the Oregon and California primaries. 
D) militant leftist demonstrators at the Chicago convention caused a backlash in favor of Humphrey. 
E) public opinion turned back in favor of the war after the Tet offensive.

Question 12

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?

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It is difficult to say definitively whet

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Spiro T. Agnew

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Spiro T. Agnew was an American politicia

Question 14

How did the Republicans' nomination of the ultraconservative Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964 pave the way for Lyndon Johnson's sweeping Great Society legislation?

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The Republicans' nomination of the ultra

Question 15

What was the impact of the 1960s cultural rebellions on education, religion, and the family?

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The 1960s cultural rebellions had a sign

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Silent Spring

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"Silent Spring" is a book written by Rac

Question 17

Which of Lyndon Johnson's Big Four Great Society legislative achievements had the most long-term impact on American society: federal aid to education, Medicare and Medicaid, immigration reform, or the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Defend your answer.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had the mo

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Spiro Agnew

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Spiro Agnew was an American politician w

Question 19

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court handed down rulings to

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A) prevent required prayer and Bible readings in public schools. 
B) protect the rights of individuals accused of crime. 
C) preserve states' rights. 
D) support civil rights for blacks. 
E) establish a right to choose abortion. 
A) prevent required prayer and Bible readings in public schools. 
B) protect the rights of individuals accused of crime. 
C) preserve states' rights. 
D) support civil rights for blacks. 
E) establish a right to choose abortion.

Question 20

The 1973 War Powers Act

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A) gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war. 
B) compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia. 
C) required presidential reporting and congressional approval of extended troop commitments. 
D) ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army. 
E) required Congress to approve funds for military operations. 
A) gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war. 
B) compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia. 
C) required presidential reporting and congressional approval of extended troop commitments. 
D) ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army. 
E) required Congress to approve funds for military operations.

Exam 37: The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Explain why President Johnson was more successful than President Kennedy in getting domestic reform legislation through Congress.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barry Goldwater

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cambodian incursion

Former vice president Richard Nixon essentially won the 1968 presidential election by

As part of the cease-fire agreement in Vietnam in 1973

Opponents of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act calculated that

The militant African American leader who most directly challenged Martin Luther King, Jr.'s goal of peaceful integration was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry Kissinger

The attempt to nominate an antiwar Democratic candidate for president in 1968 suffered a crippling blow when

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 the following: -Spiro T. Agnew

How did the Republicans' nomination of the ultraconservative Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964 pave the way for Lyndon Johnson's sweeping Great Society legislation?

What was the impact of the 1960s cultural rebellions on education, religion, and the family?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Silent Spring

Which of Lyndon Johnson's Big Four Great Society legislative achievements had the most long-term impact on American society: federal aid to education, Medicare and Medicaid, immigration reform, or the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Defend your answer.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Spiro Agnew

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court handed down rulings to

The 1973 War Powers Act

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court handed down rulings to