Question 1

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 succeeded in

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A)  preserving democratic majorities in the South for the next generation.
B)  turning the South into a bastion of liberalism.
C)  preventing voter fraud amongst African-Americans.
D)  dramatically increasing black voter participation.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

The Job Corps in the Great Society of President Lyndon B. Johnson was modeled on

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A)  an East German youth organization.
B)  the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
C)  the Civilian Conservation Corps of the New Deal.
D)  the Hitler youth of the 1930s in Nazi Germany.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

The 1960s had started with widespread optimism about

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A)  forever ending the nation's dependency on oil.
B)  bringing the troops back from Vietnam.
C)  getting inflation and unemployment under control.
D)  Sharing postwar prosperity more widely.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Which of the following did the counterculture of the 1960s and early 70s prize in particular?

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A)  materialism
B)  responsibility
C)  individual freedom
D)  community serviceE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Why did many white Americans reject the Great Society in the last two years of Johnson's presidency?

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A)  They blamed city riots on the generosity of anti-poverty programs.
B)  They disliked the bureaucracy and slow process.
C)  Great Society programs were too focused on rural regions.
D)  They feared the consequences of a federal deficit.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Which album pushed the Beatles to produce their psychedelic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

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A)  Thriller, by Michael Jackson
B)  Rubber Soul, by the Beatles
C)  Pet Sounds, by the Beach Boys
D)  Between the Buttons, by the Rolling StonesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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A)  outlawed segregation in restaurants, accommodations, and transportation.
B)  enforced voting rights for African-Americans and Mexican-Americans.
C)  desegregated the Army, Navy, and the Marines.
D)  created the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Job Corps.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

What triggered the rise of the Sunbelt?

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Question 9

How did events such as the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in September, 1963, change the course of the civil rights movement?

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A)  Broad media coverage forced Kennedy to propose civil rights legislation.
B)  It intimidated activists and prompted them to pull back from protest marches.
C)  It forced the civil rights movement to move its attention to northern cities.
D)  It turned local police forces into open supporters of civil rights activists.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Why did the University of California at Berkeley send out police to arrest a group of students in the fall of 1964?

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A)  The students were collecting money for a civil rights organization that registered voters in Mississippi.
B)  The students were demonstrating their Second Amendment rights by marching across campus with guns.
C)  The students - all of whom were African-Americans - wanted to enroll in the University's engineering program.
D)  The students were suspected to have dealt drugs to undergraduates and faculty.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

What drove so many young people to the black power movement in the mid-1960s?

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A)  the slow progress of nonviolent disobedience
B)  rock 'n roll and the counterculture
C)  drugs and alcohol consumption
D)  communist incitementE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

What was at the center of American culture for young people in the 1960s?

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A)  drugs
B)  sex
C)  rock music
D)  TVE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Assess the successes and failures of the Johnson administration. What were his accomplishments in domestic and foreign affairs and why did he ultimately decide not to run for reelection?

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Question 14

Which of the following environmental acts was aimed at limiting pollution?

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A)  Wilderness Act (1964) 
B)  National Wildlife Refuge System (1966) 
C)  Water Quality Act (1965) 
D)  National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968) E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

How did the national mood change in the course of the 1960s?

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A)  It changed from pessimistic to angry.
B)  It changed optimism into frustration.
C)  It moved from humility to confidence.
D)  It turned internationalism into parochialism.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following is true about Medicare?

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A)  The original plan did not include hospital insurance.
B)  Medicare included mandatory insurance to cover nursing home charges.
C)  It was a health plan created by Kaiser Permanente for workers under 65.
D)  Medicare reduced poverty among the elderly and narrowed the healthcare gap.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Who was greeted at Kennedy International Airport in New York by a mob of thousands of screaming teenage girls in February 1964?

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A)  John Travolta
B)  the Rolling Stones
C)  the Beatles
D)  John F. KennedyE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Which movie introduced viewers to the commune movement and showed both the hope and despair of utopian escape?

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A)  Easy Rider
B)  Rebel Without a Cause
C)  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
D)  The ShiningE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

What effect did Operation MONGOOSE have on Cuba?

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A)  It undermined Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces.
B)  It put Castro more formally into the Soviet camp.
C)  It destroyed the nation's sugar industry for good.
D)  It prompted the emigration of pro-American Cubans.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Nearly all of the 34 dead of the Watts riots of August 1965 were

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A)  black.
B)  white.
C)  police.
D)  children.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Exam 27: The Optimism and Anguish of the 1960s

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Which of the following environmental acts was aimed at limiting pollution?

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Why did many white Americans reject the Great Society in the last two years of Johnson's presidency?

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What was at the center of American culture for young people in the 1960s?

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