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4. To reduce the hazard of radiation caused by nuclear weapons, President Kennedy ordered that nuclear weapons

b) be tested underground.

5. Kennedy established the Peace Corps to

c) help developing nations with trained volunteers.

6. Why was Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba of concern to the United States?
   

b) Castro aligned himself politically with the Soviet Union

7. The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to

b) force Fidel Castro from power.

8. Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?

d) to stop people from escaping from East Germany.

9. Television was a major factor in the election of 1960 because during the campaign

b) the candidates faced each other in the nation's first televised debates

12. During the Kennedy-Khrushchev era, America and the Soviet Union came close to war over crises in Cuba and

b) Berlin.

13. President Kennedy decided to remove Diem from the presidency of South Vietnam when

b) Diem launched persecution of the country's Buddhists.

14. Gamal Abdel Nasser was associated with all of the following EXCEPT

b) recognition of Israel's right to exist.

15. Which country did NOT belong to NATO in the 1950s?

d. Hungary

23. American efforts in which of the following conflicts most closely resembled the efforts of the United States in the conflict described by President Johnson?

C) Korean conflict

24. The most significant concern of the United States government in its involvement in the conflict described by President Johnson was

A) stopping the potential spread of Communist influence.

25. Southern Black students formed the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee because

A) many were losing patience with the perceived gradualism of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

26. Which of the following did NOT occur in the year 1968?

D) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

27. Which of the following BEST reflected President Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization"?

C) gradual withdrawal of American armed forces from Vietnam

28. In 1970, President Nixon escalated the Vietnam War when he ordered American military forces to invade

A) Cambodia

29. An important part of the Nixon Doctrine was the idea that the United States would

B) leave the defense of allies to those nations themselves.

30. According to what we learned about the 1960s, "the boldest and most reckless challenge of the Cold War" happened when

A) Kennedy established a naval blockade of Cuba during the missile crisis.

31. John Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress" was intended to provide:

D) better relations between the United States and the nations of Latin America.

32. All of the following events took place during the Kennedy administration EXCEPT:

E) The U-2 Incident.

34. Which situation was a result of the Vietnam War?

B) The United States questioned its role as a police officer of the world.

35. During the Kennedy-Khrushchev era, America and the Soviet Union came close to war over crises in Cuba and:

B) Berlin.

36. The election of 1964 was an ideological contest among the voices of the Republicans from

A) Conservatives in the South and West.

37. In April 1961, the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored invasion of Cuba

D) was forced to surrender since the Cuban people did not aid them.

39. What has been one of the greatest obstacles to achieving racial integration of public schools in the United States?

D) Segregated housing patterns are still common in many communities.

40. What was the specific issue at stake in the conflict at Selma, Alabama?

B) Voting rights of Blacks

42. The most significant concern of the Unitied States government in its involvement in the conflict described by President Johnson was

A) stopping the potential spread of Communist influence.

43. One of the greatest contributing factors to the intensity of the conflict in Vietnam was

B) the rise of a Vietnamese nationalist movement.

44. "This secret, swift, and extraordinary buildup...in an area well known to have a special and historical relationship to the United States...,in violation of Soviet assurances, and in defiance of American and hemispheric policy—this sudden, clandestine decision to station strategic weapons for the first time outside of Soviet soil—is a deliberately provocative and unjustified change in the status quo which cannot be accepted by this country...."
    

    The above topic was the

B) Cuban Missile Crisis.

45. One indication of decreasing Soviet-American tensions was a treaty signed by all the world powers, in July 1963, except France and China, which

D) banned the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.

46. "[But] somewhere between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 citizens of [the United States]... [are] poor... It is a blow to reform and the political hopes of the poor that the middle class no longer understands that poverty exists... What shall we tell the American poor?.. Shall we say to them that they are better off than the Indian poor? That is one answer, but it is heartless... The means are at hand to fulfill the age-old dream: poverty can now be abolished." —Michael Harrington, The Other America, 1962

Conservative critics of the American government's reaction to the issues described in the passage

B) called the efforts a misuse of national authority.

