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1\. During President Franklin Roosevelt’s early days in office,

A. he believed the Depression was largely over.

B. he promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions.

C. the American people concluded the economy was not as bad off as they once had believed.

D. he attempted to hold the Hoover administration accountable for the economic crisis.

E. he showed a relative lack of interest in taking on the economic crisis directly.

B

. In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

A. took the country off the gold standard.

B. ended prohibition.

C. sent the National Industrial Recovery Act to Congress.

D. presented to Congress a relief plan for the unemployed.

E. closed all banks for a short period.

E

3\. The Economy Act of 1933

A. proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers’ salaries.

B. ordered all federal agencies to cut their workforce by ten percent.

C. gave immediate pensions to retired war veterans.

D. provided an infusion of cash into the economy.

E. gave the government authority to curb irresponsible speculation by banks.

A

4\. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

A. the Federal Reserve Board in Washington.

B. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

C. the Securities and Exchange Commission.

D. both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange

Commission.

E. None of these answers is correct

B

. Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

A. offered financial protection for stock investors.

B. gave the government authority to transfer the funds of failing banks to strong banks.

C. protected the assets of bank depositors.

D. protected banks from failing.

E. prevented banks from speculating irresponsibly.

C

6\. To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the

A. Securities and Exchange Commission.

B. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

C. Federal Reserve Board.

D. Glass-Steagall Act.

E. Federal Emergency Relief Association.

A

7\. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

A. sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.

B. set minimum prices for retailers purchasing farm products.

C. provided farmers with free seed and fertilizer.

D. offered financial incentives to farmers who improved their production yields.

E. created government warehouses where farmers could store their crops and use them as

collateral

A

8\. The Agricultural Adjustment Act

A. favored small farm operations over large ones.

B. fostered further instability in the agricultural economy.

C. protected tenant farmers.

D. failed to improve farm prices.

E. was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court

E

9\. The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

A. Resettlement Administration.

B. Farm Security Administration.

C. Rural Electrification Administration.

D. Civilian Conservation Corps.

E. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

C

10\. The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT

A. establish a minimum wage for labor.

B. make child industrial labor illegal.

C. set a standard for the maximum hours one could work in a week.

D. increase competition between companies.

E. set price and wage floors for most major industries.

D

11\. During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,

A. industry saw prices decline.

B. industrial production rose.

C. large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process.

D. both of these occurred: industry saw prices decline, and industrial production rose.

E. All these answers are correct.

C

12\. The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933

A. saw private farmers and business leaders dominate its planning process.

B. was the most controversial program of the early New Deal.

C. was one of the costliest failures of the Roosevelt administration.

D. was headed by former electricity magnate Samuel Insull.

E. was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.

E

13\. All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT

A. flooding being almost entirely eliminated in the affected region.

B. a decline in the cost of power from private companies.

C. significant reduction in poverty in the region.

D. improvements to water transportation.

E. electricity being provided to thousands of new users.

C

14\. During its first year, the Civil Works Administration

A. put four million people to work.

B. provided relief funds but not relief work.

C. planned for major building projects such as dams, airports, and power plants.

D. made little progress in helping the jobless.

E. was soon replaced by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

A

15\. The Civilian Conservation Corps

A. was racially integrated.

B. put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.

C. included women.

D. mostly employed the jobless rural poor.

E. passed Congress despite Roosevelt’s ambivalence about the project.

B

16\. In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

A. the political far right.

B. the political far left.

C. dissident populists such as Huey Long.

D. both the political far right and the political far left.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

17\. In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

A. to help win public support for the more controversial New Deal programs.

B. by western business leaders who felt ignored by the New Deal.

C. to unite southerners who opposed the New Deal’s support of unions.

D. by a coalition of radical and semi-radical organizations, including the Socialist Party.

E. by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.

E

18\. In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

A. offered medical insurance for the poor and elderly.

B. was strongly supported by Congress.

C. helped pave the way for the Social Security system.

D. guaranteed all able-bodied Americans over age 21 a full-time job.

E. provided below-cost health care to children and pregnant women

C

19\. Much of Father Charles Coughlin’s outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration

revolved around the issue of

A. the right of labor to organize in unions.

B. giving public relief jobs to women with children.

C. the repeal of prohibition.

D. changing the banking and currency system.

E. taxing excess corporate profits and surplus riches

D

20\. In 1935, Senator Huey Long

A. advocated a “flat tax” plan.

B. had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest

Americans.

