HIS 107 Final Exam Review

A review for Dr. Blair's HIS 107 final exam, which includes 75 questions taken from the chapter quizzes assigned throughout the course.

Who primarily filled jobs in new factories erected in the second half of the nineteenth century?

A) Migrants from farms and small towns.

B) Craftsman who shunned the responsibilities of operating their own shops.

C) Former slaves who moved north to escape segregation.

D) Journeymen followers who traveled from town to town.

Migrants from farms and small towns.

From where did most immigrants to the United States come after the 1880s?

A) Western and Northern Europe.

B) Western and Eastern Europe.

C) Northern and Southern Europe.

D) Southern and Eastern Europe.

Southern and Eastern Europe.

How were the majority of working-class wives employed?

A) Textile factory employees.

B) Office clerks and cashiers.

C) Cannery and confection workers.

D) Housewives who worked in their homes.

Housewives who worked in their homes.

Industrial workers could count on all of the following except…

A) A lifetime of hard work and no retirement funds.

B) Their labor union being respected and protecting their jobs.

C) The need for their children to go to work to help support the family.

D) Almost no workmen's compensation if they were injured on the job.

Their labor union being respected and protecting their jobs.

Which of the following inventions improved the lives of Western farmers?

A) Highways.

B) Barbed wire.

C) Plumbing.

D) None.

Barbed wire.

What was the destination of most international migrants in the nineteenth century?

A) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

B) United Emigrants.

C) United States.

D) United Kingdom.

United States.

Andrew Carnegie, America's most successful businessman late in the nineteenth century, migrated to America from what country?

A) England.

B) Ireland.

C) Wales.

D) Scotland.

Scotland.

The term "vertical integration" means…

A) Affirmative action in employment policies.

B) Controlling as many aspects of business as possible.

C) Friendly governments policing labor disputes.

D) Prohibiting foreign competition from lowering prices.

Controlling as many aspects of business as possible.

Where did the majority of immigrants find new homes in America?

A) Western ranches because work there required little experience.

B) Southern and western farms where land was inexpensive.

C) Eastern cities near factories.

D) Northern maritime states because so many were experienced seamen.

Eastern cities near factories.

What background characterized most of America's leading businessmen?

A) They worked their way up from entry-level jobs.

B) They had to overcome prejudice against Jews.

C) The majority were native born and relatively educated.

D) They had a stronger work ethic than immigrants.

The majority were native born and relatively educated.

The Comstock Law did which of the following?

A) Banned the production and distribution of obscenity.

B) Encouraged freedom of speech.

C) Cracked down on gambling operations.

D) Legalized abortion.

Banned the production and distribution of obscenity.

How did most minstrel shows portray African Americans after the Civil War?

A) With sensitivity for ethnic differences.

B) As equal citizens, as required by the Fourteenth Amendment.

C) By ignoring them to avoid misrepresentation.

D) In gross racial stereotypes.

In gross racial stereotypes.

Why were women destined to be wives and mothers within the home in the Victorian Era?

A) Women were considered insufficiently intelligent to comprehend the business world.

B) Women lacked physical strength and endurance.

C) Women were not dependable.

D) Women were thought too frail to engage in business and enterprise.

Women were thought too frail to engage in business and enterprise.

During the time, American cities…

A) Suffered major population loss.

B) Reflected a changing America.

C) Were hotbeds of conservative sentiment.

D) None.

Reflected a changing America.

What was the primary purpose of world's fairs and similar exhibitions late in the nineteenth century and early in the twentieth century?

A) To celebrate the global economy, industrial enterprise, and urban life.

B) To promote international tourism.

C) To demonstrate national superiority in technology.

D) To celebrate the global economy, industrial enterprise, and urban life.

To celebrate the global economy, industrial enterprise, and urban life

How is the Victorian Era usually characterized?

A) As an age of sexual repression and conservatism.

B) As a period of secrecy in domestic relations.

C) As an era of loose morals and liberation of individual behavior.

D) As a time of turmoil in traditional family values.

As an age of sexual repression and conservatism.

How was masculinity defined in the Victorian Era?
A) As the ability to leave home and compete in the capitalist marketplace.

B) As proficiency in various sports.

C) As the promiscuous indulgence of one's sexual desires.

D) As the ability to maintain a monogamous relationship successfully.

As the ability to leave home and compete in the capitalist marketplace.

According to Social Darwinists, what was the cause of human inequality?
A) Those at the bottom of the social ladder deserved to be there.

B) History is a record of continuous efforts to improve society.

C) All nature fulfilled a divine plan of creation.

D) The natural struggle for survival ensured the elevation of the fittest.

Those at the bottom of the social ladder deserved to be there.

How did urban development contribute to a loosening of morals in the United States?

A) Corrupt people gathered in cities to prey on innocent country people.

B) Cities had large churches but few people attended.

C) Young workers were freed from the constraints of parents and small-town life.

D) People in cities rarely knew their neighbors and lacked a sense of community responsibility.

Young workers were freed from the constraints of parents and small-town life.

How did intellectuals and elites define "high culture" in the second half of the nineteenth century?

A) Through the contrast between the Virgin as a symbol of Christianity and the dynamo as a symbol of modernity.

B) Through modernism and the celebration of scientific innovation.

C) Through popular music and literature.

D) Through principles of social, cultural, and political hierarchy installed in museums, libraries, and universities.

Through principles of social, cultural, and political hierarchy installed in museums, libraries, and universities.

Frederick W. Taylor was an efficiency expert who was…

A) Popular with factory managers.

B) Popular with American workers.

C) A motivational speaker who encouraged managers to work together to solve problems.

D) A motivational speaker who encouraged managers to work together with workers to solve their communications problems.

Popular with factory managers.

The Open Door policy was designed to…

A) Keep the markets of China open to the United States.

B) Prevent the United States from being excluded from the China markets.

C) All.

D) Protect American access to the China trade without resorting to war.

All.

Which of the following statements refers to lynchings?

A) They were confined to the rural South.

B) They occurred in predominantly white regions of the South.

C) They were legal in the South.

D) They were a means of enforcing segregation through the use of terror.

They were a means of enforcing segregation through the use of terror.

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor called for…

A) Shortening work hours.

B) A federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.

C) The open shop, which allowed a worker to decide whether to join the union.

D) A guaranteed minimum wage.

Shortening work hours.

The Supreme Court's 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson…

A) Acknowledged the realities of southern life.

B) Defined the "separate but equal" principle.

C) Ruled that racial segregation was permissible under the Fifteenth Amendment.

D) Ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional.

Defined the "separate but equal" principle.

Among other things, the "Crisis of the 1890s" referred to…

A) All.

B) The powerlessness of the American government against the power of wealth.

C) A period of economic overproduction.

D) A period of high employment rates across the United States.

All.

Which of the following statements about the 1896 presidential race is correct?

A) William Jennings Bryan ran as a Democrat and carried Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

B) William McKinley's "front porch campaign" carried the northern industrial states.

C) Marcus Hanna ran as the Republican candidate.

D) The nation saw a lackluster campaign with little voter interest.

William McKinley's "front porch campaign" carried the northern industrial states.

As a result of the Spanish-American War…

A) The United States acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

B) Theodore Roosevelt emerged as an anti-imperialist.

C) Congress voted to declare Philippine independence.

D) An independent Cuba was allowed to chart its own political and economic course.

The United States acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Employers such as George Pullman sought which of the following?

A) To seek a balance between the cost of production and profits.

B) To enslave the workingman.

C) To maximize the power of workers.

D) Absolute control of the workplace.

Absolute control of the workplace.

The Panic of 1893 was…

A) A period of high unemployment and high worker productivity.

B) A period of economic decline in the United States that included the failure of many American businesses and banks.

C) Brought on by labor unrest in China.

D) Brought on by American farmers overproducing grain.

A period of economic decline in the United States that included the failure of many American businesses and banks.

Which of the following statements does not refer to the construction of the Panama Canal?

A) The United States recognized the independence of Panama after a revolution broke out on the isthmus against Colombia.

B) Colombia refused to permit canal construction across its territory.

C) Canal construction cost $1 billion dollars and the loss of 10,000 lives.

D) American warships were sent to Panama to assist the revolutionists.

Canal construction cost $1 billion dollars and the loss of 10,000 lives.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) won its first court battle in 1915 against the…

A) Segregation of universities.

B) Refusal of hotels and restaurants to serve black patrons.

C) Grandfather clause, which denied the right to vote to the descendants of slaves.

D) White-only Democratic primary elections in the South

Grandfather clause, which denied the right to vote to the descendants of slaves.

President Wilson's "New Freedom" policies included…

A) Increased competition.

B) Lower tariffs.

C) All.

D) Vigorous antitrust enforcement.

All.

What set W. E. B. DuBois apart from the majority of progressives of his time?

A) He was highly educated.

B) He came from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta.

C) He wanted to address the costs of racism in American society.

D) He connected with the nation's wealthy elite as easily as with the poorest of farmers.

He wanted to address the costs of racism in American Society.

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the progressives of the turn of the century?

A) Most progressives were politically conservative.

B) Progressivism was a widespread, many-sided reform effort.

C) Most progressives were politically liberal.

D) Progressive reformers were a unified group with a common agenda of reform.

Progressivism was a widespread, many-sided reform effort.

The "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine said that

A) If there was chronic wrongdoing or the potential for revolution in a Latin American nation and intervention was necessary to protect the status quo and/or American interests, the United States would do the intervening.

B) European nations had no business intervening in Latin American politics.

C) If any nation intervened in Latin American politics, it would have to deal with the United States.

D) All.

All.

Unlike their predecessors, progressives were comfortable with…

A) Not only a racially integrated workforce but also one that included men and women.

B) The abandonment of capitalism.

C) Expanding government power to implement change.

D) An integrated workforce.

Expanding government power to implement change.

The United Mine Workers' 1902 coal strike resulted in…

A) The use of federal mediation to resolve the strike.

B) The federal government siding with corporate owners of the mines.

C) The use of federal troops to put down the strikers.

D) The deaths of several hundred strikers and troops.

The use of federal mediation to resolve the strike.

Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party platform included which of the following?

A) Popular review of judicial decisions.

B) All.

C) The popular election of senators.

D) Endorsement of the "New Nationalism."

All.

President Roosevelt helped create the modern environmental movement by…

A) Increasing the number of acres of land in the Federal Reserve.

B) Using the power of the presidency to build support of Americans for conservation policies.

C) Professionalizing the forest service.

D) All.

All.

The __________ was the largest organization of African American activists in the 1920s.

A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

B) National Urban League

C) Southern Christian Leadership Conference

D) Universal Negro Improvement Association

Universal Negro Improvement Association

Which of the following describes the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s?

A) They advocated greater understanding between Christians and Jews.

B) They attempted to impose their interpretation of morality through force and intimidation.

C) As during Reconstruction, the KKK was limited to the South.

D) They advanced the cause of brotherhood among all religions represented in America.

They attempted to impose their interpretation of morality through force and intimidation.

The political figure in the 1920s most associated with American Individualism was…

A) Franklin Roosevelt.

B) Woodrow Wilson.

C) Warren G. Harding.

D) Herbert Hoover.

Herbert Hoover.

Which of the following accurately describes the most common setting in which Americans lived by 1920?

A) Most Americans lived near an interstate highway.

B) A majority of Americans lived in urban territory.

C) A majority of Americans lived in rural territory.

D) Few Americans lived in coastal areas.

A majority of Americans lived in urban territory.

Advertising agencies placed their product messages in and on all of the following except…

A) Bill boards.

B) Newspapers.

C) Television.

D) Magazines.

Television.

What was the most popular consumer attraction of the 1920s?

A) Baseball.

B) NASCAR.

C) The movies.

D) Magazines.

The movies.

The New Culture of the 1920s extolled what virtues?

A) Modernity and pleasure.

B) Sacrifice and repentance.

C) Energy and exuberance.

D) Thrift and moderation.

Modernity and pleasure.

Economic development in the 1920s encouraged which group to enter the American workforce in greater numbers?

A) Woman.

B) Youth.

C) African-Americans.

D) Senior citizens.

Woman.

Which of the following was not one of the crucial ingredients to the nation's economic growth in the 1920s?

A) Increased efficiency.

B) Coal mining.

C) New technologies.

D) New businesses.

Coal mining.

Which statement accurately characterizes American agriculture during the 1920s?

A) It prospered because of government help.

B) It continued a long decline that began when World War I ended.

C) It refused to embrace labor-saving farm machinery.

D) It continued the prosperity that began during World War I.

It continued a long decline that began when World War I ended.

The National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act…

A) Provided for the inhibition of unions.

B) Provided for the prohibition of unions.

C) Guaranteed workers' rights to organize unions and bargain collectively.

D) Prohibited employers from firing workers.

Guaranteed workers' rights to organize unions and bargain collectively.

President Roosevelt's basic problem with the justices on the Supreme Court was…

A) Their decisions declaring certain New Deal legislation unconstitutional.

B) That they did not like Mrs. Roosevelt.

C) Their opposition to his civil rights programs.

D) That they did not like Roosevelt.

Their decisions declaring certain New Deal legislation unconstitutional.

In addition to old-age pensions, the Social Security Act of 1935 also provided for…

A) National health insurance.

B) Unemployment compensation.

C) All.

D) Medicare.

Unemployment compensation.

Which group in the new coalition that made up the Democrats in the 1930s limited the party's reform efforts?

A) African Americans in the Midwest.

B) Immigrant workers in Northeastern cities.

C) Young urban professionals.

D) Southern rural whites.

Southern rural whites.

The "Bonus Marchers"…

A) Expected the government to buy them bus tickets back home after their march was over.

B) Demanded immediate payment of their World War 1 bonus due in 1945.

C) Marched to Washington, D.C., to protest Congress's actions in investigating the Veterans Administration.

D) Marched in support of President Hoover and his policies.

Demanded immediate payment of their World War 1 bonus due in 1945.

The most prominent woman reformer during the period was…

A) Eleanor Roosevelt.

B) Frances Perkins.

C) Molly Dewson.

D) Oveta Culp Hobby.

Eleanor Roosevelt.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) did which of the following?

A) Employed historians.

B) All.

C) Built municipal buildings.

D) Employed American artists and writers.

All.

The New Deal…

A) Made the U.S. financial system more stable.

B) All.

C) Improved the lives of working Americans.

D) Did not end the Depression.

All.

President Hoover was true to his Republican values, believing that the federal government…

A) Should use its power to collect information valuable to businessmen.

B) Should use its power to encourage cooperation between businessmen.

C) All.

D) Should not interfere with the economy.

All.

How does the Second New Deal compare with the first one?

A) The second New Deal was far more radical in its opposition to capitalism.

B) The second New Deal left a far more enduring legacy.

C) The second New Deal relied more heavily on the support of the Republican Party.

D) The second one was far more haphazard.

The Second New Deal left a far more enduring legacy.

The Axis Powers included all of the following except…

A) Germany.

B) Italy.

C) Russia.

D) Japan.

Russia.

The Manhattan Project…

A) Produced the atomic bomb.

B) Financed the production of American war materials.

C) Enhanced ports in New York City to speed shipping to the European Theater.

Produced the atomic bomb.

During World War II, army leadership struggled to preserve…

A) Every soldier's human dignity.

B) Civilian life at all costs.

C) Racial traditions of segregation.

D) Their dominance in the Roosevelt administration.

Racial traditions of segregation.

President Harry S. Truman ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki…

A) To persuade Japan to surrender.

B) To avenge Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March.

C) As a first step in a plan to annihilate the Japanese people.

D) To test how useful these new weapons would be in Europe.

To persuade Japan to surrender.

Roosevelt ordered the internment of Japanese Americans in the Western Defense Command because…

A) Japanese farmers refused to sell to the U.S. military.

B) California's press and congressional delegation were pushing for it.

C) Cases of sabotage started to abound.

D) Japanese Americans were caught signaling to enemy planes.

California's press and congressional delegation were pushing for it.

The Neutrality Act of 1935 and its 1936 and 1937 amendments…

A) Restricted the president's ability to aid the enemies of Germany, Japan, and Italy.

B) Prohibited Americans from volunteering for the armed services of Great Britain.

C) Reflected the Congressional recognition that the American people were prowar.

D) Cautioned Americans about shipping goods to belligerent nations.

Cautioned Americans about shipping goods to belligerent nations.

In 1940…

A) Most Americans supported an active role in the war for the United States.

B) Most Americans were urging Congress to declare war on Germany.

C) Americans were convinced that they had to strike Japan first.

D) Feared involvement and even support for antifascist belligerents.

Feared involvement and even support for antifascist belligerents.

What weakened the position of isolationists in 1940?

A) German bombings of England.

B) The attack on Pearl Harbor.

C) Germany's invasion of Poland.

D) The fall of Stalingrad.

German bombings of England.

In 1941, labor organizer A. Philip Randolph pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to…

A) Compel all workers in a unionized plant to pay union dues.

B) Desegregate public schools.

C) Ban racial discrimination in defense industries.

D) Segregate the armed forces.

Ban racial discrimination in defense industries.

The battles of Midway and Coral Sea resulted in…

A) Giving the United States time to concentrate on building an army and winning the war in Europe.

B) All.

C) Proof that the American fighting forces were not going to be easy targets.

D) Putting the Japanese forces on the defensive.

All.

The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)…

A) Investigated the abuses of power committed by Joseph McCarthy and other extreme anti-Communists.

B) Was known, unlike McCarthy and his Senate committee, for its careful investigations of alleged subversive activities.

C) Targeted the film industry.

D) Confined itself to investigating anti-American propaganda and sentiment abroad.

Targeted the film industry.

Which of the following was a result of the Marshall Plan?

A) By 1950, participating countries exceeded prewar production levels.

B) Marshall Plan funds rebuild the German military to prewar capabilities by 1951.

C) The investments of the Marshall Plan funded the complete rebuilding of Germany by 1960.

D) Marshall Plan funds restored full employment in the Soviet Union.

By 1950, participating countries exceeded prewar production levels.

__________ was the first African American man in decades to play in major league baseball.

A) Philip Randolph

B) Jackie Robinson

C) Larry Doby

D) Medgar Evers 

Joseph McCarthy spearheaded an anti-Communist hysteria that…

A) Despite its drawbacks, managed to extinguish Communism in the United States.

B) Resulted in brutal lynchings comparable to those of the New South.

C) Brought Americans back to the importance of real politics.

D) Destroyed the lives of thousands of Americans.

Destroyed the lives of thousands of Americans.

How did the U.S. development of the nuclear bomb affect U.S.–Soviet relations?

A) U.S. refusal to heed Soviet warnings not to detonate the bomb caused severe friction.

B) The bomb turned a trusted and amicable relationship into a tense situation.

C) Since the two nations were already at war, it made little difference.

D) U.S. secrecy about the development of the bomb further strained U.S.–Soviet relations.

U.S. secrecy about the development of the bomb further strained U.S.–Soviet relations.

The National Security Act of 1947 accomplished all of the following except…

A) Creating the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

B) Creating the National Security Council.

C) Requiring annual military service for American men.

D) Reorganizing the military branches.

Requiring annual military service for American men.

The Treaty of Detroit 1950 covered what topic?

A) The agreement, still in place, between the city of Detroit and the National Football League, which moved the Detroit Lions to Michigan.

B) The relationship between the UAW and American Indian leaders to increase the number of Indians obtaining work in the automobile industry.

C) Workers' contracts lasting at least five years and a pension plan.

D) Unions reasserting their demand to participate in management in postwar America.

Workers' contracts lasting at least five years and a pension plan.

In the election of 1948, Truman was expected to lose because…

A) The progressives were expected to undermine the Democrat vote.

B) Segregationists were expected to undermine the Democrat vote.

C) All.

D) The president suffered low approval ratings.

All.

What became known as the "containment policy" was inspired by…

A) Harry S Truman.

B) George F. Kennan.

C) Winston S. Churchill.

D) George C. Marshall.

George F. Kennan.

After the war, African Americans…

A) Expected to enjoy the rights and privileges they had acquired during the war.

B) All.

C) Celebrated the end of discrimination in the sale and rental of housing.

D) Were lucky to find work.

All.

Of all of the consumer products representative of the 1950s, which of the following symbolizes the dreams and attitudes of the 1950s?

A) Television.

B) Record players.

C) Transistors.

D) Computers.

Television.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrated that…

A) Triumph could result from combining federal action with black courage.

B) City governments in the south were more willing to change than state governments.

C) The civil rights movement did not need the federal government.

D) Peaceful protests could win hearts and minds.

Triumph could result from combining federal action with black courage.

The American labor movement at the end of World War II…

A) Had organized to call strikes and other work stoppages.

B) Prospered.

C) All.

D) Had never been more powerful.

All.

Which of the following did not trouble adults about the postwar youth culture?

A) Comic books.

B) Premarital sex.

C) Rock and Roll.

D) Cars.

Cars.

Several factors enhanced the economic growth of the 1950s. Of the following, which is not among the reasons?

A) Americans remembered the Depression and the sacrifices of the war years, and they commonly saved their money for their children.

B) Americans following World War II had money, and they wanted to spend it.

C) The buildup of the defense industry and foreign aid helped stimulate the economy.

D) Older and more traditional industries were strong, and new technologies were becoming increasingly important.

Americans remembered the Depression and the sacrifices of the war years, and they commonly saved their money for their children.

William J. Levitt was the pioneer of…

A) Affordable housing for the working class.

B) Modern computer production.

C) Television.

D) Consumer credit cards.

Affordable housing for the working class.

President Eisenhower changed the role of the CIA. He approved policies that…

A) Had once been considered unacceptable.

B) Limited the role of the CIA in destabilizing foreign governments.

C) Refused permission for the CIA to test controversial drugs, such as LSD, on American subjects.

D) Prohibited the CIA from using assassination to eliminate political opposition abroad.

Had once been considered unacceptable.

All of the following refer to religion in the 1950s except which of the following?

A) Ministers such as Billy Graham rose to prominence through television.

B) Political leaders encouraged a new religious revival in the nation.

C) The U.S. government put the words "In God We Trust" on currency.

D) A series of scandals rocked the mainline denominations.

A series of scandals rocked the mainline denominations.

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female were written by…

A) Gene Ferkauf.

B) Hugh Hefner.

C) Dr. Alfred C. Kinsley.

D) D. H. Lawrence.

Dr. Alfred C. Kinsley.

By 1960, nearly one-third of Americans lived in…

A) Urban condos.

B) Slums.

C) Suburbs.

D) Rental homes.

Suburbs.

In the 1960 election what institution became a significant part of the political process?

A) Ethnic coalitions.

B) Grassroots campaigns.

C) Television.

D) Newspaper interviews.

Television.

George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, ran for the presidency hoping to capitalize on votes from those who were…

A) All.

B) Opposed to the antiwar movement.

C) Opposed to the youth movement.

D) Opposed to the civil rights movement.

All.

During the Cuban missile crisis…

A) President Kennedy worked quietly through diplomatic channels to resolve the problem.

B) The United States and the Soviet Union went on full military alert.

C) Khrushchev used television to alert the world to the crisis.

D) Khrushchev ordered a quarantine of American shipping headed for Cuba.

The United States and the Soviet Union went on full military alert.

Both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson built their foreign policies around…

A) Détente.

B) Cold War theories.

C) Economic needs.

D) Humanistic concerns.

Cold War theories.

By the mid-1960s, which of the following gave the youth movement focus?

A) The civil rights movement

B) The War on Poverty

C) The Vietnam War

D) The Peace Corps

The Vietnam War

The Warren Court, named for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, tended to rule in favor of…

A) Restrictions on civil liberties.

B) The enhanced power of state and local governments.

C) The expansion of individual rights, particularly where personal liberties were at issue.

D) All.

The expansion of individual rights, particularly where personal liberties were at issue.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 to…

A) Force President Johnson to put more women in government programs designed to deal with women's issues.

B) Push for the civil rights of women.

C) Counter the power wielded by the EEOC.

D) Protest such pageants as the Miss America Pageant, which they said exploited women.

Push for the civil rights of women.

Underlying Lyndon Johnson's vision of a "Great Society" was…

A) The desire to implement Kennedy's legislative programs.

B) A total reform program for the nation's socio-economic problems.

C) His fears that the Republicans would return to office.

D) The desire to be re-elected in 1964.

A total reform program for the nation's socio-economic problems.

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson thought Vietnam…

A) Should be defended for American interests.

B) Was to be a showcase of democracy.

C) Should have been left alone to solve its problems.

D) Could be resolved through armed conflict.

Should be defended for American interests.

What appeared to be John F. Kennedy's biggest handicap in the 1960 election?

A) His poor health.

B) His Catholic faith.

C) His lack of charisma.

D) The inexperience of his vice president.

His Catholic faith.