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What was the purpose of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project?


A) protest the escalation of the Vietnam War.
B) help and encourage African-Americans to become registered voters.
C) force the Interstate Commerce Commission to declare segregated transportation facilities unconstitutional.
D) persuade the state legislature to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
E) convince southern blacks to join the military.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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Why did some African-Americans turn to violence in the mid-1960s? Who were the leaders of the Black Power movement and what were their motives? What were the major successes and failures of these groups?

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When Eisenhower used the phrase the "domino theory," what did he mean?


A) He wanted America diplomats to understand the importance in playing dominos with their counterparts in the Soviet Union.
B) He was referring to his fear that if one Asian country fell to communism then its neighbors would ultimately follow.
C) He was comparing the fall of European countries to Hitler because of appeasement.
D) He meant that United States had to correct its own problems or they would create more.
E) He was arguing that the United States had to be the dominant domino in the world.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The 1964 Civil Rights Act


A) established affirmative action programs.
B) guaranteed the right to vote of all Americans regardless of race.
C) outlawed segregation in public accommodations.
D) All of these choices
E) established voting commissions to supervise elections.

F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Indian Self-Determination Act

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Which of the following statements does not accurately describe conditions in the American army in Vietnam by 1969?


A) morale had plummeted and drug use had soared.
B) racial conflict among American soldiers had increased.
C) killing of officers by enlisted men had become more common.
D) troop strength had risen to about 700,000.
E) American soldiers mutinied against their commanders.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Medicare, Medicaid

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Which of the following is not true about John F. Kennedy?


A) He had compiled an impressive record of achievement during his years in Congress and had sponsored much notable reform legislation.
B) He had won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that had been written primarily by one of his staff members.
C) He was esteemed as a war hero and projected an image of vigor and rugged good looks.
D) He was the first Roman Catholic to become president of the United States.
E) While president he used mood-altering drugs to alleviate pain and engaged in extramarital affairs.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

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The term "Red Power" describes


A) the younger segment of the Native American civil rights movement
B) Indian protests for protection of land, water rights and sacred sites
C) Native American efforts to reassert old treaties and stop police harassment
D) an effort to establish cultural programs and reawaken Native American spiritual beliefs
E) All of these choices

F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Cuban missile crisis

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Kennedy and Vietnam

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How was war avoided in the Cuban missile crisis?


A) the United States agreed to remove its missiles from Europe in exchange for the Soviets' taking their missiles out of Cuba.
B) Kennedy agreed to remove Western troops from East Berlin in exchange for Khrushchev's order to dismantle Soviet missiles in Cuba.
C) the United States agreed to stop its bombing of North Vietnam in exchange for the Soviets' removal of missiles with nuclear warheads from Cuba.
D) Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's pledge not to invade that country.
E) Kennedy ended the embargo of Cuba, and Khrushchev transferred its missiles to China.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Discuss Lyndon Johnson's vision for a Great Society. To what extent was Johnson able to deliver on his promises? To what extent did he fail? Why?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1960

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Berlin Wall

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In January 1968, how did typical Americans feel about continued United States involvement in the war in Vietnam?


A) that the war was immoral and that the United States should withdraw immediately.
B) that the government should be conducting the war more vigorously and should commit more American ground troops.
C) generally supportive or ambivalent, wanting to get out but not wanting to give up.
D) in favor of the use of tactical nuclear weapons so that the U.S. could win without endangering American soldiers.
E) unconcerned, because the economy was good and Vietnam was far away.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. American Indian Movement

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, Voting Rights Act

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Which of the following was not one of the programs enacted during the Johnson administration?


A) VISTA
B) Project Head Start
C) Job Corps
D) Social Security
E) A war on poverty

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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