C. had as much popular support as Franklin Roosevelt, according to opinion polls.

D. declared he would seek the Democratic nomination for president in 1936.

E. advocated a $200 monthly pension for all Americans over the age of 60.

B

21\. The “Second New Deal” was launched partly in response to the

A. president’s sympathy toward the ideas of Senator Long.

B. persistence of the Great Depression.

C. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

D. political challenges of Senator Long and the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the

National Industrial Recovery Act.

E. All these answers are correct.

B

22\. All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT

A. the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

B. the Wagner Act.

C. the Holding Company Act.

D. higher tax rates for the wealthy.

E. the National Labor Relations Act.

A

23\. During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt

A. moved away from altering the income tax.

B. called for greater civil rights for American minority groups.

C. introduced government-funded unemployment checks.

D. rejected legislative attempts by Senator Robert Wagner to strengthen labor.

E. became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.

E

24\. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

A. ended the labor practice of a “closed shop.”

B. gave government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions.

C. enforced the labor practice of an “open shop.”

D. resulted in the Supreme Court’s striking down of the Wagner Act.

E. invalidated Section 7(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

B

25\. In the 1930s, industrial unionism was

A. strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation.

B. supported by the American Federation of Labor.

C. opposed by labor leaders such as John L. Lewis.

D. generally hostile to blacks and women.

E. losing support among unskilled laborers.

A

1\. The secretary of state of the Harding administration was

A. Charles Evans Hughes.

B. Charles Dawes.

C. Henry Cabot Lodge.

D. Henry Stimson.

E. Cordell Hull

A

2\. During the Harding administration, the United States

A. eventually joined the League of Nations.

B. threatened to blockade Japan if it did not stop its military aggression.

C. largely retired from international diplomacy.

D. proposed a dramatic reduction in the fleets of the United States, Britain, and Japan.

E. forgave the international debts of the former European allies

D

3\. The Washington Conference of 1921

A. attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.

B. saw the Harding administration refuse to participate in it.

C. sought to expand the global markets of the United States.

D. ended as a diplomatic failure for the United States.

E. attempted to create a world court

A

4\. The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with

A. restructuring Germany’s war debt.

B. the League of Nations.

C. the civil war in Russia.

D. Japanese aggression toward China.

E. armament limitations.

E

B5. All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT

A. Britain.

B. Russia.

C. France.

D. Italy.

E. Japan.

B

6\. The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928

A. was an alliance between France and the United States against Germany.

B. was to be enforced with multinational trade embargoes.

C. was signed with wide international acclaim.

D. stated that an attack on one nation was an attack on all nations.

E. was an alliance between France and the United States against Japan.

C

7\. The Dawes Plan of 1924

A. called for the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments.

B. was designed to help England and France make their debt payments to the United States.

C. called for Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments.

D. called for both the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments,

and Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

8\. In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover

A. repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

B. repeatedly ordered troops into various Central American nations.

C. canceled Latin American war debts owed to the United States.

D. closely followed the policies of the two previous administrations.

E. declared America would henceforth only recognize democratically-elected regimes.

A

9\. As part of his foreign policy, President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops

from

A. Mexico.

B. Cuba.

C. Venezuela.

D. Colombia.

E. Haiti.

E

0\. In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in

A. Germany.

B. Spain.

C. Italy.

D. Japan.

E. France

C

12\. In 1932, the Hoover administration, in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria,

