Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Malcolm X

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-credibility gap

Accepted Answer

The term "credibility gap" is historical

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The Viet Cong, also known as the Nationa

Question 4

What were essential goals of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente with the Soviet Union and China? Did the policy achieve its essential goals? If not, why did détente fail to achieve its essential goals? If so, what were the keys to détente achieving its critical goals?

Accepted Answer

The essential goals of the Nixon-Kissing

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-My Lai massacre

Accepted Answer

The My Lai massacre was a horrific incid

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pentagon Papers

Accepted Answer

The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-affirmative action

Accepted Answer

Affirmative action refers to policies an

Question 8

By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attention primarily on

Accepted Answer

A)  housing. 
B)  school integration. 
C)  voting rights. 
D)  black separation. 
E)  economic demands. 
A)  housing. 
B)  school integration. 
C)  voting rights. 
D)  black separation. 
E)  economic demands.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Richard Nixon's southern strategy included the policy of

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A)  completely overhauling the welfare system. 
B)  ending the Vietnam War. 
C)  moving nearly all military bases to the southern states. 
D)  appointing only southerners to the Supreme Court. 
E)  soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance. 
A)  completely overhauling the welfare system. 
B)  ending the Vietnam War. 
C)  moving nearly all military bases to the southern states. 
D)  appointing only southerners to the Supreme Court. 
E)  soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance.

Question 11

The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed

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A)  a long deadlock over the nomination of its presidential candidate. 
B)  a violent conflict between police and antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall. 
C)  a walkout by hundreds of southern delegates, who then founded the Independent party. 
D)  the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy soon after he delivered a speech at the convention. 
E)  the enthusiastic nomination of Vice President Humphrey. 
A)  a long deadlock over the nomination of its presidential candidate. 
B)  a violent conflict between police and antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall. 
C)  a walkout by hundreds of southern delegates, who then founded the Independent party. 
D)  the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy soon after he delivered a speech at the convention. 
E)  the enthusiastic nomination of Vice President Humphrey.

Question 12

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, in clear violation of its charter, to

Accepted Answer

A)  lead an invasion of Cambodia. 
B)  spy on domestic antiwar protestors. 
C)  infiltrate FBI headquarters. 
D)  help destabilize the government of Thailand. 
E)  protect prowar presidential candidates. 
A)  lead an invasion of Cambodia. 
B)  spy on domestic antiwar protestors. 
C)  infiltrate FBI headquarters. 
D)  help destabilize the government of Thailand. 
E)  protect prowar presidential candidates.

Question 13

President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Crusade. 
B)  Fair Deal. 
C)  New Frontier. 
D)  Johnson Revolution. 
E)  Great Society. 
A)  Great Crusade. 
B)  Fair Deal. 
C)  New Frontier. 
D)  Johnson Revolution. 
E)  Great Society.

Question 14

When it came to welfare programs, Richard Nixon

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to exclude African Americans. 
B)  tried to repeal only food stamps and Medicaid. 
C)  did little to reduce the poverty rate. 
D)  did his best to do away with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs. 
E)  supported significant expansion in many areas. 
A)  sought to exclude African Americans. 
B)  tried to repeal only food stamps and Medicaid. 
C)  did little to reduce the poverty rate. 
D)  did his best to do away with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs. 
E)  supported significant expansion in many areas.

Question 15

The Watts riot in 1965 symbolized

Accepted Answer

A)  the still-troubled racial situation in the South. 
B)  the rise of the Black Muslim movement in Los Angeles. 
C)  a more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement. 
D)  the power of Martin Luther King in the black community. 
E)  the ineffectiveness of the Voting Rights Act. 
A)  the still-troubled racial situation in the South. 
B)  the rise of the Black Muslim movement in Los Angeles. 
C)  a more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement. 
D)  the power of Martin Luther King in the black community. 
E)  the ineffectiveness of the Voting Rights Act.

Question 16

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Accepted Answer

A)  the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  the sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. 
B)  the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced. 
C)  the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged. 
D)  the sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 17

The 1968 Tet offensive resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Viet Cong's takeover of most of South Vietnam's major cities. 
B)  a request from American generals to send an additional 200,000 American troops to Vietnam. 
C)  a tactical defeat for the Viet Cong. 
D)  a political defeat for the United States. 
E)  a negotiated settlement of the war. 
A)  the Viet Cong's takeover of most of South Vietnam's major cities. 
B)  a request from American generals to send an additional 200,000 American troops to Vietnam. 
C)  a tactical defeat for the Viet Cong. 
D)  a political defeat for the United States. 
E)  a negotiated settlement of the war.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Palestine Liberation Organization (P

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

President Johnson was more successful th

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Malcolm X

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -credibility gap

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

What were essential goals of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente with the Soviet Union and China? Did the policy achieve its essential goals? If not, why did détente fail to achieve its essential goals? If so, what were the keys to détente achieving its critical goals?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -My Lai massacre

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pentagon Papers

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -affirmative action

By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attention primarily on

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

Richard Nixon's southern strategy included the policy of

The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, in clear violation of its charter, to

President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the

When it came to welfare programs, Richard Nixon

The Watts riot in 1965 symbolized

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

The 1968 Tet offensive resulted in

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

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

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

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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Exam 16: The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Malcolm X

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -credibility gap

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

What were essential goals of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente with the Soviet Union and China? Did the policy achieve its essential goals? If not, why did détente fail to achieve its essential goals? If so, what were the keys to détente achieving its critical goals?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -My Lai massacre

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pentagon Papers

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -affirmative action

By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attention primarily on

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

Richard Nixon's southern strategy included the policy of

The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, in clear violation of its charter, to

President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the

When it came to welfare programs, Richard Nixon

The Watts riot in 1965 symbolized

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

The 1968 Tet offensive resulted in

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

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

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

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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