American His quiz 27 – Flashcards
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Which of the following was not part of Kennedy's domestic program (New Frontier)?
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Abolishing welfare
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Even though this case ruled segregation illegal, it was still occurring during the Kennedy Administration.
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Brown v. Board of Education
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President Kennedy approved an attack on Cuba by CIA-trained ex-Cubans at
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the Bay of Pigs.
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How did the Soviet Union react to the failed Vienna Summit in 1961?
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They built a wall around West Berlin.
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In 1962, U.S. spy planes discovered what appeared to be Soviet missile sites in
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Cuba
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Which of the following statements about the civil rights movement in the 1960s is false?
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Governor James Earl Jones prevented racial integration from occurring at the University of Alabama
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President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on
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poverty.
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Which of the following statements about the policies and times of President Lyndon Johnsons is false?
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none of the statements are false
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Which of the following statements about Vietnam is false?
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Lyndon B. Johnson was the first president to be involved in preventing a Communist takeover of Vietnam. ???
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Because of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson
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chose not to run for re-election.
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What sparked race riots in more than 100 cities in 1968?
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The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The heir apparent for the Democratic nomination for president in 1968, he was assassinated after winning the California Primary.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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In his Republican nomination speech, Richard Nixon appealed to a group called
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the silent majority.
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This group's convention experienced a riot in 1968.
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Democrat
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Who won the presidential election of 1968?
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Richard Nixon