47. "[But] somewhere between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 citizens of [the United States]... [are] poor... It is a blow to reform and the political hopes of the poor that the middle class no longer understands that poverty exists... What shall we tell the American poor?.. Shall we say to them that they are better off than the Indian poor? That is one answer, but it is heartless... The means are at hand to fulfill the age-old dream: poverty can now be abolished." —Michael Harrington, The Other America, 1962

    The chief objective of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs was to

C) help the disadvantaged in the United States.

48. One of the immediate causes of the oil embargo of 1973 was the

B) American support for Israel in the Arab-Israeli War

54. In August 1961, Soviet Premier Khrushchev increased Cold War tensions by

B) Ordering the Berlin Wall built.

58. With the rise of Black Power, came attendant...

C) White backlash

59. The single greatest turning point of the Vietnam struggle came with the

D) Tet Offensive

60. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was noted for its decisions regarding segregation and the

B) Protection of individual rights in criminal cases

61. The Warren Commission determined that the Kennedy assassination was

A) The act of a single man.

62. The Paris Accords of 1973 included all of the following EXCEPT

B) The United States would end all economic and military aid to South Vietnam

63. One reason the 1960s youth generation had such an impact on society was

B) Its sheer size.

64. The Pop Art movement of the 1960s featured

A) Optical illusions and fluorescent colors.

65. Which of the following were values of the beatniks?

B) Spontaneity and spirituality 

66. In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson warned Americans of the dangers of

A) Chemical pesticides.

67. Richard Nixon’s foreign affairs emphasized all of the following EXCEPT

D) A renewed arms race in ballistic and antiballistic missiles

68. In the presidential election of 1968, the third-party candidate who carried five Southern states was

D) George Wallace

69. The ratification of the 26th amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, was a result of

A) The participation of the United States in the Vietnam War

70. Under which President's administration was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established?

B) Richard Nixon

71. In retaliation for a supposed attack on U.S. destroyers, the U.S. Congress authorized President Johnson to take any action he deemed necessary to deal with the crisis when they voted for

E) The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

73. Which did NOT happen during Nixon's tenure as president?

A) Job Corps started

76. The Watergate scandal led to Richard Nixon's downfall primarily because

D. of his role in directing the cover-up of the Watergate Affair.

78. President Johnson proved to be much more successful than President Kennedy at

A. getting his legislation passed by Congress.

79. With the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

B. Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam.

80. Voters supported Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election because of their

A. loyalty to the Kennedy legacy.
B. faith in the Great Society promises of economic improvement for all classes and races.
C. fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.
D. trust in Johnson's Vietnam policy.
E. All of these choices are correct.

81. All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except

C. the Peace Corps.

82. In the final analysis, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs

D. won some noteworthy battles in education and health care.

83. As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

A. the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.

84. What was a lasting effect of the Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon?

c) Trust in elected officials was undermined.

85. The war in Vietnam led Congress to pass the War Powers Act of 1973 in order to

d) assert the role of Congress in the commitment of troops overseas.

87. NOW endorsed all of the following EXCEPT

b) Stricter divorce laws.

88. What sparked the Watts riots?

a) Anger caused by accusations of police brutality.

89. For what is the Warren Supreme Court noted?

b) Expanding individual rights.

90. In the 1960s, the pattern of immigration to the United States changed when

c) Congress ended the quota system.

91. In 1974, America faced all of the following EXCEPT

c) Demonstrations against the draft.

93. All of the following contributed to a "sexual revolution" during the 1960s EXCEPT

a) The elimination of all state laws infringing on a woman's right to an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.

94. The Stonewall riots helped forge a new sense of solidarity among

e) Gay Americans.

95. Which statement concerning African-Americans' movement for civil rights in the 1960s is accurate?

b) It stimulated the growth of other reform movements.

96. 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.

98. Both major-party presidential candidates in 1968 agreed that the United States should

e) Continue the war in pursuit of an honorable peace.

99. Former vice president Richard Nixon essentially won the 1968 presidential election by

d) Arguing that the Vietnam War had been a mistake from the beginning.