Review for Civil Rights/Vietnam Era Test

Question 1

Released in 1971 by the New York Times, it caused the "credibility gap" in America;no more lies

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Pentagon Papers

Question 2

Under LBJ what increased our involvement in the Vietnam War.?

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 3

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s belied that the

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entire country must help in the struggle againstpoverty

Question 4

Group of people in Congress and America that supported the war effort in Vietnam.

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Silent Majority

Question 5

the major goal of the Civil Rights Movement ofthe 1950-60s

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to end racial segregation

Question 6

Which group achieved the right to vote in the 26thAmendment?

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Americans 18 years old

Question 7

These are pro-Vietnam war supporters.

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Hawks

Question 8

What is a truer statement about the VietnamWar?

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disagreement in the US about Am. involvement inthe Viet. War

Question 9

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed his desire to

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preplace racial segregation with an integrated society

Question 10

The gradual take over of the war in Vietnam by the South Vietnamese, allowed for US withdrawal.

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Vietnamization

Question 11

Music that came from Detroit, Michigan in the 1960s. Temptations, 4 Tops, The Supremes.

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Motown

Question 12

Major goal of the American Indian Movement?

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obtain greater understanding of the Am-Indian point of view

Question 13

North Vietnamese attacked villages in ruralareas of South Vietnam in what event in 1968?

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Tet Offensive

Question 14

During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union

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formed competing military alliances

Question 15

This piece of legislation sets the limit on Presidential powers in aconflict;

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War Powers Resolution

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primary goal of the US containment policy afterWWII was to

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stop thespread of Soviet influence

Question 17

Objective of the American Indian Movement’soccupation of Alcatraz Is. and WoundedKnee, S.D.?

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to draw attention to their conditions

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view was shared by Governors Orval Faubus. Lester Maddox,George Wallace in the 1950s and 1960s

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People should not be forced to mix with those ofother races

Question 19

Women’s Liberation Movement see as its majorgoal in the 1960s?

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Guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work.

Question 20

In the 1950s, urban areas experienced the exileof one ethnic group from downtown areas.

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White Flight

Question 21

What did the Beats in the 1950s and the youth culture of the1960s have in common?

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They challenged conformity to “establishment”thinking

Question 22

What has been an impact of the Chicano MuralMovement on American society?

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led to a heightened appreciation ofMexican-American culture

Question 23

Primary goal of Southern democrats in Congresswas to

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maintain the status quo in the South

Question 24

What USSC overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and made desegregation law of the land?

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Question 25

1940-1950, the primary goal ofMexican-American litigation law suits] was to --- ]Hist 9 I]

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eliminate the legal segregation of MexicanAmericans

Question 26

law helped women athletes obtain greater supportin American high school anduniversities?

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Title IX of the Educational Amendment Act

Question 27

best summarized the main reason why the USbecame involved in the Vietnam War

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to prevent the spread of Communism in Indochina

Question 28

Cesar Chavez, Hector Garcia, and Betty Friedanwere similar in that they all---

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were leaders in the fight for civil rights and equalopport.

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movements led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. andCesar Chavez were similar in that both

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used civil disobedience to bring about socialchange

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America downsizing its forces in 1973 in Vietnam caused the Fall of ?

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Saigon

Question 31

Over $1 Billion dollars forJob Corps training, Project Head Start, andVISTA.

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Equal Opportunities Act

Question 32

Americans lost faith in their government because of lies and deceptionpertaining to the war

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Credibility gap

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result of the US Supreme Court decision in Hernandez v.Texas [54];Mexican American couldn't be

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tried by a jury from which Mex-Amer systematically excluded.

Question 34

Visual arts went in diverse directions as well,from abstract expressionism to pop

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Andy Warhol

Question 35

Conclusion about the Civil Rights Movement ofthe 1950s is most valid

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Civil disobedience successfully brought aboutlegisl. changes

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best describes the primary focus of the House ofUn-American Activities Committee

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to investigate those accused of disloyalty tothe US

Question 37

The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to

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containCommunism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey

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decisions in Delgadov. Bastrop ISD, TX and Hernandez v. Texas held that

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citizens are protected from discrimination under the 14th

Question 39

Prominent Baptist minister who bailed Martin Luther King, Jr. out of Birmingham jail.

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Billy Graham

Question 40

Music usually produced by African-Americanmusicians?

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Rock ‘n’ Roll

Question 41

US began a trade embargo against Cuba in the1960s to ?

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encourage political change in Cuba

Question 42

What constitutional issue was raised byPresident Johnson’s Great Society?

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? far can the fed. gov't. extend itself 4 the poor?

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significance of sending fed. troops toprotect AfrAmerican studentsin Little Rock, ARK in 1957?

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government would enforcecourt decisions on integration.

Question 44

What contribution did Betty Friedan make to themovement for women’s rights?

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demanded greater career opportunities formiddle class women

Question 45

act was passed in 1965, to raise the number of minority employees;to correct past imbalances

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Affirmative Action

Question 46

These are the anti-Vietnam War people.

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Doves

Question 47

This put a limitation on a President sending troops to war without Congressional approval.

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War Powers Resolution

Question 48

Eisenhower Doctrine of 1957 guaranteed the US would help protect what region attacked by USSR

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The Middle East

Question 49

passed in1965, to raise the # of minor.employees;correct past imbalances in the workplace.

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Affirmative Action

Question 50

Trend of African-American voter registration after Voting Rights Act 1965?

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increased in the South after the Voting RightsAct passed

Question 51

How did the methods advocated by the BlackPanthers differ from Dr. MLKing's?

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used violence to protect their own communities

Question 52

Best summarizes the primary goal of NATO?

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unite Western Eur. response to the threat of Comm aggression

Question 53

Best explanation for US involvement in theKorean War?

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Am. leaders felt it was important to resistCommu.aggression

Question 54

President JF Kennedy’s response to Soviet plansto install nuclear missiles inCuba in 1962?

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He placed a blockade around Cuba and threatenedwar

Question 55

an effect of space technology and exploration onthe people of the UnitedStates?

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It led to advances in the quality of life formost Americans.

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launched the “British invasion” in America andstarted a fire storm in the USA .

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The Beatles

Question 57

This counter- culture rebelled against theconformity of their era in the 1960-70s

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The Beatniks

Question 58

Under HUD,inner cities got aid to rebuild and rejuvenate downtown areas;This was called

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Urban Renewal

Question 59

Which civil rights leader also became the firstAfrican American to serve on the USSC?

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 60

This singing group from England were called "the British Invasion"; they became very popular.

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The Beatles

Question 61

statement, ‘segregation now, segregationtomorrow, and segregation forever!”;views expressed by

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George Wallace

Question 62

This type of music came from Detroit, Michigancame about in the 1960s;Temptations

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Motown

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