Question 1

The first major race riot of the post-World War II period took place outside the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 1961, President John Kennedy believed the major struggle against communism in the future would be waged in

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A)   the Baltic.
B)   Western Europe.
C)   China.
D)   Eastern Europe.
E)   the Third World.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

In the mid-1960s, the battle against school desegregation had moved beyond the initial assault on de jure segregation to an attack on de facto segregation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1961, the "freedom rides" sponsored by CORE attempted to

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A)   bring northern civil rights activists into the South to register black voters.
B)   transport black children to formerly all-white schools.
C)   force the desegregation of bus stations.
D)   help move poor blacks out of the South.
E)   transport black workers to white-only businesses.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

The Housing Act of 1961 provided federal funds for all of the following EXCEPT the

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A)   construction of low-income public housing.
B)   preservation of open space in cities.
C)   development of mass-transit systems.
D)   subsidization of middle-income housing.
E)   revitalization of decaying cities.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

In 1961, CORE organized the "________ rides" into the South.

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Question 7

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson responded to an attack on Pleiku by

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A)   sending 250,000 American troops to Vietnam.
B)   warning China and the Soviet Union not to be involved in Vietnam.
C)   organizing the Tet Offensive.
D)   mining the harbor of Haiphong.
E)   bombing North Vietnam.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 8

In 1965, President Johnson enlarged the air war and the ground war in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, involved all of the following EXCEPT the

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A)   call for voting rights for blacks.
B)   involvement of Martin Luther King Jr.
C)   televised attack on demonstrators by local police.
D)   resignation of Governor George Wallace.
E)   murder of two northern whites.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 10

The 1961 Vienna summit between the United States and the Soviet Union

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A)   was canceled in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs.
B)   saw Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev make a veiled threat of war.
C)   saw President John Kennedy agree not to invade Cuba.
D)   saw President Kennedy criticize the construction of the Berlin Wall.
E)   saw the United States and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

In 1968, the most visible sign of a conservative backlash was the third-party presidential campaign of ________.

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Question 12

The Johnson administration

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A)   sent the first American military advisers to South Vietnam.
B)   sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam.
C)   inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam.
D)   believed all of Vietnam should be restored to French control.
E)   began removing military advisers from South Vietnam.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

What was the Kennedy strategy for fighting the Cold War? How did Vietnam fit into this overall strategy?

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President Kennedy's strategy for fightin...

Question 14

As the presidential campaign of 1960 got under way, Richard Nixon won the Republican nomination almost uncontested.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Before the end of his presidency, Lyndon Johnson had to accept a tax increase and a reduction in his Great Society programs because of the war in Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In 1965, the first major race riot in the United States since World War II took place in

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A)   Detroit.
B)   Chicago.
C)   Los Angeles.
D)   Cleveland.
E)   Memphis.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

The 1968 Tet offensive

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A)   was a major political defeat for President Lyndon Johnson.
B)   was a military victory, in terms of the physical battles, for the United States.
C)   permanently depleted the ranks of the NLF.
D)   both was a major political defeat for President Lyndon Johnson, and was a substantial military victory for the United States.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following is true of the assassination of President John Kennedy?

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A)   Vice President Lyndon Johnson had made a last-minute decision not to accompany Kennedy.
B)   The president died instantly.
C)   Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody.
D)   Kennedy was struck by three bullets.
E)   The president was shot while in a motorcade in downtown Houston.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

John Kennedy was elected president despite public concern over his religious identity as a(n) _________.

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The answer of John Kennedy was elected president despite public...

Question 20

For a time, President Johnson was successful both as a social reformer and a coalition builder.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 29: Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

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In the mid-1960s, the battle against school desegregation had moved beyond the initial assault on de jure segregation to an attack on de facto segregation.

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For a time, President Johnson was successful both as a social reformer and a coalition builder.

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What was the Kennedy strategy for fighting the Cold War? How did Vietnam fit into this overall strategy?

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The 1961 Vienna summit between the United States and the Soviet Union

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Which of the following is true of the assassination of President John Kennedy?

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In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson responded to an attack on Pleiku by

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In 1961, CORE organized the "________ rides" into the South.

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The Johnson administration

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In 1965, President Johnson enlarged the air war and the ground war in Vietnam.

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Before the end of his presidency, Lyndon Johnson had to accept a tax increase and a reduction in his Great Society programs because of the war in Vietnam.

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The 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, involved all of the following EXCEPT the

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In 1965, the first major race riot in the United States since World War II took place in

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In 1961, President John Kennedy believed the major struggle against communism in the future would be waged in

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The Housing Act of 1961 provided federal funds for all of the following EXCEPT the

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John Kennedy was elected president despite public concern over his religious identity as a(n) _________.

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The 1968 Tet offensive

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