A. issued warnings to the Japanese government.

B. imposed economic sanctions against Japan.

C. sent financial aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s government in China.

D. sent Americans to Manchuria to train Chinese pilots.

E. called for Japanese recognition of the Open Door policy.

A

13\. President Franklin Roosevelt’s sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned

A. Latin America.

B. Europe.

C. Asia.

D. Russia.

E. Mexico

B

14\. In what became known as the 1933 “bombshell” message, Franklin Roosevelt declared that

A. all foreign war debts would be forgiven.

B. America would no longer recognize fascist governments.

C. the Monroe Doctrine was now null and void.

D. further Japanese aggression against China would be met with force.

E. America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization

E

15\. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that

A. kept the United States on the gold standard.

B. preserved the circular loan system of the Dawes Plan.

C. established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

D. allowed American banks to make loans to nations in default to the United States.

E. further soured relations with Latin America.

C

16\. In 1934, U.S.-Soviet relations soured in part because the United States demonstrated little

interest in stopping the expansion of

A. Germany.

B. Italy.

C. China.

D. Japan.

E. Great Britain.

D

17\. President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor Policy”

A. expanded initiatives begun under Herbert Hoover.

B. was designed to keep the peace in western Europe.

C. limited land purchases by U.S. companies in neighboring countries.

D. was abandoned by the United States at the start of World War II.

E. gave nations allied against fascism preferential loan rates.

A

18\. During the 1920s and 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy

A. led the United States to give up its membership in the World Court.

B. seemed to grow in the U.S. as it became apparent that Italy would invade Ethiopia.

C. led the U.S. Senate to assert that no single nation was a threat to world peace.

D. was strongly supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.

E. declined after the investigations chaired by Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota.

B

19\. The Neutrality Act of 1935

A. sought to protect America’s international trade agreements.

B. prevented Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations.

C. did not prevent the United States from intervening when Italy invaded Ethiopia.

D. was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind.

E. included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.

E

20\. The Neutrality Act of 1937

A. stripped the president of many of his powers as commander-in-chief.

B. allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

C. loosened the trade policy for England, while tightening it for Germany and Japan.

D. banned the sale of all goods from the United States to any nation at war.

E. exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act

B

1\. In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

A. mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions.

B. concentrate U.S. forces into one large offensive moving west from the Marshall Islands.

C. quickly recapture the Midway Islands from the Japanese.

D. establish a strong defensive position in the Solomon Islands to lure in the Japanese.

E. encourage the Japanese navy to overextend itself past the Gilbert Islands, then attack from

behind.

A

2\. In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was

A. Dwight Eisenhower.

B. Omar Bradley.

C. Chester Nimitz.

D. George Marshall.

E. George Patton

C

. The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

A. saw the Americans take the offensive for the first time.

B. saw the United States forced to withdraw its naval forces.

C. marked the major turning point of the war in the Pacific.

D. saw the Japanese lose most of its aircraft carriers.

E. marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan

E

4\. The Battle of Midway in 1942

A. saw the United States suffer great losses.

B. was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.

C. lasted four days.

D. both lasted four days and was a stunning defeat for the Japanese navy.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

5\. After 1943, the United States advanced on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from

A. England and France.

B. the Soviet Union and China.

C. the Dutch and the Soviet Union.

D. England and the Soviet Union.

E. Australia and New Zealand.

E

6\. During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was

A. Douglas MacArthur.

B. George Marshall.

C. Omar Bradley.

D. Dwight Eisenhower.

E. George Patton

B

7\. In 1943, the country that pressed for an immediate Allied invasion of France against

Germany was

A. the Soviet Union.

B. China.

C. Great Britain.

D. the United States.

E. Canada.

A

8\. In 1942–1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on

A. freeing France from German control.

B. supporting the Russians.

C. fighting in North Africa and southern Europe.

D. protecting England.

E. stopping the Holocaust

C

9\. In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

A. Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley.

B. Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass.

C. Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad.

