Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-counterculture

Accepted Answer

The counterculture refers to a movement

Question 2

Lyndon Johnson gained strong support for federal aid to education by

Accepted Answer

A) making sure that the funds would flow primarily to needy students. 
B) guaranteeing that no aid would be given to Catholic schools. 
C) sidestepping the controversy over parochial schools by channeling aid directly to students. 
D) focusing on improving educational quality rather than racial integration. 
E) directing funds toward higher education only. 
A) making sure that the funds would flow primarily to needy students. 
B) guaranteeing that no aid would be given to Catholic schools. 
C) sidestepping the controversy over parochial schools by channeling aid directly to students. 
D) focusing on improving educational quality rather than racial integration. 
E) directing funds toward higher education only.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elijah Muhammad

Accepted Answer

Elijah Muhammad, born Elijah Robert Pool

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lyndon B. Johnson

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President

Question 5

The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
B) prohibiting discrimination based on gender. 
C) banning sexual as well as racial discrimination. 
D) banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public. 
E) requiring affirmative action against discrimination. 
A) creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
B) prohibiting discrimination based on gender. 
C) banning sexual as well as racial discrimination. 
D) banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public. 
E) requiring affirmative action against discrimination.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-J. William Fulbright

Accepted Answer

J. William Fulbright was a prominent Ame

Question 7

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 8

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 Egypy. 
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 Egypy. 
E) Israel was able to seize the Suez Canal.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles de Gaulle

Accepted Answer

Charles de Gaulle was a French military

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Beatles

Accepted Answer

It seems like you're asking for informat

Question 11

The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are

Accepted Answer

A) poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority. 
B) public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions. 
C) population bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity. 
D) patriotism, prowar enthusiasm, and perfectionism. 
E) the pill, pot, and popular rock music. 
A) poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority. 
B) public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions. 
C) population bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity. 
D) patriotism, prowar enthusiasm, and perfectionism. 
E) the pill, pot, and popular rock music.

Question 12

The difference between Lyndon Johnson's affirmative action programs and those of Richard Nixon was

Accepted Answer

A) very small. 
B) that Johnson intended his to help groups and Nixon intended his to help individuals. 
C) that Nixon's actions applied only to educational opportunities and did nothing for employment, while Johnson's helped both. 
D) that Johnson intended to help individuals against discrimination in employment and education, but Nixon conferred employment and educational privileges on specific groups. 
E) that Johnson established quotas and Nixon ended them. 
A) very small. 
B) that Johnson intended his to help groups and Nixon intended his to help individuals. 
C) that Nixon's actions applied only to educational opportunities and did nothing for employment, while Johnson's helped both. 
D) that Johnson intended to help individuals against discrimination in employment and education, but Nixon conferred employment and educational privileges on specific groups. 
E) that Johnson established quotas and Nixon ended them.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Janis Joplin

Accepted Answer

Janis Joplin was an American singer-song

Question 14

All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except

Accepted Answer

A) the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. 
B) Project Head Start. 
C) the Peace Corps. 
D) Medicare. 
E) the Office of Economic Opportunity. 
A) the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. 
B) Project Head Start. 
C) the Peace Corps. 
D) Medicare. 
E) the Office of Economic Opportunity.

Question 15

President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization of the war in Vietnam called for

Accepted Answer

A) a gradual handover of the ground war to the South Vietnamese. 
B) a full-scale conventional invasion of North Vietnam. 
C) reorganization of the American army in Vietnam into antiguerrilla units. 
D) an end to all American military and economic aid to South Vietnam. 
E) a new emphasis on the aerial bombing of North Vietnam. 
A) a gradual handover of the ground war to the South Vietnamese. 
B) a full-scale conventional invasion of North Vietnam. 
C) reorganization of the American army in Vietnam into antiguerrilla units. 
D) an end to all American military and economic aid to South Vietnam. 
E) a new emphasis on the aerial bombing of North Vietnam.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Accepted Answer

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a join

Question 17

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.

Question 18

How did the mainstream liberal Protestant churches lose cultural authority in the 1960s? Why were more conservative evangelical Protestants able to take their place?

Accepted Answer

The mainstream liberal Protestant church

Question 19

Why did so much of the idealistic youthful political movements and counterculture end in disillusionment and cynicism? Could those movements have taken a different turn under different circumstances, such as if President Johnson had concluded a peace treaty ending American involvement in the Vietnam War and if the political assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X during the 1960s had not occurred?

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons why so much of

Question 20

In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court upheld a married couple's right to use contraceptives based on

Accepted Answer

A) the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution. 
B) the First Amendment. 
C) a right to privacy. 
D) Roe v.Wade. 
E) the Fourteenth Amendment. 
A) the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution. 
B) the First Amendment. 
C) a right to privacy. 
D) Roe v.Wade. 
E) the Fourteenth Amendment.

Exam 37: The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -counterculture

Lyndon Johnson gained strong support for federal aid to education by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elijah Muhammad

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lyndon B. Johnson

The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -J. William Fulbright

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles de Gaulle

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Beatles

The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are

The difference between Lyndon Johnson's affirmative action programs and those of Richard Nixon was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Janis Joplin

All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except

President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization of the war in Vietnam called for

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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

How did the mainstream liberal Protestant churches lose cultural authority in the 1960s? Why were more conservative evangelical Protestants able to take their place?

In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court upheld a married couple's right to use contraceptives based on

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