the second ultramongus

Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, was the

Why did the Soviet Union try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin?

What prevented the Equal Rights Amendment from becoming a law?

As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis,

Disagreement over which issue worsened postwar relations between the United States and the Soviet Union?

As a result of their experiences in the civil rights movement, many women learned the importance of

Which of the following is a reason the United States became involved in affairs in the Middle East followingWorld War 11

When a railroad strike disrupted the economy in 1946, Truman tried to

As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in

During World War II, many Japanese Americans

How did President Kennedy respond to the riot over James Meredith's admission to the University ofMississippi?

Unlike the early civil rights leaders, Malcolm X believed strongly that

The Warren Commission declared that Kennedy's assassination was the work of a

What was the goal of the Selma March?

Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of

At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill clashed with Stalin over his refusal to allow elections in

During the 1960s and 1970s, Asian Americans

Several of the important decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren focused on

To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, MLK, Jr., and other members of the SCLCencouraged a policy of

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled that

After the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

All of the following were goals of Great Society programs except

The Freedom Rides were organized to test

One effect of business expansion after World War II was

Johnson's two civil rights laws are considered to be

President Kennedy asked for a huge increase in military spending because

As World War II ended, a major disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union involved

How did President Eisenhower's domestic policy reflect that of his Republican predecessors Coolidge andHoover?

In the televised presidential debates between Kennedy and Nixon, Kennedy appeared to be

SNCC was formed to enable students to

In the United States, television was instrumental in

Which of the following best describes the major guiding principle behind the foreign policies of Kennedy and Johnson?

Eisenhower and his administration wholly supported

What did some members of Congress call for after China fell to Mao Zedong's forces?

Peopl in both North & South Vietnam had to suffer the effects of American efforts to destroy roads and bridges through

How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?

When Fidel Castro seized American property in Cuba, Eisenhower

Senator Galord Nelson of Wisconsin helped to organize the first national

President Truman ordered an end to discrimination in

Essayist James Baldwin wrote about the

Latinos in the United States come from different countries, but they

The National Urban League helped newcomers to the cities by

The policy of making military power of the US and its allies so strong that noone attacks it for fear of retaliation is

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended

President Kennedy's policy in Vietnam was to

Participants in the 1963 March on Washington hoped to

Johnson's landslide victory in 1964 came about in part because of

One goal of the American Indian Movement was

General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the war by

As a senator, Lyndon Johnson was famed for his ability to

SNCC entrusted decisions about priorities and tactics to

At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to

Eisenhower's formula for victory in the 1952 election focused on

To gain passage of his civil rights legislation, Johnson had to

In 1957, Eisenhower used the Arkansas National Guard to

Which of the following was not a goal of the New Frontier program?

The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of

Kennedy had a rather weak domestic record largely because he lacked

At first, President Kennedy moved slowly on civil rights issues to avoid

Why did Congress pass the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947?

One task of Peace Corps volunteers in poor areas was to

Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because

During the 1960s counterculture, men and women

For participants, the form of protest known as the sit-in often led to

Latino political interests were represented by organizations such as

Stalin was determined that Germany would never

A 1950s technological innovation furthered by research during World War II was the

In his writings, James Baldwin warned Americans that

The consumer movement of the 1960s developed largely as a result of

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

During the Cold War, a major goal of United States policy in Latin America was to

After Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,

At the Woodstock festival, 400,000 people gathered for

The Montgomery bus boycott introduced a new generation of African American

The Vietnam War finally ended in 1975 when

One successful strategy used by Cesar Chåvez was a

During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy promised to

The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent

Freedom Summer and the Selma March both called attention to African Americans' lack of

The greatest threat posed by nuclear power plants was

After the war, the African American civil rights movement

People who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds were known as

In the 1950s, more women than ever before

Who published a book in 1962 that started the environmental movement?

Which of the following leaders were assassinated in 1968?

When the government lifted price controls after the war, prices

James Meredith advanced the cause of civil rights when he

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

Senator Joseph McCarthy's power faded shortly after he

Critics of the Great Society complained that it

Unlike Betty Friedan, pediatrician Benjamin Spock believed that women should

Martin Luther King, Jr., influenced by Gandhi, believed in

Both President Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program and Senator Joseph McCarthy's hearings aimedto

Some women who preferred the more traditional role of homemaking

After the years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for

What effect did conglomerates and the franchise system have on the American economy in the 1950s?

What was the final resolution of the Korean War?

The "baby boom" that followed World War II contributed to

Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?

Why did President Kennedy support the government of Ngo Dinh Diem?