D. Americans pushed the Germans out of Egypt.

E. British lost a key early battle at El Alamein.

B

0\. In 1943, in a meeting in Casablanca, the Allies decided they would next invade

A. Cyprus.

B. France.

C. Sicily.

D. Corsica.

E. Greece.

C

11\. During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was

A. Germany.

B. Spain.

C. Austria.

D. Japan.

E. Italy

E

12\. The Allied decisions that delayed an invasion of France

A. left the Soviet Union deeply embittered.

B. put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe.

C. occurred after the Soviet Union had won a significant victory in Stalingrad.

D. both put the Soviet Union in a better position to control eastern Europe, and left the Soviet

Union deeply embittered.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

13\. The U.S. government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust

A. prior to World War II beginning in Europe.

B. before the U.S. had entered the war.

C. as early as 1942.

D. only in the last year of the war.

E. only after the war was over.

C

14\. During World War II, Allied bombers targeted

A. the crematoria at Auschwitz.

B. the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.

C. the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz.

D. both the crematories at Auschwitz and the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz.

E. None of these answers is correct

E

5\. Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

A. refused to accept large numbers of refugees.

B. won an agreement by England to accept several thousand refugees.

C. made many efforts to help refugees escape the Nazis but not have them enter the United

States.

D. denied the Nazis were targeting Jews for murder.

E. rescinded the provisions of the 1924 National Origins Act dealing with Jewish immigrants.

A

16\. Between 1939 and 1945, the federal budget of the United States

A. halved.

B. doubled.

C. tripled.

D. rose over five-fold.

E. rose over ten-fold.

E

17\. During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the

A. Northeast.

B. Midwest.

C. South.

D. East.

E. West

E

18\. During World War II, the labor force of the United States

A. saw 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces.

B. saw the supply of civilian labor decline by 25 percent.

C. was forced to contend with a large labor surplus.

D. saw both 15 million people leave civilian labor for the armed forces and the supply of

civilian labor decline by 25 percent.

E. None of these answers is correct.

A

19\. During World War II, organized labor in the United States

A. lost membership as wages rose across most industries.

B. frequently used the threats of strikes to obtain higher wages.

C. agreed to freeze union membership and wages until the war was over.

D. won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers.

E. won a significant victory with the passage of the Smith-Connally Act

D

20\. Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?

A. No major union went on strike.

B. “Wildcat” strikes were the most common.

C. Unions accepted a freeze on wages until the war ended.

D. Many states passed laws expanding the influence of unions.

E. Opposition to strikes was led by the influential United Mine Workers.

B

1\. In 1945, Joseph Stalin’s vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control

strategic areas of interest was largely shared by

A. Charles de Gaulle.

B. Winston Churchill.

C. Franklin Roosevelt.

D. Mao Zedong.

E. Harry Truman

B

2\. In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,

A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender

unconditionally.

B. Joseph Stalin had refused to attend.

C. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to follow Stalin’s strategy to defeat Germany.

D. Stalin threatened to make a separate peace with Germany.

E. Stalin argued against the Allies opening a second front in western Europe.

A

3\. At the Teheran Conference in late 1943,

A. Franklin Roosevelt knew Joseph Stalin urgently needed American aid in fighting Germany.

B. Winston Churchill agreed to enter the war in the Pacific as soon as Germany was defeated.

C. Franklin Roosevelt urged Joseph Stalin to postpone his westward offensive.

D. it was agreed that Poland should be put under Soviet control after the war.

E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months

E

4\. In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

A. Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to attend.

B. Joseph Stalin withdrew a promise to enter the Pacific war.

C. Winston Churchill left early in a dispute with Stalin.

D. it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.

E. Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill’s plans for the United Nations.

D

5\. In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for

A. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others.

