Question 1

In the 1960 presidential campaign,Richard Nixon faced charges of financial corruption.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

President Kennedy was an enthusiastic supporter of the Special Forces,otherwise known as the ________.

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Question 3

Describe the multiple traumas of 1968.How did the country respond to them?

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Question 4

The Vienna summit meeting represented an attempt by President Kennedy to convince Moscow to stop construction of the Berlin Wall.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In 1963,civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day

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A)  a black church was bombed in Birmingham,Alabama.
B)  a federal court ruled James Meredith could attend the University of Mississippi.
C)  Martin Luther King Jr.gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
D)  George Wallace tried to prevent black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama.
E)  Attorney General Robert Kennedy mandated the integration of bus and train stations.

Question 6

In the mid-1960s,northern cities had no Jim Crow laws but did have a good deal of segregation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The correct chronological order of the following events is

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A)  Vienna summit,Berlin Wall,Bay of Pigs invasion,Cuban missile crisis.
B)  Cuban missile crisis,Berlin Wall,Bay of Pigs,Vienna summit.
C)  Berlin Wall,Vienna summit,Cuban missile crisis,Bay of Pigs.
D)  Bay of Pigs,Vienna summit,Cuban missile crisis,Berlin Wall.
E)  Bay of Pigs,Vienna summit,Berlin Wall,Cuban missile crisis.

Question 8

Regarding foreign policy,was Lyndon Johnson more in line with Franklin Roosevelt,Woodrow Wilson,or Theodore Roosevelt? Explain your choice.

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Lyndon Johnson was more in line with Fra...

Question 9

The Vienna summit meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev took place shortly after the Bay of Pigs disaster.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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A)  resulted in a U.S.declaration of war on North Vietnam.
B)  gave President Lyndon Johnson wide latitude to escalate the conflict.
C)  called for 250,000 U.S.combat troops to be sent to Vietnam.
D)  both gave President Lyndon Johnson wide latitude to escalate the conflict,and called for 250,000 U.S.combat troops to be sent to Vietnam.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

Ngo Dinh Diem was a Buddhist who had to turn against his fellow Buddhists in order to fight the communists in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

George Kennan stated the "most disastrous" undertaking in United States' history involved

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A)  Vietnam.
B)  Haiti.
C)  Cuba.
D)  Somalia.
E)  Korea.

Question 13

Why did the military superiority held by the United States fail to achieve victory in Vietnam?

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There are several reasons why the milita...

Question 14

The assassin of Robert Kennedy had been angered by Kennedy's

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A)  association with the civil rights movement.
B)  statements in favor of Israel.
C)  attacks on corruption in organized labor.
D)  criticism of the nation's wealthy elite.
E)  opposition to the war in Vietnam.

Question 15

In 1956,scheduled national elections for Vietnam were cancelled because

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A)  the communist government in North Vietnam refused to participate.
B)  a leading presidential candidate was assassinated.
C)  the pro-Western government in South Vietnam refused to hold them.
D)  the United Nations asserted it would be impossible to prevent election fraud.
E)  actions by the National Liberation Front (NLF) prevented free and open elections.

Question 16

The Kennedy administration created the plan to oust Castro from Cuba that became the Bay of Pigs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Lyndon Johnson was similar to John Kennedy in his

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A)  political career.
B)  family background.
C)  active use of power.
D)  personality.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 18

Within the later Johnson administration,the most powerful voice for scaling down the war in Vietnam was that of Secretary of Defense ________.

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The answer of Within the later Johnson administration,the most powerful...

Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the early 1960s,the primary membership of SNCC was

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A)  college students.
B)  Democrats.
C)  rural blacks.
D)  the urban poor.
E)  Catholics.

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

The correct chronological order of the following events is

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In the 1960 presidential campaign,Richard Nixon faced charges of financial corruption.

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In the mid-1960s,northern cities had no Jim Crow laws but did have a good deal of segregation.

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The Vienna summit meeting represented an attempt by President Kennedy to convince Moscow to stop construction of the Berlin Wall.

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The Vienna summit meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev took place shortly after the Bay of Pigs disaster.

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Why did the military superiority held by the United States fail to achieve victory in Vietnam?

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In 1963,civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day

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Regarding foreign policy,was Lyndon Johnson more in line with Franklin Roosevelt,Woodrow Wilson,or Theodore Roosevelt? Explain your choice.

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George Kennan stated the "most disastrous" undertaking in United States' history involved

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Ngo Dinh Diem was a Buddhist who had to turn against his fellow Buddhists in order to fight the communists in Vietnam.

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The Kennedy administration created the plan to oust Castro from Cuba that became the Bay of Pigs.

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