Question 1

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

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A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro. 
A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro.

Question 2

When he became attorney general,Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

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A)  organized crime and civil rights. 
B)  communist spies and terrorism. 
C)  political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D)  illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E)  automobile theft and illegal weapons. 
A)  organized crime and civil rights. 
B)  communist spies and terrorism. 
C)  political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D)  illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E)  automobile theft and illegal weapons.

Question 3

The Bay of Pigs invasion failed when

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A)  the Cuban rebel forces lost the Battle of Havana. 
B)  the anti-Castro exiles were defeated by the Cuban military. 
C)  the Soviet Union intervened to protect the Castro government. 
D)  President Kennedy's use of U.S. air power led to the capture of American pilots. 
E)  anti-Castro Cubans in Florida refused to support the effort. 
A)  the Cuban rebel forces lost the Battle of Havana. 
B)  the anti-Castro exiles were defeated by the Cuban military. 
C)  the Soviet Union intervened to protect the Castro government. 
D)  President Kennedy's use of U.S. air power led to the capture of American pilots. 
E)  anti-Castro Cubans in Florida refused to support the effort.

Question 4

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

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A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. 
A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

Question 5

What accounts for the public's fascination with John F.Kennedy both while he was president and since his assassination? Do you think that the Kennedy presidency has become more myth than reality in our collective memory? Why or why not?

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The public's fascination with John F. Ke

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cuban missile crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal m

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

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A)  fewer Asians came to the United States. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. 
A)  fewer Asians came to the United States. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Medicare and Medicaid

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Medicare and Medicaid are two significan

Question 10

Aerial bombardment in Vietnam

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A)  worked very well. 
B)  strengthened the communists' will to resist. 
C)  strengthened the will of America's South Vietnamese allies to fight. 
D)  had no effect on the war. 
E)  destroyed North Vietnamese industry. 
A)  worked very well. 
B)  strengthened the communists' will to resist. 
C)  strengthened the will of America's South Vietnamese allies to fight. 
D)  had no effect on the war. 
E)  destroyed North Vietnamese industry.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Frontier

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The New Frontier was a term used by Pres

Question 12

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 13

Why did the doctrines of flexible response and guerrilla warfare against communist enemies seem so appealing in the early 1960s? How were those ideas implemented in Vietnam? Where were their most serious flaws?

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The doctrines of flexible response and g

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Palestine Liberation Organization

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The Palestine Liberation Organization (P

Question 15

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

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a join

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Medgar Evers

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Medgar Evers was an African American civ

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.

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America's role in Vietnam in the 1960s w

Question 18

Which of the 1960s liberation movements were most significant and enduring? How did African Americans,young whites,Hispanics,workers,women,and gays each experience the sixties differently?

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The 1960s saw a number of significant li

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alliance for Progress

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The Alliance for Progress, known in Span

Question 20

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

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J. William Fulbright was a prominent Ame

Exam 38: The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

When he became attorney general,Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

The Bay of Pigs invasion failed when

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

What accounts for the public's fascination with John F.Kennedy both while he was president and since his assassination? Do you think that the Kennedy presidency has become more myth than reality in our collective memory? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cuban missile crisis

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

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Medicare and Medicaid

Aerial bombardment in Vietnam

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Frontier

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

Why did the doctrines of flexible response and guerrilla warfare against communist enemies seem so appealing in the early 1960s? How were those ideas implemented in Vietnam? Where were their most serious flaws?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Palestine Liberation Organization

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Medgar Evers

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.

Which of the 1960s liberation movements were most significant and enduring? How did African Americans,young whites,Hispanics,workers,women,and gays each experience the sixties differently?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alliance for Progress

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

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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