B. a General Assembly in which select nations would have voting rights.

C. the president of the UN to be selected from one of the five major powers.

D. membership to be limited to one hundred nations.

E. Germany and Japan to be added to the Security Council after 25 years

A

6\. In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it

A. initially rejected American membership.

B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

C. refused to vote on the charter for nearly a year.

D. made major changes to its charter.

E. put the question to a national referendum.

B

7\. At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on

A. the government of Poland.

B. the unification of Germany.

C. war reparations to the Soviet Union.

D. both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

. All the following statements regarding the “zones of occupation” of Germany in 1945 are

true EXCEPT that

A. there were a total of four zones, each controlled by a different nation.

B. the zones were to be determined by the position of troops at the end of the war.

C. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control.

D. at an unspecified date, Germany would be reunited.

E. Roosevelt preferred a reconstructed and reunited Germany.

C

9\. Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt

A. saw no evidence that Stalin would not live up to his promises at Yalta.

B. concluded that diplomacy would not settle American differences with Stalin.

C. began to push for major reparations to the Soviet Union in hopes that it would bring Stalin on

board with the Yalta agreements.

D. began to coordinate a military strike on the Soviet zone of occupation in Berlin.

E. became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill

conference agreements.E

E

51\. The McCarran Internal Security Act

A. outlawed all communist organizations in the United States.

B. created the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

C. was strongly supported by the Truman administration.

D. stripped American citizenship from all known communists.

E. required communist organizations to register with the government.

E

1\. During the 1950s, the general economic conditions of the United States included

A. stagnant economic growth.

B. high inflation.

C. low federal government spending.

D. a slowly rising gross national product.

E. low unemployment.

E

2\. Between 1945 and 1960, the birth rate in the United States

A. reversed a long pattern of decline.

B. peaked in 1949.

C. led to a doubling of the nation’s population in this period.

D. led to shortages of many consumer goods.

E. fell precipitously from its World War II highs

A

3\. Following World War II, the American economy

A. gave the average American 50 percent more purchasing power in 1960 than in 1945.

B. gave Americans the highest standard of living in 1960, after Switzerland and Sweden.

C. grew, between 1945 and 1975, nearly ten times faster than the population.

D. produced wealth that was equally distributed throughout the nation’s population.

E. gave the average American 10 percent more purchasing power than during the 1920s.

C

4\. During the 1950s, the region of the United States that experienced the most dramatic change

as a result of economic growth was

A. the North.

B. the South.

C. the East.

D. the West.

E. Alaska and Hawaii

D

5\. During the 1950s, the American Federation of Labor in the United States

A. was intimidated by powerful and wealthy corporations.

B. made significant concessions in benefits in order to gain higher wages.

C. merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

D. represented nearly half of all working Americans.

E. saw its president, David Beck, charged with the misappropriation of union funds.

C

6\. All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of

antibiotics EXCEPT

A. Louis Pasteur.

B. Paul Muller.

C. Joseph Lister.

D. Alexander Fleming.

E. Howard Florey.

B

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8\. In the early twentieth century, the vaccine that raised the most safety concerns in the United

States was for the prevention of

A. typhoid.

B. tetanus.

C. small pox.

D. rubella.

E. tuberculosis

E

12\. The first significant public awareness of computers in the United States came during the

A. 1961 Mercury space flight.

B. 1957 launch of Sputnik.

C. 1958 launch of the first American satellite.

D. 1950 Bureau of Census tabulations.

E. 1952 election tabulations.

E

13\. During the 1950s, the U.S. government’s primary motive for the development of rocket and

missile technology was

A. exploration of outer space.

B. the establishment of communication and spy satellites around the earth.

C. the quest to land a man on the moon.

D. the long-range delivery of weapons.

E. to catch up with German knowledge of rocketry

D

17\. Between 1945 and 1957, the growth of American consumerism was aided by

A. an 800-percent increase in consumer credit.

B. the development of credit cards.

C. low-payment credit plans.

D. revolving charge accounts.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

19\. During the 1950s, the popularity in the United States of suburban living was partly explained

by

A. the social importance placed on the family.

B. a desire for racial segregation.

C. a desire for larger homes.

D. both the social importance placed on the family, and a desire for racial segregation.

E. All these answers are correct

E

1\. One of the chief obstacles in John Kennedy’s presidential bid in 1960 was his

