4th test Flashcards
The term Kennedy chose to describe his sealing
off of Cuba to prevent Soviet shipments of
weapons or supplies was ________.
A. interdiction
B. quarantine
C. isolation
D. blockade
B
Kennedy proposed a constitutional amendment that would \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. provide healthcare for all Americans B. outlaw poll taxes C. make English the official language of the United States D. require all American men to register for the draft
B
What steps did Kennedy take to combat
Communism?
- reduce poverty in developing nations so their citizens would be less attracted to Communism.
- demanded that the Soviet Union remove intermediaterange missiles from Cuba.
- increased support for anti-Communist government in South Vietnam and sent advisors and troops to train the South Vietnamese army.
. ________ was Johnson’s program to provide
federal funding for healthcare for the poor.
A. Medicare
B. Social Security
C. Medicaid
D. AFDC
C
Many Americans began to doubt that the war
in Vietnam could be won following ________.
A. Khe Sanh
B. Dien Bien Phu
C. the Tonkin Gulf incident
D. the Tet Offensive
D
How did the actions of the Johnson
administration improve the lives of African
Americans?
- Great Society -Medicaid
- job training programs, -rent subsidies,
- Civil Rights Act of 1964,
- the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
- Civil Rights Act of 1968,
The new protest tactic against segregation used
by students in Greensboro, North Carolina, in
1960 was the ________.
A. boycott
B. guerilla theater
C. teach-in
D. sit-in
D
The African American group that advocated
the use of violence and espoused a Marxist
ideology was called ________.
A. the Black Panthers
B. the Nation of Islam
C. SNCC
D. CORE
A
Who founded the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado in 1965? A. Reies Lopez Tijerina B. Dolores Huerta C. Larry Itliong D. Rodolfo Gonzales
D
How did the message of Black Power
advocates differ from that of more mainstream civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr.?
King and his followers strove for racial integration and the political inclusion of African Americans. They also urged for the use of nonviolent tactics to achieve their goals. Black Power advocates, in contrast, believed that African Americans should seek solutions without the aid of whites. Many also promoted black separatism and accepted the use of violence.
What was one of the major student organizations engaged in organizing protests and demonstrations against the Vietnam War? A. Committee for American Democracy B. Freedom Now Party C. Students for a Democratic Society D. Young Americans for Peace
C
Which of the following was not a founding
goal of NOW?
A. to gain for women all the rights enjoyed by
men
B. to ensure passage of the Equal Rights
Amendment
C. to de-criminalize the use of birth control
D. to allow women to participate in all aspects
of American life
C
In what ways did the birth control pill help to
liberate women?
The freedom to control their reproduction
also allowed women more opportunity to pursue higher education and work for pay outside the home
One of the original founders of AIM was \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. Patsy Mink B. Dennis Banks C. Jerry Rubin D. Glenn Weiser
B
The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v.
Wade established that ________.
A. abortions obtained during the first three
months of pregnancy were legal
B. witnesses were not required to corroborate
a charge of rape
C. marriage could not be abolished
D. homosexuality was a mental illness
A
What kinds of values did hippies adopt?
- peace
- rejected traditional social values
- sought to live nonmaterialistic close to nature.
- used drugs recreationally and achieve spiritual insight.
President Nixon took a bold diplomatic step in early 1972 when he \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. went to Vienna B. declared the Vietnam War over C. met with Chinese leaders in Beijing D. signed the Glasgow Accords
C
The blue-collar workers who Nixon called “the
silent majority” ________.
A. fled to the suburbs to avoid integration
B. wanted to replace existing social
institutions with cooperatives
C. opposed the war in Vietnam
D. believed their opinions were overlooked in
the political process
D
What caused the rifts in the Democratic Party
in the 1968 election?
-Democrats disliked that Hubert Humphrey won the Party’s nomination, even though he had done poorly in all the primaries.
In November, many who had supported antiwar candidates Eugene McCarthy and the late Robert Kennedy refused to vote.
-Others voted for segregationist George Wallace.
-Some working-class Dems voted for Richard Nixon.
The demonstrations at Kent State University in
May 1970 were held to protest what event?
A. the My Lai massacre
B. the North Vietnamese invasion of Saigon
C. the invasion of Cambodia by U.S. forces
D. the signing of a peace agreement with North Vietnam
C
Recognizing that ongoing protests and campus
violence reflected a sea change in public opinion
about the war, in 1971 Nixon ________.
A. repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
B. postponed the invasion of Cambodia
C. released the Pentagon Papers
D. covered up the My Lai massacre
A
According to John Kerry, how did many U.S.
soldiers treat Vietnamese civilians?
- Soldiers raped, mutilated, shot at, and brutally murdered civilians.
- intentionally destroyed Vietnamese villages, well beyond the destruction typically wrought by war.
The agreement Gerald Ford signed with the
leader of the Soviet Union that ended the
territorial issues remaining from World War II
was ________.
A. the Moscow Communiqué
B. the Beijing Treaty
C. the Iceland Protocol
D. the Helsinki Accords
D
Of these figures, who was not indicted following the Watergate break-in and cover-up? A. John Mitchell B. Bob Woodward C. John Ehrlichman D. H.R. Haldeman
B
In what types of unethical and illegal
activities did the White House plumbers and the
“dirty tricks” squad engage?
-spied on Nixon’s political opponents and engineered ways to embarrass them.
-attempted to locate information with which to discredit Daniel Ellsberg by stealing files from the office of his psychiatrist
-broke into DNC headquarters in Watergate complex
with intention of wiretapping the phones.
During the 1976 election campaign, Jimmy Carter famously promised \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. that he would never start a war B. that he would never be unfaithful to his wife C. that he had never smoked marijuana D. that he would never lie
D
Carter deregulated several major American
industries in an effort to ensure that ________.
A. companies would become more
competitive
B. airlines would merge
C. oil prices would rise
D. consumers would start conserving energy
A
What were President Carter’s successes in the
area of foreign policy?
- improved U.S. relations with China
- engaged in talks with the Soviet Union regarding limiting nuclear weapons.
- called attention to human rights abuses on the parts of foreign governments.
- helped Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat lay the groundwork for peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
a political ideology encouraging African Americans to create their own institutions and develop their own economic resources independent of whites
Black Power
a cultural movement among African Americans to encourage pride in their African heritage and to substitute African and African American art forms, behaviors, and cultural products for those of whites
Black Pride
an ideology that called upon African Americans to reject integration with the white community and, in some cases, to physically separate themselves from whites in order to create and preserve their self-determination
black separatism
a new military strategy under the Kennedy administration to suppress nationalist independence movements and rebel groups in the developing world
counterinsurgency
a military strategy that allows for the possibility of responding to threats in a variety of ways, including counterinsurgency, conventional war, and nuclear strikes
flexible response
Lyndon Johnson’s plan to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the United States and to improve the lives of all Americans
Great Society
Kennedy’s use of ships to prevent Soviet access to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
naval quarantine
the political manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society that called for social reform, nonviolent protest, and greater participation in the democratic process by ordinary Americans
Port Huron Statement
the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender
Title VII
Lyndon Johnson’s plan to end poverty in the Unites States through the extension of federal benefits, job training programs, and funding for community development
war on poverty
Jimmy Carter’s declaration that efforts to interfere with American interests in the Middle East would be considered a act of aggression and be met with force if necessary
Carter Doctrine
a culture that develops in opposition to the dominant culture of a society
counterculture
