the second ultramongus

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

The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of

President Truman ordered an end to discrimination in

The Freedom Rides were organized to test

What prevented the Equal Rights Amendment from becoming a law?

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

When Fidel Castro seized American property in Cuba, Eisenhower

During World War II, many Japanese Americans

What was the goal of the Selma March?

One successful strategy used by Cesar Chåvez was a

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

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

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

Unlike Betty Friedan, pediatrician Benjamin Spock believed that women should

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

Johnson's two civil rights laws are considered to be

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

Kennedy had a rather weak domestic record largely because he lacked

How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?

Essayist James Baldwin wrote about the

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

One task of Peace Corps volunteers in poor areas was to

The Montgomery bus boycott introduced a new generation of African American

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

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

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

One effect of business expansion after World War II was

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

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

As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis,

In the United States, television was instrumental in

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

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

Some women who preferred the more traditional role of homemaking

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

Participants in the 1963 March on Washington hoped to

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

All of the following were goals of Great Society programs except

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

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

When the government lifted price controls after the war, prices

Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because

After Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,

During the 1960s and 1970s, Asian Americans

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

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

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

Critics of the Great Society complained that it

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

SNCC was formed to enable students to

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

Latino political interests were represented by organizations such as

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

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

Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, was the

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled that

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

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

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

Senator Joseph McCarthy's power faded shortly after he

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

Eisenhower and his administration wholly supported

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

SNCC entrusted decisions about priorities and tactics to

In his writings, James Baldwin warned Americans that

During the 1960s counterculture, men and women

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

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

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

One goal of the American Indian Movement was

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

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

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

President Kennedy asked for a huge increase in military spending because

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

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

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

At the Woodstock festival, 400,000 people gathered for

The Vietnam War finally ended in 1975 when

Senator Galord Nelson of Wisconsin helped to organize the first national

In the 1950s, more women than ever before

General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the war by

The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent

The National Urban League helped newcomers to the cities by

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

Which of the following leaders were assassinated in 1968?

In 1957, Eisenhower used the Arkansas National Guard to

President Kennedy's policy in Vietnam was to

Stalin was determined that Germany would never

After the war, the African American civil rights movement

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

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

What was the final resolution of the Korean War?

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

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

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

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

James Meredith advanced the cause of civil rights when he

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

The greatest threat posed by nuclear power plants was