Deck 28: Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

Question 1

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Bay of Pigs

Answer 1

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Question 2

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Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Eugene "Bull" Connor

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Question 3

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Berlin Wall

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Question 4

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Kerner Commission

Question 5

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Election of 1960

Question 6

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 7

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New Frontier

Question 8

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Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, Voting Rights Act

Question 9

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Immigration Act of 1965, Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 10

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Peace Corps

Question 11

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Indian Self-Determination Act

Question 12

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 13

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Clean Air Act of 1963

Question 14

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John F. Kennedy

Question 15

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March on Washington

Question 16

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Question 17

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Liberalism

Question 18

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Watts Riot

Question 19

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Freedom rides

Question 20

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Cuban missile crisis

Question 21

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American Indian Movement

Question 22

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Great Society

Question 23

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César Chávez

Question 24

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Barry Goldwater

Question 25

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Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Question 26

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Black Panther Party

Question 27

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Medicare, Medicaid

Question 28

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Asian American Political Alliance

Question 29

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Eugene McCarthy

Question 30

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Attrition strategy

Question 31

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Black Power

Question 32

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Robert Kennedy

Question 33

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Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 34

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Kennedy and Vietnam

Question 35

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Gideon v. Wainwright , Miranda v. Arizona

Question 36

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Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad

Question 37

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War on Poverty, Job Corps, VISTA, Head Start

Question 38

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Domino theory

Question 39

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Chicano and Chicana

Question 40

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

Question 41

When he assumed the office, President Kennedy's top domestic priority was

A) pass social legislation to benefit African-Americans and women.
B) encourage economic growth through defense spending and incentives to private enterprise.
C) control runaway inflation.
D) overcome the threat from environmental pollution.
E) cut taxes and downsize the government.

Question 42

Which of the following statements correctly describes Kennedy's policies toward the Soviet Union as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A) He developed new nuclear weapons.
B) He compromised on Berlin and in the conflict over Vietnam.
C) He established a direct "hot line" between the two countries and agreed to a nuclear test-ban treaty.
D) He invited Nikita Khrushchev to a summit meeting in Washington.
E) He announced a reduction in the size of the American nuclear triad.

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term.
Nixon Doctrine

Question 44

What is the long-term significance of the 1965 Immigration Act?

A) It established immigration limits based on nationality.
B) More immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe arrived on American shores.
C) It prompted dramatic increases in immigration from Asia and Latin America.
D) It established new patrols of the borders between the U.S. and Mexico.
E) All of these choices

Question 45

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William Calley and My Lai

Question 46

Which of the following captures the approach of the Kennedy administration to the issue of civil rights?

A) reduced support for civil-rights litigation by the Justice Department.
B) accepted racial discrimination in federally financed housing.
C) was reluctant to take a firm stand and to introduce civil-rights legislation.
D) encouraged the Black Power movement and the Nation of Islam.
E) All of these choices

Question 47

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Tet Offensive

Question 48

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Paris Accords

Question 49

What did the results of the 1960 presidential election reveal?

A) A widespread desire all around the country for change.
B) The growing influence of "yellow journalism."
C) The new power of television in American politics.
D) A middle-class white backlash.
E) The enduring popularity of Harry Truman.

Question 50

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Christmas bombing

Question 51

Which of the following was not one of the programs of the Kennedy administration?

A) social legislation to fight poverty and finance medical care for the elderly
B) a massive arms buildup
C) a huge cut in corporate taxes to stimulate the economy.
D) a crash program to put an American on the moon
E) The establishment of the Peace Corps

Question 52

Why did the Kennedy administration have such a poor record of legislative accomplishments?

A) members of the administration had no program for reform.
B) the threat of communism abroad forced the president to turn from domestic affairs and concentrate on foreign affairs.
C) the administration had received a weak electoral mandate, was more committed to foreign affairs, and lacked the votes in Congress.
D) an economic recession required that the federal government reduce its expenditures, so the administration refrained from proposing new programs.
E) Kennedy was assassinated before he had a chance to propose any programs.

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term.
Hawks and Doves

Question 54

The purpose of the Medicare program was to provide health insurance for

A) the elderly.
B) the poor.
C) all Americans.
D) America's veterans.
E) illegal immigrants.

Question 55

In the 1960 presidential election, what advantages did Richard M. Nixon have over John F. Kennedy?

A) He was not tied to the crises and scandals of the Eisenhower administration.
B) He was Protestant and had a great deal of experience.
C) He was known for his poise and dynamism.
D) He had a lot of experience in front of television cameras.
E) He was respected by liberals for his opposition to McCarthyism in the early 1950s.

