Question 1

The cause for the violent student demonstrations that took place at Kent State University in 1970 was opposition to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Nixon's unauthorized bombing of Cambodia
B)   sending more American troops to Vietnam
C)   Nixon's involvement in the Watergate break-in
D)   CIA involvement in the overthrow of democratically elected Chilean president Salvador AllendeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

What did American students belonging to various Asian communities, including those of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino ethnicity, do for the first time during the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)   They began to identify themselves collectively as Asian Americans.
B)   They launched violent demonstrations against local communities that participated in and supported the Japanese American internments during World War II.
C)   Unlike most other young Americans, they supported America's role in the Vietnam War and protested those who opposed this conflict.
D)   They occupied federal property in protest of the government's discriminatory practices against Asian Americans.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Why did Mexican American activists prefer the slang term Chicano rather than Mexican American?

Accepted Answer

A)   It recognized their distinctive culture and history.
B)   It did not contain the word "American," which they associated with racism and lost territory.
C)   It was commonly used by labor activist César Chávez, who was revered as a national hero to young Mexican Americans in the protest movement.
D)   It was a common name referenced in the work songs of agricultural migrant laborers.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following best characterizes Lyndon Johnson's rhetoric and action regarding Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)   He called for restraint in Vietnam on the campaign trail but had already started escalating U.S. involvement in this part of the world.
B)   Having taken little action in Vietnam as president, during the campaign, Johnson called for greater numbers of U.S. troops there.
C)   Johnson believed that his policies were already containing Communism in Vietnam, so he promised the voting public that he would withdraw U.S. troops from that part of the world.
D)   During the campaign, Johnson spoke openly and honestly to the public about the war strategies that he had already implemented in Vietnam.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

What was the consequence of the free speech movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Students moved away from the arts into the practical sciences.
B)   Students dropped out of school in greater numbers.
C)   Students increasingly turned to illegal drugs.
D)   Students demanded more say in their own education.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

What event prompted President Johnson to appeal to Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

Accepted Answer

A)   the suicide bombing at the U.S. military base at Pleiku
B)   alleged attacks against U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese patrol boats
C)   the surprise attack launched by North Vietnam and the Vietcong on Tet, the Vietnamese lunar New Year holiday
D)   the search-and-destroy mission by American troops that resulted in the My Lai MassacreE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

The 1967 "Summer of Love" was centered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   San Francisco
B)   New York City
C)   Boston
D)   Los AngelesE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

According to the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders report, the mid-60s urban riots __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   had no rational explanation
B)   were responses to white racism and police brutality
C)   showed that the Great Society programs were working
D)   proved that poor people were getting what they deservedE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

What foreign policy mistake made by Harry Truman did John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson try to avoid during their presidential administrations?

Accepted Answer

A)   "losing" a nation to Communism
B)   sending military advisers to a foreign country involved in a conflict
C)   recognizing newly independent nations
D)   providing excessive financial aid to war-torn EuropeE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Why did the Democrats find it so difficult to achieve consensus around a single candidate in 1968?

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Question 11

What did demonstrators outside the 1968 Democratic convention want to bring to the public's attention when they shouted, "The whole world is watching!" on live television news coverage?

Accepted Answer

A)   the violence associated with the "police riot" against demonstrators and innocent bystanders ordered by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
B)   the political corruption brought about by having Vice President Hubert Humphrey secure the Democratic presidential nomination without having to participate in the electoral primary system
C)   the anger over Martin Luther King Jr.'s and Robert Kennedy's assassinations
D)   the public expression of frustration and hostility at not having Lyndon Johnson seek another term as presidentE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

What was significant about the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)  that Nixon completed with the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   This treaty represented the first success at limiting the number of nuclear weapons produced by the United States and the Soviet Union since the beginning of the Cold War.
B)   The United States and the Soviet Union, for the first time, entered into a collaborative partnership to address the conflict surrounding the Arab-Israeli dispute in the Middle East.
C)   The Soviet Union agreed to stay out of the Vietnam War.
D)   The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to stop covert, clandestine operations when intervening in the affairs of other nations.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

The Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP)  was formed to promote the campaign of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Lyndon Johnson
B)   Richard Nixon
C)   John F. Kennedy
D)   Dwight D. EisenhowerE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

After taking over the SNCC, how did activist Stokely Carmichael's goals of Black Power, which became the foundation of this organization, differ from Martin Luther King Jr.'s initial goals in the struggle for civil rights?

Accepted Answer

A)   Younger African American activists spurned the civil disobedience called for by King in favor of direct action and militant self-defense.
B)   The SNCC and other organizations associated with Black Power began a more inclusive movement for civil rights, incorporating a greater number of white activists than what King had done earlier in the 1960s.
C)   Black Power activists abandoned the paramilitary style of protest and defense that King and his followers had used in the initial years of the Movement.
D)   Black Power focused less on African American cultural nationalism and history than King's earlier movement.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Besides the right to conduct political activities at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, what major demand was made by students in the free speech movement, which began in the fall of 1964?

Accepted Answer

A)   participatory democracy where students had a say in their education
B)   the right to take LSD and to smoke marijuana in college housing
C)   an immediate end to U.S. participation in the Vietnam War
D)   voting rights and greater federal aid for urban poor African Americans living outside of the SouthE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Why were women from minority groups reluctant to participate in the new women's liberation movement?

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Question 17

What was the purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress in 1964?

Accepted Answer

A)   to give President Johnson the authority "to take all necessary measures" to defend U.S. armed forces and "to prevent further aggression" in Vietnam
B)   to provide military assistance to French allies as they tried to fight Communism in their colony of Vietnam
C)   to pressure President Johnson to act with restraint in his war policies dealing with Vietnam
D)   to show approval of President Johnson's request to organize a CIA-led covert coup against the government in South VietnamE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Abandoning his usual caution in criticizing U.S. military policy, what different approach did Martin Luther King Jr. take to justify his opposition to the Vietnam War during the last year of his life?

Accepted Answer

A)   He described the detrimental impact of the war on the poor in the United States and the peasantry in Vietnam.
B)   He pointed out the lack of a real threat to South Vietnam from North Vietnamese troops.
C)   He explained his belief that Ho Chi Minh's Communist ideology would benefit rather than harm economic and social progress in South Vietnam.
D)   He expressed his frustration regarding the lack of international support the United States was receiving from its allies in conducting the Vietnam War.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 19

What factors made it possible for Lyndon Johnson to push his Great Society agenda through Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)   the momentum of the civil rights movement and Democratic control of Congress
B)   a national patriotic movement inspired by the Vietnam War and a public desire to support Johnson after Kennedy's assassination
C)   the growing youth movement inspired by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)  and Cold War politics
D)   harsh memories of the Great Depression among the older generation of Americans and the upswing in urban riotsE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

In 1969, hoping to deliver a "knockout blow" to the North Vietnamese, President Nixon __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   ordered the bombing and invasion of Cambodia
B)   launched the Tet Offensive
C)   announced a cease-fire in Laos and Cambodia
D)   began Operation Rolling ThunderE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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After taking over the SNCC, how did activist Stokely Carmichael's goals of Black Power, which became the foundation of this organization, differ from Martin Luther King Jr.'s initial goals in the struggle for civil rights?

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In 1969, hoping to deliver a "knockout blow" to the North Vietnamese, President Nixon __________.

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What was the consequence of the free speech movement?

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Why were women from minority groups reluctant to participate in the new women's liberation movement?

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According to the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders report, the mid-60s urban riots __________.

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What did demonstrators outside the 1968 Democratic convention want to bring to the public's attention when they shouted, "The whole world is watching!" on live television news coverage?

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What was significant about the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) that Nixon completed with the Soviet Union?

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What factors made it possible for Lyndon Johnson to push his Great Society agenda through Congress?

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Why did Mexican American activists prefer the slang term Chicano rather than Mexican American?

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What event prompted President Johnson to appeal to Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

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Abandoning his usual caution in criticizing U.S. military policy, what different approach did Martin Luther King Jr. take to justify his opposition to the Vietnam War during the last year of his life?

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Besides the right to conduct political activities at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, what major demand was made by students in the free speech movement, which began in the fall of 1964?

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Which of the following best characterizes Lyndon Johnson's rhetoric and action regarding Vietnam?

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The 1967 "Summer of Love" was centered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in __________.

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What foreign policy mistake made by Harry Truman did John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson try to avoid during their presidential administrations?

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What was the purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress in 1964?

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The Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) was formed to promote the campaign of __________.

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