Ch 29

Front 1

During the 1964 campaign, Republican nominee Barry Goldwater:

Back 1

offered a sharply conservative alternative to Johnson’s policies

Front 2

Changes in immigration law in 1965:

Back 2

favored immigration from Europe as compared to other parts of the world

Front 3

All of the following became critical of Johnson’s Vietnam policy EXCEPT:

Back 3

General William Westmoreland

Front 4

Richard Nixon:

Back 4

had a reputation for hard-line anti-communism and rough campaign tactics

Front 5

The Voting Rights Act of 1965:

Back 5

dramatically expanded black votes in the South

Front 6

The purpose of Kennedy’s proposed tax cut was to:

Back 6

help the economy by stimulating consumer spending

Front 7

In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court:

Back 7

required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights

Front 8

In his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” Martin Luther King:

Back 8

declared his willingness to break unjust laws

Front 9

Kennedy’s inauguration is best remembered for:

Back 9

his elegant and inspiring rhetoric

Front 10

When Alabama governor George Wallace was ordered by federal marshals to stand aside from the doorway at the University of Alabama so that black students could enter, Wallace:

Back 10

stood aside

Front 11

By the mid-1960s, Martin Luther King had decided to:

Back 11

emphasize the need for economic uplift for the black urban poor

Front 12

Early in his presidency, Kennedy accomplished all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 12

the passage of a large tax cut

Front 13

Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty.

Back 13

TRUE

Front 14

All of the following are true of the 1968 presidential election EXCEPT:

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Hubert Humphrey lost because he refused to alter Johnson’s Vietnam policies

Front 15

The major purpose of the Soviet missiles placed in Cuba was to:

Back 15

deter another American-supported invasion of Cuba

Front 16

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

Back 16

promised to get the country “moving again”

Front 17

The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson’s urging in 1965 included all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 17

government guarantee of full employment

Front 18

The Tonkin Gulf resolution:

Back 18

was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war

Front 19

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago:

Back 19

resulted in massive rioting in the streets

Front 20

The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam.

Back 20

TRUE

Front 21

In early 1968, increasing opposition to the war within his own party:

Back 21

ultimately forced Johnson out of the presidential race

Front 22

President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the:

Back 22

Great Society

Front 23

The Cuban missile crisis led to all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 23

a U.S.–Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons

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a U.S.–Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons

Back 24

TRUE

Front 25

Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 25

Kennedy’s public encouragement

Front 26

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

Back 26

promised to get the country “moving again”

Front 27

In early 1968, increasing opposition to the war within his own party:

Back 27

ultimately forced Johnson out of the presidential race

Front 28

In retrospect, Johnson’s war on poverty:

Back 28

generated middle-class resentment that benefited the Republicans

Front 29

Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience all of the following EXCEPT: mass arrests

Back 29

Kennedy’s public encouragement

Front 30

Johnson’s Medicare program provided medical benefits to:

Back 30

the elderly

Front 31

By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for “black power.”

Back 31

FALSE

Front 32

Kennedy’s successor as president, Lyndon Johnson:

Back 32

genuinely cared about the disadvantaged in society

Front 33

Kennedy described which country as the “cornerstone of the free world in Southeast Asia?”

Back 33

South Vietnam

Front 34

All of the following became critical of Johnson’s Vietnam policy EXCEPT:

Back 34

General William Westmoreland

Front 35

The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson’s urging in 1965 included all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 35

government guarantee of full employment

Front 36

The strongest and most visible opposition to Diem’s government was led by:Buddhists

Back 36

Buddhists

Front 37

The Bay of Pigs invasion:

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was thoroughly bungled by the CIA

Front 38

The result of the 1960 election:

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was likely determined by African American votes in a few southern states

Front 39

On June 6, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed:

Back 39

Robert Kennedy

Front 40

President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the:

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Great Society

Front 41

President Kennedy’s cabinet was dominated by:

Back 41

men with new ideas and fresh thinking

Front 42

All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination EXCEPT:

Back 42

the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen

Front 43

Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredith attempted to integrate:

Back 43

the University of Mississippi

Front 44

Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty.

Back 44

TRUE

Front 45

The Tonkin Gulf resolution:

Back 45

was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war

Front 46

The purpose of Kennedy’s proposed tax cut was to:

Back 46

help the economy by stimulating consumer spending

Front 47

In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court:

Back 47

required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights

Front 48

In his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” Martin Luther King:

Back 48

declared his willingness to break unjust laws

Front 49

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago:

Back 49

resulted in massive rioting in the streets