Question 1

In the Vietnam War,the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was

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A)   eventually destroyed by American bombing raids.
B)   continually moved by the North Vietnamese.
C)   used by American troops to stage attacks on North Vietnam.
D)   both continually moved by the North Vietnamese and eventually destroyed by American bombing raids.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 2

Under the terms of the Geneva Conference accords,Vietnam was

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A)   permanently divided into two parts along the 17th parallel.
B)   to hold elections in 1956.
C)   to receive military aid from the United States.
D)   to be controlled by France.
E)   to unify with nearby Laos and Cambodia.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

In the 1962 Cuban missile crisis,the

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A)   Cubans attempted to install defensive nuclear weapons.
B)   United States ordered a naval and air blockade of Cuba.
C)   United States made an air attack on Cuban missile sites.
D)   Soviet Union launched a missile at an American naval destroyer.
E)   Soviet Union attempted to invade Cuba.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

What steps did Lyndon Johnson take to expand the liberal state? Which steps seemed to be successful,and why? Which did not seem to be successful,and why?

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Question 5

President Lyndon Johnson's first major foreign policy test came in 1961 during a crisis in

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A)   Singapore.
B)   the Middle East.
C)   the Dominican Republic.
D)   Brazil.
E)   Laos.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and subsequent related measures

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A)   offered aid to both public and private schools.
B)   based aid on student need rather than school need.
C)   managed to circumvent objections that the Kennedy administration had faced.
D)   both offered aid to public and private schools, and based aid on student rather than school need.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Great Society reforms

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A)   were generally proven to be cost-effective.
B)   improved the lives of whites far more than blacks.
C)   contributed to the greatest reduction in poverty in American history.
D)   grew in popularity over the next decade and a half.
E)   made no dent in reducing hunger in America.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

In 1967,President Lyndon Johnson responded to mounting inflation at home by

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A)   raising the Federal Reserve interest rate.
B)   increasing taxes while agreeing to large funding reductions in Great Society programs.
C)   reducing the American troops in Vietnam.
D)   calling for a tax reduction.
E)   reinstalling the wartime wage and price controls of the Truman administration.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

When Lyndon Johnson became president was he,in essence,already committed to following a policy of escalating involvement in Vietnam? Why or why not?

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Question 10

In 1961,CORE organized the "________ rides" into the South.

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Question 11

The ________ offensive of 1968 cost the North Vietnamese dearly,even as it further weakened American support for the war in Vietnam.

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The answer of The ________ offensive of 1968 cost the...

Question 12

Martin Luther King Jr.confined his civil rights campaigns to the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963

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A)   resulted in Diem's imprisonment and eventual exile.
B)   was carried out by Soviet KGB operatives.
C)   brought short-term political stability to South Vietnam.
D)   was carried out by the National Liberation Front.
E)   was supported by the Kennedy administration.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

President Kennedy canceled military air support for the Bay of Pigs operation.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 15

In the 1960s,the philosophy of "black power"

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A)   called for an increased awareness of racial differences.
B)   helped to unite the many different black civil rights groups.
C)   encouraged greater racial assimilation.
D)   disavowed the use of violence in the civil rights movement.
E)   was rejected by groups such as SNCC and CORE.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D) A

Question 16

For a time,President Johnson was successful both as a social reformer and a coalition builder.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 17

How did Lyndon Johnson's view of social reform compare with Franklin Roosevelt's? Woodrow Wilson's? Theodore Roosevelt's?

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Lyndon Johnson's view of social reform w...

Question 18

The 1968 presidential election results

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A)   were extremely close.
B)   saw Hubert Humphrey win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.
C)   saw George Wallace carry the entire South.
D)   saw both George Wallace carry the entire South, and Hubert Humphrey win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

In 1968,George Wallace ran for president

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A)   based on a variety of conservative grievances.
B)   as a critic of the war in Vietnam.
C)   as a Democrat.
D)   until he was wounded in an assassination attempt.
E)   to draw attention to his opposition to segregation.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

In 1961,President John Kennedy saw legislative success in

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A)   a major civil rights bill.
B)   tariff reductions.
C)   improved Soviet-American relations.
D)   a major tax increase.
E)   a reduction of Social Security.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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The overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963

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