Brennan Final

Front 1

The Alliance for Progress (1961) illustrates

Back 1

the Kennedy administration's application of the concept of nation building in Latin America through the promotion of economic development in the region.

Front 2

Which of the following is true of the young people who formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

Back 2

They were committed to the tactic of nonviolence in the civil rights movement

Front 3

In his vision of the Great Society, President Johnson believed

Back 3

that the government should work actively to improve the lives of Americans.

Front 4

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Back 4

outlawed discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Front 5

As a result of the War on Poverty,

Back 5

the number of elderly Americans living in poverty declined dramatically.

Front 6

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is particularly significant in American history for which of the following reasons?

Back 6

In enacting the resolution, Congress relinquished its war-making powers to the president.

Front 7

The Johnson administration chose to Americanize the war in Vietnam despite the fact that Democratic leaders in the Senate, some administration officials, and many of America's allies had misgivings. Why?

Back 7

The administration believed that America's credibility was at stake.

Front 8

Which of the following is most consistent with the belief expressed by Stokely Carmichael in his 1966 call for Black Power?

Back 8

To be truly free from white oppression, African Americans must elect black candidates and control their own schools and institutions

Front 9

Which of the following is true of the Port Huron Statement?

Back 9

It condemned racism, poverty, and the Cold War.

Front 10

In running for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon

Back 10

promised to end the war in Vietnam.