A. religion.

B. public image.

C. wealth.

D. womanizing.

E. lack of resources

A

2\. In the 1960 presidential election,

A. John Kennedy narrowly won the popular vote but fared slightly better in the electoral vote.

B. Richard Nixon was soundly defeated.

C. Richard Nixon won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote and the election.

D. Dixiecrat Harry F. Byrd swept the Deep South.

E. None of these answers is correct.

A

3\. In 1961, President John Kennedy saw legislative success in

A. a major civil rights bill.

B. tariff reductions.

C. improved Soviet-American relations.

D. a major tax increase.

E. a reduction of Social Security.

B

4\. Which of the following is true of the assassination of President John Kennedy?

A. Vice President Lyndon Johnson had made a last-minute decision not to accompany Kennedy.

B. The president died instantly.

C. Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody.

D. Kennedy was struck by three bullets.

E. The president was shot while in a motorcade in downtown Houston.

C

5\. The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy

concluded

A. Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy.

B. Jack Ruby killed Oswald on the orders of an unknown third party.

C. An unknown second gunman shot from a “grassy knoll” behind the motorcade.

D. both that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby killed

Oswald on the orders of an unknown third party.

E. None of these answers is correct

A

6\. Lyndon Johnson was similar to John Kennedy in his

A. political career.

B. family background.

C. active use of power.

D. personality.

E. All these answers are correct.

C

2\. Students for a Democratic Society was formed

A. primarily by college students from prestigious universities.

B. to protest the Vietnam War.

C. in reaction to the Kennedy assassination.

D. as a branch of the Democratic Party.

E. to support civil rights efforts in the South

A

5\. Throughout the late 1960s,

A. deferments for the military draft increased.

B. opposition in the United States to the Vietnam War intensified.

C. no American refused induction; instead, thousands fled to Canada and Sweden.

D. both deferments for the military draft increased, and opposition in the United States to the

Vietnam War intensified.

E. None of these answers is correct

B

9\. In the 1950s, the federal “termination” policy as applied to American Indians sought to

A. withdraw all official recognition of the tribes as legal entities.

B. keep American Indians largely confined to rural areas.

C. enforce the tribal reservation system.

D. break up militant tribes.

E. restore tribal autonomy

A

18\. Betty Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique,

A. described why women had found success and satisfaction in postwar America.

B. detailed the many problems confronting single mothers.

C. argued against women placing children before their careers.

D. encouraged women to remain single in order to maintain their independence.

E. gave a voice to a reemerging women’s rights movement.

E

9\. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

A. gave women equal pay for equal work.

B. led to the creation of the National Organization of Women.

C. resulted in the creation of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.

D. was amended for the benefit of women.

E. made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form

D

22\. In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment

A. was strongly opposed by some women.

B. was passed by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification.

C. seemed almost certain to be ratified.

D. had been promoted since the 1920s by some feminists.

E. All these answers are correct.

E

28\. The intent of President Richard Nixon’s “Vietnamization” policy was to

A. expand the war effort to all parts of Vietnam.

B. have the South Vietnamese military do more of the fighting.

C. declare an immediate end to the conflict.

D. expand the war effort to all parts of Indochina.

E. concentrate American military power on destroying the NLF

B

30\. In April 1970, the antiwar movement was recharged by

A. the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.

B. the shooting deaths of students at Kent State.

C. revelations regarding the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

D. the newspaper publication of the My Lai massacre.

E. the publication of the Pentagon Papers.

A

33\. In 1969, President Richard Nixon believed an American withdrawal from Vietnam would

A. harm America’s honor and “credibility.”

B. enhance his public standing in the United States and the world.

C. silence his critics.

D. allow the nation to have “peace with honor.”

E. force North Vietnam to live up to its promises regarding South Vietnam

A