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President Johnson supported civil rights legislation,but not affirmative action.

A) True
B) False

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President Johnson based his proposals for federal aid to education on the needs of the schools themselves rather than on the needs of their students.

A) True
B) False

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In 1961,CORE organized the "________ rides" into the South.

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The radical philosophy within the civil rights movement known as "________" favored racial distinctiveness over assimilation.

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The 1968 presidential election results


A) were extremely close.
B) saw Hubert Humphrey win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.
C) saw George Wallace carry the entire South.
D) saw both George Wallace carry the entire South,and Hubert Humphrey win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

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As the presidential campaign of 1960 got under way,Richard Nixon won the Republican nomination almost uncontested.

A) True
B) False

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The Immigration Act of 1965 set a strict limit on the number of immigrants to be admitted to the United States,even as it eliminated the "national origins" system of the 1920s.

A) True
B) False

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President Johnson managed to pass Kennedy's proposed tax cut in 1964.

A) True
B) False

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In 1961,the "freedom rides" sponsored by CORE attempted to


A) bring northern civil rights activists into the South to register black voters.
B) transport black children to formerly all-white schools.
C) force the desegregation of bus stations.
D) help move poor blacks out of the South.
E) transport black workers to white-only businesses.

F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

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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.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Which of the following was NOT a part of the 1965 civil rights march in Selma,Alabama?


A) the call for voting rights for blacks
B) the involvement of Martin Luther King Jr.
C) the televised attack on demonstrators by local police
D) the resignation of Governor George Wallace
E) the murder of two northern whites

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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In 1961,President John Kennedy saw most of his legislative success in the area of


A) civil rights.
B) tariff reductions.
C) improved Soviet-American relations.
D) tax increases.
E) social spending.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In 1965,President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program


A) made benefits available on the basis of need.
B) was similar in design to the Social Security system.
C) appealed mainly to poor and working-class Americans.
D) built on the success of his Medicaid program.
E) angered doctors by forcing them to lower their fees.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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President Johnson increased popular support for the ________ program by making it available to all elderly Americans.

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Both Medicare and Medicaid were enacted during the Kennedy administration.

A) True
B) False

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Lyndon Johnson came into the presidency with little prior experience in foreign affairs.

A) True
B) False

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The election of 1968 saw Richard Nixon narrowly defeat ________.

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Great Society reforms


A) were generally proven to be cost-effective.
B) improved the lives of whites far more than blacks.
C) contributed to the greatest reduction in poverty in American history.
D) grew in popularity over the next decade.
E) made no dent in reducing hunger in America.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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In 1968,George Wallace ran for president


A) based on a variety of conservative grievances.
B) as a critic of the war in Vietnam.
C) as a Democrat.
D) until he was wounded in an assassination attempt.
E) to draw attention to his opposition to segregation.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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What was the Kennedy strategy for fighting the Cold War? How did Vietnam fit into this overall strategy?

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