61. How did television affect American society beginning in the 1950s?
(Points: 5)
Television encouraged people to become more diverse.
Television promoted a common culture.
Television heightened interest in books and newspapers.
Television encouraged people to help others.
62. What was one unique element of the election of 1960?
(Points: 5)
It was the first election to use televised debates.
Kennedy was the first Unitarian candidate to run for the presidency.
Nixon was a weak opponent.
Kennedy had served as both secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. senator.
63. Why were blacks eager to participate in the civil rights movement following World War II?
(Points: 5)
They had returned from military service to find Jim Crow laws still in place.
With the increase in population there were more blacks to advocate for this cause.
They resented not being provided the educational benefits of the GI Bill.
The political emphasis placed on conformity antagonized black voters.
64. What did not play a significant role in the civil rights movement?
(Points: 5)
the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus
freedom rides throughout the South
a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
65. What laws passed during the Johnson administration eliminated segregation in public places and discrimination in voting?
(Points: 5)
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Manpower Training Act of 1968
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Procedure Reform Act of 1966
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968
66. Medicare and Medicaid were part of Lyndon Johnson's
(Points: 5)
War on Poverty.
Social Security plan.
Food for All program.
Fair Deal.
67. What Supreme Court decision found that "separate but equal" schools were inherently unequal and unconstitutional?
(Points: 5)
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education
68. What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(Points: 5)
the threat of an immediate Soviet attack on the United States
the discovery of Soviet missiles in communist Cuba
the development of Cuban nuclear capability
the protection of U.S. business interests in Florida
69. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
(Points: 5)
with an agreement that the Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba and the United States from Turkey
with Cuba's acceptance of the missiles and a promise not to fire them on the United States
with an agreement that both the Soviet Union and the United States would provide aid to Cuba
with the United States establishing a missile base in Miami that caused Cuba to back down
70. What was the domino theory?
(Points: 5)
the belief that if one Southeast Asia nation fell to communism, others would follow
the idea that the situation in Southeast Asia would require a blocking strategy
the belief that the nations of Southeast Asia needed to align with one another
the idea that the decisions to be made in Vietnam were black and whitecommunism or democracy
71. What allowed President Johnson to send additional troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war?
(Points: 5)
Selective Service Act
Viet Cong invasion in 1965
voters in the 1964 election
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
72. What view of the Vietnam War led to objections about U.S. participation there?
(Points: 5)
The United States should have attacked more forcefully at the outset to win the war quickly.
The country was too small to worry about.
The United States was interfering in another nation's civil war.
The Vietnamese should seek assistance from nations that were closer.
73. What 1968 event in Vietnam was a military victory for one side and a psychological victory for the other?
(Points: 5)
The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South.
The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South.
The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the North.
The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the South.
74. What was the eventual outcome of the Vietnam War?
(Points: 5)
The fall of Saigon led to a unified, communist Vietnam.
The Treaty of Saigon gave concessions to both sides.
A cease fire led t
(Points: 5)
Television encouraged people to become more diverse.
Television promoted a common culture.
Television heightened interest in books and newspapers.
Television encouraged people to help others.
62. What was one unique element of the election of 1960?
(Points: 5)
It was the first election to use televised debates.
Kennedy was the first Unitarian candidate to run for the presidency.
Nixon was a weak opponent.
Kennedy had served as both secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. senator.
63. Why were blacks eager to participate in the civil rights movement following World War II?
(Points: 5)
They had returned from military service to find Jim Crow laws still in place.
With the increase in population there were more blacks to advocate for this cause.
They resented not being provided the educational benefits of the GI Bill.
The political emphasis placed on conformity antagonized black voters.
64. What did not play a significant role in the civil rights movement?
(Points: 5)
the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus
freedom rides throughout the South
a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
65. What laws passed during the Johnson administration eliminated segregation in public places and discrimination in voting?
(Points: 5)
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Manpower Training Act of 1968
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Procedure Reform Act of 1966
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968
66. Medicare and Medicaid were part of Lyndon Johnson's
(Points: 5)
War on Poverty.
Social Security plan.
Food for All program.
Fair Deal.
67. What Supreme Court decision found that "separate but equal" schools were inherently unequal and unconstitutional?
(Points: 5)
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education
68. What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(Points: 5)
the threat of an immediate Soviet attack on the United States
the discovery of Soviet missiles in communist Cuba
the development of Cuban nuclear capability
the protection of U.S. business interests in Florida
69. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
(Points: 5)
with an agreement that the Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba and the United States from Turkey
with Cuba's acceptance of the missiles and a promise not to fire them on the United States
with an agreement that both the Soviet Union and the United States would provide aid to Cuba
with the United States establishing a missile base in Miami that caused Cuba to back down
70. What was the domino theory?
(Points: 5)
the belief that if one Southeast Asia nation fell to communism, others would follow
the idea that the situation in Southeast Asia would require a blocking strategy
the belief that the nations of Southeast Asia needed to align with one another
the idea that the decisions to be made in Vietnam were black and whitecommunism or democracy
71. What allowed President Johnson to send additional troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war?
(Points: 5)
Selective Service Act
Viet Cong invasion in 1965
voters in the 1964 election
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
72. What view of the Vietnam War led to objections about U.S. participation there?
(Points: 5)
The United States should have attacked more forcefully at the outset to win the war quickly.
The country was too small to worry about.
The United States was interfering in another nation's civil war.
The Vietnamese should seek assistance from nations that were closer.
73. What 1968 event in Vietnam was a military victory for one side and a psychological victory for the other?
(Points: 5)
The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South.
The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South.
The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the North.
The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the South.
74. What was the eventual outcome of the Vietnam War?
(Points: 5)
The fall of Saigon led to a unified, communist Vietnam.
The Treaty of Saigon gave concessions to both sides.
A cease fire led t