Question 1

What did the results of the 1960 presidential election reveal?

Accepted Answer

A)  A widespread desire all around the country for change. 
B)  The growing influence of "yellow journalism." 
C)  The new power of television in American politics. 
D)  A middle-class white backlash. 
E)  The enduring popularity of Harry Truman. 
A)  A widespread desire all around the country for change. 
B)  The growing influence of "yellow journalism." 
C)  The new power of television in American politics. 
D)  A middle-class white backlash. 
E)  The enduring popularity of Harry Truman.

Question 2

How and why did the protest movements of minorities shift from the goals and tactics associated with Martin Luther King to those of Black Power?

Accepted Answer

The protest movements of minorities shif

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Paris Accords

Accepted Answer

The Paris Agreement, often referred to a

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Accepted Answer

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comm

Question 5

Explain and describe the "image" projected by John F. Kennedy. Why was this image important? In what sense did it represent a new mood in the country? To what extent did the image match the reality of John Kennedy?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy projected an image of yo

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Black Panther Party

Accepted Answer

The Black Panther Party was a revolution

Question 7

Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a historic speech outlining his dream of a future that included racial equality at

Accepted Answer

A)  The Montgomery Bus Boycott 
B)  The 1963 March on Washington 
C)  The 1964 Freedom Summer Project 
D)  The 1963 Birmingham Protest 
E)  The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 
A)  The Montgomery Bus Boycott 
B)  The 1963 March on Washington 
C)  The 1964 Freedom Summer Project 
D)  The 1963 Birmingham Protest 
E)  The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Question 8

By 1964 what had become the major thrust of the majority of African-American activists?

Accepted Answer

A)  The prohibition of segregation on professional sports teams 
B)  Voter-registration drives in southern states 
C)  Encouragement of economic opportunity for African-Americans by making Small Business Administration loans available for minority-owned companies 
D)  Encouragement of the development of a separate and distinct sense of African culture and heritage among African-Americans 
E)  Revolution and violence 
A)  The prohibition of segregation on professional sports teams 
B)  Voter-registration drives in southern states 
C)  Encouragement of economic opportunity for African-Americans by making Small Business Administration loans available for minority-owned companies 
D)  Encouragement of the development of a separate and distinct sense of African culture and heritage among African-Americans 
E)  Revolution and violence

Question 9

Who ran against Lyndon Johnson for president in the 1964 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Nixon 
B)  Barry Goldwater 
C)  Hubert Humphrey 
D)  Eugene McCarthy 
E)  George McGovern 
A)  Richard Nixon 
B)  Barry Goldwater 
C)  Hubert Humphrey 
D)  Eugene McCarthy 
E)  George McGovern

Question 10

When Eisenhower used the phrase the "domino theory," what did he mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted America diplomats to understand the importance in playing dominos with their counterparts in the Soviet Union. 
B)  He was referring to his fear that if one Asian country fell to communism then its neighbors would ultimately follow. 
C)  He was comparing the fall of European countries to Hitler because of appeasement. 
D)  He meant that United States had to correct its own problems or they would create more. 
E)  He was arguing that the United States had to be the dominant domino in the world. 
A)  He wanted America diplomats to understand the importance in playing dominos with their counterparts in the Soviet Union. 
B)  He was referring to his fear that if one Asian country fell to communism then its neighbors would ultimately follow. 
C)  He was comparing the fall of European countries to Hitler because of appeasement. 
D)  He meant that United States had to correct its own problems or they would create more. 
E)  He was arguing that the United States had to be the dominant domino in the world.

Question 11

What was the Tet Offensive and how did it change American involvement in Vietnam? How did the offensive influence American domestic affairs? How did most Americans react to it?

Accepted Answer

The Tet Offensive was a series of surpri

Question 12

Why did some African-Americans turn to violence in the mid-1960s? Who were the leaders of the Black Power movement and what were their motives? What were the major successes and failures of these groups?

