Question 1

John F. Kennedy played down civil rights legislation because he________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   feared the possibility of alienating southern Democrats
B)   did not think the country was ready to consider it
C)   did not want to offend conservative African American leaders
D)   thought it was unnecessary and should be left to the states
E)   thought there was little a president could do to combat racism

Question 2

Who put the most pressure on Kennedy to openly support racial justice?

Accepted Answer

A)   Philip Randolph
B)   Thurgood Marshall
C)   Martin Luther King, Jr.
D)   Malcolm X
E)   Stokely Carmichael

Question 3

Analyze President Johnson's strategy in the Vietnam War. Why did it lead to American defeat?

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Question 4

What did President Kennedy do to help South Vietnam in 1961?

Accepted Answer

A)   He praised the South Vietnamese government but took no action.
B)   He sent money and advisers.
C)   He sent combat troops.
D)   He threatened North Vietnam.
E)   He badgered European countries into sending combat troops.

Question 5

In his health care program, President Lyndon Johnson secured	.

Accepted Answer

A)   free health care for all Americans
B)   the Medicare program for the elderly
C)   more rights for private insurance companies
D)   a restriction on health benefits for welfare recipients
E)   a free prescription drug program

Question 6

Which 1968 presidential candidate cut deeply into Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's voter base by running on the American Independent Party ticket?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eugene McCarthy
B)   William Westmoreland
C)   Timothy Leary
D)   George C. Wallace
E)   Huey Newton

Question 7

Which individual was an African American appointed to a prominent post in the federal government during the Kennedy administration?

Accepted Answer

A)   Philip Randolph
B)   Thurgood Marshall
C)   Martin Luther King, Jr.
D)   Malcolm X
E)   Stokely Carmichael

Question 8

Why did Kennedy authorize a covert mission in which 1,400 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba?

Accepted Answer

A)   to check the island for nuclear weapons
B)   to topple the regime of Fidel Castro
C)   to gather information about Castro's relationship with Russian leader Khrushchev
D)   to steal classified documents related to the conflict in Vietnam
E)   to spark an anticommunist movement among the Cuban people

Question 9

What caused the Gulf of Tonkin affair?

Accepted Answer

A)   American support for covert operations in Vietnam led North Vietnam to attack a U.S. ship.
B)   American intervention in Cuban politics led Castro to urge the North Vietnamese to attack U.S. ships.
C)   American hostility to Russia caused Khrushchev to ask the North Vietnamese to attack U.S. ships.
D)   Russian hostility to North Vietnam caused Khrushchev to ask the United States to seize North Vietnamese ships.
E)   North Vietnam attacked South Vietnamese ships carrying valuable natural resources to the United States, and the Americans retaliated.

Question 10

In the spring of 1968, students seized five buildings at________	for eight days before police regained control.

Accepted Answer

A)   Arizona State University
B)   Duke University
C)   the University of California at San Francisco
D)   Harvard University
E)   Columbia University

Question 11

The Vietnam War affected future U.S. foreign policy because it caused America to________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   pursue a more active containment policy abroad
B)   abandon its containment policies
C)   return to an isolationist policy abroad
D)   refuse to cooperate with nations in Asia for almost a decade
E)   abandon international efforts for almost a decade due to embarrassment

Question 12

Who wrote the 1963 book The Feminine Mystique?

Accepted Answer

A)   Jacqueline Kennedy
B)   Rosa Parks
C)   Ella Baker
D)   Betty Friedan
E)   Coretta Scott King

Question 13

Lyndon Johnson must bear great responsibility for the American problems in the Vietnam War because he________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   failed to confront the American people with the stark reality of the war
B)   was the first U.S. leader to commit American financial resources to fighting the communists in Vietnam
C)   was not fully committed to containment and strayed from Kennedy's approach to foreign policy
D)   was more committed to the implementation of containment policy than his predecessors had been
E)   took funding away from the war effort to prop up his Great Society programs

Question 14

John F. Kennedy's domestic program was known as the________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Great Society
B)   New Deal
C)   Fair Deal
D)   New Frontier
E)   Camelot Era

Question 15

Lyndon Johnson's political downfall resulted primarily from his________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Latin American policy
B)   pursuit of the Vietnam War
C)   failure in implementing his Great Society programs
D)   refusal to be a Cold Warrior
E)   advocacy of welfare programs B

Question 16

What were Johnson's feelings about committing the United States to the war in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)   He worried about the consequences of either withdrawal or invasion, so he committed to a large-scale but limited military intervention.
B)   He worried about the consequences of being too cautious, so he committed the American military to an all-out invasion of North Vietnam.
C)   He was worried about the consequences of a U.S. troop presence, so he withdrew troops to Taiwan and Japan while he reconsidered his options.
D)   He worried about the spread of communism, so he committed American troops to two fronts, both Vietnam and Europe.
E)   He was worried about domestic unrest in the United States, so he decided he could not commit more than 10,000 troops to the effort.

Question 17

Lyndon Johnson's reform program was called the	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Fair Deal
B)   New Frontier
C)   Great Society
D)   Great Future
E)   Morning in America

Question 18

What was one major factor that helped Kennedy defeat Nixon in the 1960 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)   Kennedy's performance in the first televised presidential debate
B)   Nixon's poor performance in a presidential radio debate
C)   Kennedy's extensive political experience compared to Nixon's
D)   Kennedy's warm relationship with the Eisenhower administration
E)   the fact that the nation was familiar with Kennedy, but Nixon was a newcomer to politics A

Question 19

Kennedy secured the African American vote in the 1960 presidential election by________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   promising to defend African nations from communism
B)   promising to appoint an African American as his running mate
C)   supporting the release of Martin Luther King, Jr. from jail
D)   publicly criticizing southern Democrats who supported segregation
E)   being a close personal friend of Stokely Carmichael

Question 20

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation that came very close to being a nuclear conflict between which two countries?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cuba and China
B)   Cuba and the Dominican Republic
C)   the United States and China
D)   the United States and Russia
E)   Russia and Cuba D

Exam 30: The Turbulent Sixties, 1960-1968

John F. Kennedy played down civil rights legislation because he________ .

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Who put the most pressure on Kennedy to openly support racial justice?

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Analyze President Johnson's strategy in the Vietnam War. Why did it lead to American defeat?

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What did President Kennedy do to help South Vietnam in 1961?

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In his health care program, President Lyndon Johnson secured .

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Which 1968 presidential candidate cut deeply into Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's voter base by running on the American Independent Party ticket?

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Which individual was an African American appointed to a prominent post in the federal government during the Kennedy administration?

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Why did Kennedy authorize a covert mission in which 1,400 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba?

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What caused the Gulf of Tonkin affair?

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In the spring of 1968, students seized five buildings at________ for eight days before police regained control.

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The Vietnam War affected future U.S. foreign policy because it caused America to________ .

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Who wrote the 1963 book The Feminine Mystique?

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Lyndon Johnson must bear great responsibility for the American problems in the Vietnam War because he________ .

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John F. Kennedy's domestic program was known as the________ .

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Lyndon Johnson's political downfall resulted primarily from his________ .

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What were Johnson's feelings about committing the United States to the war in Vietnam?

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Lyndon Johnson's reform program was called the .

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What was one major factor that helped Kennedy defeat Nixon in the 1960 presidential election?

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