Question 56

What was America's initial involvement in Vietnam?

A) provided aid to the nationalist coalition, the Vietminh.
B) furnished aid to the French, who were trying to re-conquer their former colony.
C) committed American troops to assist the French.
D) offered to use atomic weapons to assist the French.
E) pressured the French to grant Vietnam its independence.

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term.
Vietnamization

Question 58

Where did the most serious conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration occur?

A) Berlin.
B) Cuba.
C) Vietnam.
D) Hungary.
E) Turkey.

Question 59

How did Eugene "Bull" Conner help Martin Luther King's civil rights efforts in 1963?

A) King hired Conner as a public relations adviser to gain the support of northern whites.
B) Televised reports of Conner's violent attacks against protesters and their children horrified the public and pushed JFK to act.
C) King asked Conner to organize the march on D.C. in August.
D) King persuaded Conner to become the first southern leader to support the desegregation of schools.
E) King encouraged Conner to lobby President Kennedy concerning new civil rights legislation

Question 60

Which of the following is not true about John F. Kennedy?

A) He had compiled an impressive record of achievement during his years in Congress and had sponsored much notable reform legislation.
B) He had won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that had been written primarily by one of his staff members.
C) He was esteemed as a war hero and projected an image of vigor and rugged good looks.
D) He was the first Roman Catholic to become president of the United States.
E) While president he used mood-altering drugs to alleviate pain and engaged in extramarital affairs.

Question 61

During the Cuban missile crisis, the United States

A) instituted a quarantine of Cuba.
B) attempted to avoid a military confrontation with the Soviet Union at all costs.
C) decided to invade Cuba if the missiles were not withdrawn within 72 hours.
D) recognized the right of the Castro government to possess any weapons it wanted
E) traded medical supplies to Cuba in return for the removal of the missiles.

Question 62

Which of the following accurately describes Lyndon Johnson's policy on civil rights?

A) adopted a cautious "wait and see" attitude that betrayed fear of upsetting his southern constituents.
B) emphasized on increased educational opportunities for African-Americans, but failure to address immediate economic concerns.
C) won passage of a sweeping civil-rights law that granted the federal government new powers to fight segregation.
D) delivered strong speeches but failed to produce significant legislation because of a continuing southern filibuster.
E) frequent used federal troops and lavish government spending.

Question 63

Who was largely responsible for kindling the ethnic pride and solidarity of Mexican-Americans in the 1960s?

A) Carmen Miranda
B) César Chávez
C) Martin Luther King, Jr.
D) Mario Savio
E) Aileen Hernandez

Question 64

What was the Kennedy administration's policy toward Vietnam?

A) He sent some 16,000 military advisers to South Vietnam and attempted to move South Vietnamese peasants into fortified villages to isolate the Vietcong.
B) He ordered American troops to protect Premier Ngo Dinh Diem from an expected military coup.
C) He withdrew American troops and negotiated with the Soviet Union to install a neutral premier.
D) He placed an embargo of the South to force Premier Ngo Dinh Diem to deliver on his promise of land reform.
E) He initiated a major bombing campaign of North Vietnam.

Question 65

In Miranda v. Arizona , the Supreme Court declared that

A) police had to advise a suspect of his or her constitutional right to remain silent.
B) state laws prohibiting marriage between persons of different races were unconstitutional.
C) the federal courts possessed jurisdiction over state apportionment systems to ensure that the votes of all citizens carry equal weight.
D) states could not establish racially segregated schools even if the schools were supposed to have equal facilities.
E) states could not ban the use of contraceptives.

Question 66

Which of the following did Malcolm X not advocate before 1964?

A) African-Americans should separate themselves from whites.
B) African-Americans should be proud of their blackness.
C) African-Americans should rely on nonviolence.
D) African-Americans should celebrate their African roots.
E) African-Americans should control their own destinies.

Question 67

By 1964 what had become the major thrust of the majority of African-American activists?

A) The prohibition of segregation on professional sports teams
B) Voter-registration drives in southern states
C) Encouragement of economic opportunity for African-Americans by making Small Business Administration loans available for minority-owned companies
D) Encouragement of the development of a separate and distinct sense of African culture and heritage among African-Americans
E) Revolution and violence

Question 68

President Johnson's vision of a Great Society was a society where

A) poverty and racial injustice would be eliminated, and economic opportunity would be available for all.
B) inequalities between social classes could be eliminated by government wealth-redistribution schemes.
C) individuals and corporations could work as partners to eliminate poverty without the need for elaborate government-sponsored social-welfare programs.
D) independent farmers and small shop owners would once again form the backbone of a free and democratic citizenry in the Jeffersonian mold.
E) whites would dominate all of other races and ethnic groups.

