Question 1

Were the cultural protests of the 1960s connected to the political protests? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the cultural protests of the 1960s

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Beat poets

Accepted Answer

The Beat poets were a group of American

Question 3

The spoiler third-party candidate for president in 1968 was

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert F. Kennedy. 
B)  Hubert H. Humphrey. 
C)  Eugene McCarthy. 
D)  George Wallace. 
E)  George McGovern. 
A)  Robert F. Kennedy. 
B)  Hubert H. Humphrey. 
C)  Eugene McCarthy. 
D)  George Wallace. 
E)  George McGovern.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Freedom Rides

Accepted Answer

The Freedom Rides were a series of civil

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stokely Carmichael

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael was a prominent figur

Question 6

The essential purpose of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s was to

Accepted Answer

A)  restore American prestige in the space race damaged by the Soviets' Sputnik. 
B)  develop the possibility of deploying American weapons in outer space. 
C)  engage in scientific and astronomical study of the moon and the solar system. 
D)  provide investments and jobs in the key states of Texas and Florida. 
E)  use the space program to develop new technologies in electronics and other areas. 
A)  restore American prestige in the space race damaged by the Soviets' Sputnik. 
B)  develop the possibility of deploying American weapons in outer space. 
C)  engage in scientific and astronomical study of the moon and the solar system. 
D)  provide investments and jobs in the key states of Texas and Florida. 
E)  use the space program to develop new technologies in electronics and other areas.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"black power"

Accepted Answer

"Black Power" is a political slogan and

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Viet Cong

Accepted Answer

The Viet Cong, also known as the Nationa

Question 10

The Latin American nation where Lyndon Johnson sent 25,000 American troops to counteract alleged communist influence was

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina. 
B)  El Salvador. 
C)  the Dominican Republic. 
D)  Panama. 
E)  Mexico. 
A)  Argentina. 
B)  El Salvador. 
C)  the Dominican Republic. 
D)  Panama. 
E)  Mexico.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Students for a Democratic Society

Accepted Answer

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

Question 12

The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when

Accepted Answer

A)  the Senate voted to cut off funds for any further escalation of the war. 
B)  the favorite for the Republican nomination, Richard Nixon, began opposing the war. 
C)  third-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson. 
D)  Vice President Hubert Humphrey turned against Johnson's policies. 
E)  Senator Eugene McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. 
A)  the Senate voted to cut off funds for any further escalation of the war. 
B)  the favorite for the Republican nomination, Richard Nixon, began opposing the war. 
C)  third-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson. 
D)  Vice President Hubert Humphrey turned against Johnson's policies. 
E)  Senator Eugene McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.

Question 13

The most serious blow to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policy

Accepted Answer

A)  came with the bombing of Cambodia. 
B)  occurred when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara resigned. 
C)  was the Tet offensive of 1968. 
D)  occurred when Senator J. William Fulbright's Foreign Relations Committee held public hearings on the war. 
E)  came with the revelation that the Tonkin Gulf attacks had been provoked by the United States. 
A)  came with the bombing of Cambodia. 
B)  occurred when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara resigned. 
C)  was the Tet offensive of 1968. 
D)  occurred when Senator J. William Fulbright's Foreign Relations Committee held public hearings on the war. 
E)  came with the revelation that the Tonkin Gulf attacks had been provoked by the United States.

Question 14

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

Spiro T. Agnew was an American politicia

Question 16

In a speech at American University in 1963,President Kennedy recommended the adoption of a policy toward the Soviet Union based on

Accepted Answer

A)  flexible response. 
B)  massive retaliation. 
C)  peaceful coexistence. 
D)  gradual escalation. 
E)  containment. 
A)  flexible response. 
B)  massive retaliation. 
C)  peaceful coexistence. 
D)  gradual escalation. 
E)  containment.

Question 17

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 18

The 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King,Jr.,provided critical support for

Accepted Answer

A)  the War on Poverty. 
B)  the Democratic party. 
C)  the Voting Rights bill. 
D)  the civil rights bill to end segregation. 
E)  jobs and medicare. 
A)  the War on Poverty. 
B)  the Democratic party. 
C)  the Voting Rights bill. 
D)  the civil rights bill to end segregation. 
E)  jobs and medicare.

Question 19

The skepticism about authority that emerged in the United States during the 1960s

Accepted Answer

A)  was a new phenomenon for America. 
B)  did not occur anywhere else in the world at that time. 
C)  touched all institutions except religion. 
D)  had deep historical roots in American culture. 
E)  arose from the music and drugs of the time. 
A)  was a new phenomenon for America. 
B)  did not occur anywhere else in the world at that time. 
C)  touched all institutions except religion. 
D)  had deep historical roots in American culture. 
E)  arose from the music and drugs of the time.

Question 20

As a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Accepted Answer

A)  whites left the South in record numbers. 
B)  centuries of discrimination and oppression ended. 
C)  whites refused to do business with blacks. 
D)  white southerners began to court black votes. 
E)  the South became strongly Democratic. 
A)  whites left the South in record numbers. 
B)  centuries of discrimination and oppression ended. 
C)  whites refused to do business with blacks. 
D)  white southerners began to court black votes. 
E)  the South became strongly Democratic.

Exam 38: The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

Were the cultural protests of the 1960s connected to the political protests? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Beat poets

The spoiler third-party candidate for president in 1968 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Freedom Rides

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stokely Carmichael

The essential purpose of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s was to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"black power"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Viet Cong

The Latin American nation where Lyndon Johnson sent 25,000 American troops to counteract alleged communist influence was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Students for a Democratic Society

The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when

The most serious blow to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policy

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

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

In a speech at American University in 1963,President Kennedy recommended the adoption of a policy toward the Soviet Union based on

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

The 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King,Jr.,provided critical support for

The skepticism about authority that emerged in the United States during the 1960s

As a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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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

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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

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