36/37 Flashcards
As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
a.
fewer Asians came to the United States.
b.
the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.
c.
the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.
d.
sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.
e.
sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.
e
The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the
a.
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b.
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
c.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment.
d.
War on Poverty.
e.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
c
The Watts riot in 1965 symbolized
a.
the still-troubled racial situation in the South.
b.
the rise of the Black Muslim movement in Los Angeles.
c.
a more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement.
d.
the power of Martin Luther King in the black community.
e.
the ineffectiveness of the Voting Rights Act.
c
The militant African American leader who most directly challenged Martin Luther King, Jr.’s goal of peaceful integration was
a.
Medgar Evers.
b.
Malcolm X.
c.
Fannie Lou Hamer.
d.
Marcus Garvey.
e.
Ralph Abernathy.
b
Aerial bombardment in Vietnam
a.
worked very well.
b.
strengthened the communists’ will to resist.
c.
strengthened the will of America’s South Vietnamese allies to fight.
d.
had no effect on the war.
e.
destroyed North Vietnamese industry.
b
By 1972, public schools in the South were
a.
integrated at higher rates than schools in the North.
b.
integrated at lower rates than schools in the North.
c.
taught primarily by teachers trained in northern colleges.
d.
continuing to close their doors rather than admit blacks to all-white schools.
e.
the final hold-outs against efforts at racial equality.
a
Former vice president Richard Nixon essentially won the 1968 presidential election by
a.
promising to escalate the Vietnam War and win a decisive victory there.
b.
repudiating Goldwater conservatives and running as a liberal Republican.
c.
re-asserting the Republican party’s historic commitment to civil rights and civil liberties.
d.
arguing that the Vietnam War had been a mistake from the beginning.
e.
exploiting Democratic divisions and appealing to moderately conservative law and order sentiment.
e
The spoiler third-party candidate for president in 1968 was
a.
Robert F. Kennedy.
b.
Hubert H. Humphrey.
c.
Eugene McCarthy.
d.
George Wallace.
e.
George McGovern.
d
The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed
a.
a long deadlock over the nomination of its presidential candidate.
b.
a violent conflict between police and antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall.
c.
a walkout by hundreds of southern delegates, who then founded the Independent party.
d.
the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy soon after he delivered a speech at the convention.
e.
the enthusiastic nomination of Vice President Humphrey.
b
The political challenge to President Johnson’s Vietnam policies gained great momentum when
a.
the Senate voted to cut off funds for any further escalation of the war.
b.
the favorite for the Republican nomination, Richard Nixon, began opposing the war.
c.
third-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson.
d.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey turned against Johnson’s policies.
e.
Senator Eugene McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
e
During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, in clear violation of its charter, to
a.
lead an invasion of Cambodia.
b.
spy on domestic antiwar protestors.
c.
infiltrate FBI headquarters.
d.
help destabilize the government of Thailand.
e.
protect prowar presidential candidates.
b
The most serious blow to Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam policy
a.
came with the bombing of Cambodia.
b.
occurred when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara resigned.
c.
was the Tet offensive of 1968.
d.
occurred when Senator J. William Fulbright’s Foreign Relations Committee held public hearings on the war.
e.
came with the revelation that the Tonkin Gulf attacks had been provoked by the United States.
c
The focal point of congressional opposition to Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam War policy was
a.
the Republican party in both the Senate and the House.
b.
the Senate office of Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
c.
Senator Richard Russell’s Armed Services Committee.
d.
the House Ways and Means Committee.
e.
Senator William Fulbright’s Foreign Relations Committee.
e
The 1967 Six-Day War intensified the Arab-Israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict
a.
Americans and Israelis.
b.
Israel and Saudi Arabia.
c.
Israel and the United States on the one hand and the Arabs and the Soviet Union on the other.
d.
the Israeli government and Jewish settlers on the West Bank.
e.
Israelis and Palestinians.
e
The three P’s that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are
a.
poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority.
b.
public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions.
c.
population bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity.
d.
patriotism, prowar enthusiasm, and perfectionism.
e.
the pill, pot, and popular rock music.
c