Question 69

What was the result of the 1964 presidential election?

A) Lyndon Johnson won a landslide in the popular vote while the GOP carried only Arizona and five Deep South states.
B) The GOP nearly defeated Lyndon Johnson, who had alienated northerners because he was a southerner and southerners because he was too liberal.
C) The GOP successfully branded Johnson as an irresponsible liberal whose reelection would lead to depression and war in Vietnam.
D) Lyndon Johnson won a sweeping electoral victory but was unable to help the Democratic party make gains in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
E) Third-party candidate George Wallace siphoned enough votes from both major-party candidates to throw the election into the House of Representatives, which, because it was controlled by the Democrats, voted for Lyndon Johnson.

Question 70

Who was accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy?

A) William Miller
B) Medgar Evers
C) Lee Harvey Oswald
D) Jack Ruby
E) Malcolm Little

Question 71

What was the purpose of Operation Rolling Thunder?

A) It was designed to eliminate 50% of the poverty in the United States by 1970.
B) It was designed to use aerial bombardments to force the North Vietnamese to negotiate and stop the flow of soldiers and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
C) It was designed to increase literacy in the United States by 20% in the 1960s.
D) It was designed to reduce racial tensions by rebuilding the worst urban slums.
E) It was designed to force the Soviet Union to withdraw its forces from Eastern Europe.

Question 72

Who ran against Lyndon Johnson for president in the 1964 election?

A) Richard Nixon
B) Barry Goldwater
C) Hubert Humphrey
D) Eugene McCarthy
E) George McGovern

Question 73

Between 1964 and 1968, how did some urban African-Americans around the country express their reaction to progress in civil-rights?

A) They looted, rioted, and destroyed white property.
B) They launched the most vigorous voter-registration drive in American history.
C) They organized a series of mass demonstrations and marches that paralyzed city affairs for days at a time.
D) They staged sit-ins at banks in order to get more loans for African-American-run businesses.
E) They voted in record numbers for Democratic candidates.

Question 74

In the 1960s many Native Americans began to demand that the federal government

A) take action to redress long-standing discrimination and poverty.
B) provide public-works projects to improve the reservations.
C) end the practice of keeping them on reservations.
D) allow them to leave the United States and establish a new homeland on a South Pacific island.
E) convert Alcatraz Island to a Native American cultural center.

Question 75

What were the recommendations of the Kerner Commission?

A) strengthening of local police forces to ensure that law and order could be maintained in the nation's cities.
B) increases in federal expenditures for programs that provided assistance to urban African-Americans.
C) financing a system of medical care for the elderly.
D) a 20 percent increase in the defense budget, a five-fold increase in the purchase of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the building of nuclear submarines armed with Polaris missiles.
E) more jails, larger police forces, and a reinstitution of the death penalty.

Question 76

When Eisenhower used the phrase the "domino theory," what did he mean?

A) He wanted America diplomats to understand the importance in playing dominos with their counterparts in the Soviet Union.
B) He was referring to his fear that if one Asian country fell to communism then its neighbors would ultimately follow.
C) He was comparing the fall of European countries to Hitler because of appeasement.
D) He meant that United States had to correct its own problems or they would create more.
E) He was arguing that the United States had to be the dominant domino in the world.

Question 77

Which of the following was an explanation offered for the destructive race riots that swept American cities between 1964 and 1968?

A) they were revolutionary violence to overthrow a racist, reactionary society.
B) they were evidence of a communist plot to subvert the United States.
C) they were senseless outbursts by troublemakers.
D) they were the product of white racism, poverty, slum housing, poor education, and police brutality.
E) all of these choices

Question 78

Which of the following was not one of the programs enacted during the Johnson administration?

A) VISTA
B) Project Head Start
C) Job Corps
D) Social Security
E) A war on poverty

Question 79

In the 1950s and 1960s what did the Warren Court do?

A) It issued a string of decisions declaring unconstitutional most of the liberal Great Society programs of the Johnson administration.
B) It refused to decide on any of the major social or political issues of the day.
C) It was responsible for a series of liberal decisions enraged more conservative Americans.
D) It began to lobby openly for a more vigorous American military policy in Vietnam.
E) It acted beyond the powers of the Constitution and saw several of its members impeached.

Question 80

Which of the following was not one of the decisions of the Warren court?

A) Bible reading and prayer were not permissible in public schools.
B) States could not ban the use of contraceptives.
C) Communities' power to censor books and films was limited.
D) Police had to advise a suspect of his or her constitutional right to remain silent.
E) The Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion.