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  • Q1
    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution issued by Congress on August 7, 1964, was instrumental in increasing U.S. activity in
    Korea.
    Vietnam.
    Egypt.
    Cambodia.
    30s
  • Q2
    "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity." Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963 This speech was given to
    dedicate the newly constructed Lincoln Memorial.
    promote himself in a campaign for president.
    celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the American Civil War.
    the need to address injustices still to be righted during the Civil Rights Movement.
    30s
  • Q3
    "In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known." Martin Luther King, April 16, 1963 According to Dr. King,
    there is no hope for the city of Birmingham.
    evidence points to many injustices in Birmingham.
    Birmingham unites blacks and whites more than any other US city.
    a nonviolent campaign usually ends up in brutality.
    30s
  • Q4
    The cartoon seen here made reference to what Supreme Court decision?
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    Gideon v. Wainwright
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke
    Brown v. Board of Education
    30s
  • Q5
    The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrated the
    importance of having a free and independent press.
    power of television’s influence in American politics.
    importance of candidates knowing their facts in a debate forum.
    divisive nature of the war in Vietnam.
    30s
  • Q6
    The United States involved itself in Vietnam in the 1960s because
    American businesses in Vietnam were threatened by the Communists.
    it feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.
    the American people demanded the government support Vietnam.
    Japan was threatened militarily by the possibility of a Communist government in Vietnam.
    30s
  • Q7
    Poll taxes, Grandfather clause, Literacy tests All of these have been used (unconstitutionally) in the past to
    keep minorities from voting.
    deny women the right to property.
    prevent discrimination.
    secure admission to colleges.
    30s
  • Q8
    "Urban sprawl" was accidentally created in post-World War II America thanks MAINLY to which of these?
    the advent of improved airplane travel
    greater shopping opportunities
    expansion of the highway system
    more fuel-efficient automobiles
    30s
  • Q9
    How did the domino theory influence the United States' role in the Vietnam War?
    It convinced the government to become involved in the war.
    It forced the United States to support the Vietcong.
    Vietnamization became the new U.S. foreign policy.
    The United States adopted a position of neutrality.
    30s
  • Q10
    The most damaging evidence against President Nixon in the Watergate impeachment proceedings was the
    discovery of audio tapes of conversations connecting him in attempts to cover up details of the Watergate break-in.
    Nixon's detailed record of orders to "punish" his enemies.
    refusal of the President to take the witness stand in his own defense during the impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Senate.
    John Dean's testimony revealing Nixon's personal involvement .
    30s
  • Q11
    In the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive of 1968 showed that
    American forces were solidly in control of South Vietnam.
    the Vietcong could strike any major city in South Vietnam.
    the My Lai massacre was not going unnoticed by communist forces.
    a peace settlement was close at hand.
    30s
  • Q12
    President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" consisted of
    a conservative support for corporations and wealthy Americans.
    extensive tax cuts and defense spending cuts.
    reforms in health care, education, and civil rights.
    an intensifying of the war effort in Vietnam.
    30s
  • Q13
    Which “Great Society” program would assist the elderly with costs associated with hospitalization or prescription drugs?
    VISTA
    Peace Corps
    Medicaid
    Medicare
    30s
  • Q14
    All of the following describes the Selma to Montgomery Marches of the mid-1960s EXCEPT
    was organized by the SCLC and SNCC.
    was met with violence.
    attracted national media attention.
    was broken up by the Federal government.
    30s
  • Q15
    Richard Nixon reached out to this country in the early 1970s in an attempt to normalize diplomatic relations.
    Japan
    Cuba
    Iran
    China
    30s

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