Question 1

The first anti-war teach-in took place at the University of Michigan in 1965.

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The first anti-war teach-in, which was a form of protest against the Vietnam War, indeed took place at the University of Michigan in March 1965.

Question 2

Discuss President Kennedy's leadership style and evaluate his success in achieving the goals of his New Frontier program before his assassination.

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Question 3

Discuss President Lyndon Johnson's leadership style and evaluate the success of his Great Society programs.

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Question 4

Pretend that you are preparing a television documentary about the civil rights movement during the 1960s. What events would you show? Who would you interview or discuss?

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Question 5

Suppose you were a militant black during the 1960s. What organizations would you most likely support and which civil rights leaders would you most likely admire? Explain your answer.

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Question 6

Discuss the philosophical position of the majority of the Supreme Court during the 1960s and list the most significant cases decided by the Court involving civil rights and civil liberties.

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Question 7

Discuss President Kennedy's foreign policy with respect to Cuba and show how it led to confrontation with the Soviet Union.

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Question 8

Discuss the major reasons for the development of the student movement during the 1960s and describe the chief ways in which the participants in the movement expressed their objectives.

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Question 9

As a member of the counterculture of American young people during the 1960s, explain what your values and principles would probably have been and which literary and artistic works would have influenced you.

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Question 10

The most important medium in determining the outcome of the election of 1960 was ________.

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Question 11

President Kennedy established the ________ to send men and women overseas to help developing countries achieve their economic and social goals.

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Question 12

Police turned high-pressure hoses and dogs against black protesters in ________, Alabama in 1963.

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Question 13

The Republican presidential candidate in the election of 1964 was ________.

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Question 14

In his effort to eliminate poverty in the United States, President Lyndon Johnson encouraged Congress to pass the ________ Act of 1964.

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Question 15

The ________ dealt the Great Society a fatal blow.

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Question 16

The nationalist ________ helped to overthrow a dictatorial regime in Cuba in 1959.

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Question 17

The _______________ was one organization in the United States that attempted to halt communism in Cuba.

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Question 18

President Kennedy met with Soviet leader ________ in Vienna to calm tensions over Berlin in 1961.

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Question 19

The U.S.S.R. responded to tensions over Berlin by creating a(n) ________ that sealed off its section of the city.

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Question 20

The leader of South Vietnam during the Johnson administration was ________.

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Quiz 26: Reform and Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960-1969