Question 1

In 1961,CORE organized the "________ rides" into the South.

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

President Johnson increased popular support for the ________ program by making it available to all elderly Americans.

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Question 4

Discuss the evolution of the civil rights movement.Did the federal government lead or follow in the movement? What forces most often initiated change? What divides could be found within the movement? Why did they exist?

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Question 5

How did Lyndon Johnson's view of social reform compare with Franklin Roosevelt's? Woodrow Wilson's? Theodore Roosevelt's?

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Question 6

Consider the presidencies of John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.Why was Kennedy more popular with the public,and why was Johnson more successful in passing legislation?

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

The election of 1968 saw Richard Nixon narrowly defeat ________.

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Question 9

The ________ offensive of 1968 cost the North Vietnamese dearly,even as it further weakened American support for the war in Vietnam.

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Question 10

The building of the ________ in 1961 heightened East-West tension.

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Question 11

What steps did Lyndon Johnson take to expand the liberal state? Which steps seemed to be successful,and why? Which did not seem to be successful,and why?

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Question 12

President Lyndon Johnson compiled the most impressive legislative record of any American president since President ________.

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Question 13

The first major post-World War II race riot occurred in the ________ section of Los Angeles.

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Question 14

The centerpiece of President Johnson's "war on poverty" was the Office of ________.

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Question 15

What was the Kennedy strategy for fighting the Cold War? How did Vietnam fit into this overall strategy?

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Question 16

In 1968,the most visible sign of a conservative backlash was the third-party presidential campaign of ________.

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Question 17

In 1965 Martin Luther King Jr.organized a major demonstration in ________ to press the demand for the right of blacks to register to vote.

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Question 18

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

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Question 19

The radical philosophy within the civil rights movement known as "________" favored racial distinctiveness over assimilation.

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Question 20

In what areas of presidential leadership did John Kennedy most excel? Where was he most limited or unsuccessful?

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