Accepted Answer

Some African-Americans turned to violenc

Question 13

Why did Lyndon Johnson choose to escalate U.S. participation in the Vietnam War gradually? To what extent did that policy succeed? What did the American people think of the war? What role did public protests and television play in shaping American public opinion?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Johnson chose to escalate U.S. pa

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Asian American Political Alliance

Accepted Answer

The Asian American Political Alliance (A

Question 15

The My Lai Massacre is significant not only for its tragic violence against civilian women and children, but also because

Accepted Answer

A)  It transformed William Calley into a national hero. 
B)  It contributed to U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War. 
C)  Massive numbers of American soldiers died in a retaliatory raid. 
D)  Photos and news coverage of this event contributed to the growing anti-war movement. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  It transformed William Calley into a national hero. 
B)  It contributed to U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War. 
C)  Massive numbers of American soldiers died in a retaliatory raid. 
D)  Photos and news coverage of this event contributed to the growing anti-war movement. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 16

Which of the following was not one of the programs of the Kennedy administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  social legislation to fight poverty and finance medical care for the elderly 
B)  a massive arms buildup 
C)  a huge cut in corporate taxes to stimulate the economy. 
D)  a crash program to put an American on the moon 
E)  The establishment of the Peace Corps 
A)  social legislation to fight poverty and finance medical care for the elderly 
B)  a massive arms buildup 
C)  a huge cut in corporate taxes to stimulate the economy. 
D)  a crash program to put an American on the moon 
E)  The establishment of the Peace Corps

Question 17

What was a result of the Tet offensive?

Accepted Answer

A)  American military leaders came to realize that United States forces could never repulse a massive Vietcong offensive, much less regain captured territory. 
B)  the nation experienced a resurgence of support for the war effort. 
C)  many Americans came to realize that no area of South Vietnam was secure from enemy attack. 
D)  Lyndon Johnson trounced Eugene McCarthy in the New Hampshire primary. 
E)  Barry Goldwater reentered politics to run for the Republican nomination for president. 
A)  American military leaders came to realize that United States forces could never repulse a massive Vietcong offensive, much less regain captured territory. 
B)  the nation experienced a resurgence of support for the war effort. 
C)  many Americans came to realize that no area of South Vietnam was secure from enemy attack. 
D)  Lyndon Johnson trounced Eugene McCarthy in the New Hampshire primary. 
E)  Barry Goldwater reentered politics to run for the Republican nomination for president.

Question 18

How did Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program exemplify the new liberalism of the 1960s

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program e

Question 19

The term "Red Power" describes

Accepted Answer

A)  the younger segment of the Native American civil rights movement 
B)  Indian protests for protection of land, water rights and sacred sites 
C)  Native American efforts to reassert old treaties and stop police harassment 
D)  an effort to establish cultural programs and reawaken Native American spiritual beliefs 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  the younger segment of the Native American civil rights movement 
B)  Indian protests for protection of land, water rights and sacred sites 
C)  Native American efforts to reassert old treaties and stop police harassment 
D)  an effort to establish cultural programs and reawaken Native American spiritual beliefs 
E)  All of these choices

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John F. Kennedy

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JF

Exam 28: Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

What did the results of the 1960 presidential election reveal?

How and why did the protest movements of minorities shift from the goals and tactics associated with Martin Luther King to those of Black Power?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Paris Accords

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Explain and describe the "image" projected by John F. Kennedy. Why was this image important? In what sense did it represent a new mood in the country? To what extent did the image match the reality of John Kennedy?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Black Panther Party

Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a historic speech outlining his dream of a future that included racial equality at

By 1964 what had become the major thrust of the majority of African-American activists?

Who ran against Lyndon Johnson for president in the 1964 election?

When Eisenhower used the phrase the "domino theory," what did he mean?

What was the Tet Offensive and how did it change American involvement in Vietnam? How did the offensive influence American domestic affairs? How did most Americans react to it?

Why did some African-Americans turn to violence in the mid-1960s? Who were the leaders of the Black Power movement and what were their motives? What were the major successes and failures of these groups?

Why did Lyndon Johnson choose to escalate U.S. participation in the Vietnam War gradually? To what extent did that policy succeed? What did the American people think of the war? What role did public protests and television play in shaping American public opinion?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Asian American Political Alliance

The My Lai Massacre is significant not only for its tragic violence against civilian women and children, but also because

Which of the following was not one of the programs of the Kennedy administration?

What was a result of the Tet offensive?

How did Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program exemplify the new liberalism of the 1960s

The term "Red Power" describes

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John F. Kennedy

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