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How does the photograph illustrate one of the challenges of the Civil Rights Movement?
Local governments used violent methods to enforce discriminatory policies.
Which American foreign policy or process below BEST reflects the sentiments of the excerpt above?
The "Domino Theory."
Unlike numerous Civil Rights organizations that led the fight for African-American citizens in the 1960's, the American Indian Movement (AIM) never sought
desegregation of communities.
Which of the following groups or movements was MOST directly inspired by the event illustrated above?
American artists and musicians who became increasingly outspoken against American involvement in Southeast Asia.
Which of the following polices of the U.S. government proved to be the MOST threatening to the Native American way of life as explained in The Declaration of Indian Purpose?
The Dawes Act, 1887.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an oil embargo
in retaliation for U.S. support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War
The excerpt above BEST represents the contention that
there must be a separation of church and state.
Which of the following movements during the postwar period would have had a similar goal of land protection as the act above?
The American Indian Movement
The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly reflect which of the following continuing themes in United States history?
The American identity was forged by self-reliance and rugged individualism.
The American Indian Movement (AIM) has been compared to which of the following civil rights organization of the 1960s?
The Black Panther Party (BPP).
Why does Malcolm X say "it got rich because you made it rich?"
America's wealth has come, partly, as a result of the labor of slaves.
Which of the following BEST explains the rationale for America's involvement in the war in Vietnam?
Containment Policy.
What presidential actions was Kennedy MOST likely referring to above?
Eisenhower's commitment of federal troops to help integrate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957.
Which of the following Americans would be MOST LIKELY to agree with the views of Ho Chi Minh from this excerpt?
Eugene McCarthy.
This historical trend represented by the Great Society is most similar to which of the following?
The New Deal.
In the aftermath of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
the number of Latin American, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern immigrants entering the U.S. increased.
The changes represented by the image above most clearly demonstrate a continued evolution in
the responsibilities of the federal government.
Which of the following conclusions is MOST directly supported by this passage?
Although civil rights legislation had been passed by Congress, the legislation failed to effectively protect the rights of all groups.
Which development would Malcolm X MOST likely have supported?
The birth of the Black Power movement.
Similar conservative backlash to the decision in the Roe v. Wade case could be found within which of the following?
Affirmative action decisions.
Why does Malcolm X say "being born here in America doesn't make you an American?"
African-Americans were not granted equal rights.
Which of the following themes in United States history is BEST demonstrated by the excerpt above?
As America grew, new technologies altered the natural environment of North America.
Which of the following is the MOST significant similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
Both conflicts sought to restrict the spread of Communism.
Which of the following developments was MOST likely influenced by the concerns expressed above?
Burning of draft cards.
The ideas expressed in the passage above BEST represents which of the following themes in American history?
Debates about the multiethnic and multiracial nature of American society.
The memo above MOST likely resulted in what long-term repercussion below?
Declining public trust in the government.
Which of the following was a major consequence of the event shown in the image above?
Declining public trust in the government.
Which of the following MOST likely resulted from the policy described in the passage above?
Governor Wallace of Alabama hardened his stance against desegregation to the point that it was the central issue of his presidential campaign in 1968.
In what way did Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty" of the1960s mentioned above expand the Social Security program of the 1930s?
Health insurance for senior citizens was added to the promise of Social Security through Medicare and Medicaid.
Justice Black argues that the even the poorest defendant must have the right to an attorney for which of the following reasons?
If attorneys are important for the rich and powerful, then they are equally important for the poor and powerless.
Which of the following factors was MOST responsible for creating the conditions depicted in the photograph above?
Increasing civil unrest at college campuses across America that challenged U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia.
Of all the "wars of liberation" the United States tried to contain during the Cold War, which conflict below came the closest to fulfilling the containment policy of George Kennan?
Korea.
Prior to the Immigration Act of 1965, which of the following regions supplied most of the legal immigrants to America under the old immigration quota system established in the 1920s?
Northern and Western Europe.
The concerns expressed by Ho Chi Minh were a response to what US action in the Vietnam War?
Operation Rolling Thunder.
Which political leader would have MOST likely approved of the police tactics in the photograph?
Orval Faubus.
Which group below would MOST likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above?
Participants in the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
Which of the following scenarios set the stage for the sentiments expressed in the memo above?
Passionate anti-war protests that grew more numerous as the war in Vietnam dragged on.
Justice White's opinion MOST clearly reflects the beliefs of which spokeswoman of the 1970's?
Phyllis Schlafly.
How did the United States government attempt to bring such mistreatment to an end?
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
The graph above is indicative of which of the following in this time period?
Profound changes in the traditional American workforce.
Which of the following MOST resemble the protests of the Vietnam War?
Protests over the Mexican War by people such as Henry David Thoreau.
Which president directly benefited from the support of evangelicals like Jerry Falwell?
Ronald Reagan
Which of the following presidents would exert the greatest effort to reverse the rulings of the Warren Court?
Ronald Reagan.
Which president below MOST closely shared Barry Goldwater's views expressed in the excerpt above?
Ronald Reagan.
Participants in which earlier conflict would MOST closely identify with the sentiments of the excerpt above?
The Philippine Insurrection following the Spanish-American War.
Which of the following documents expressed the most similar principles to those expressed by Steinem in the passage above?
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments.
Which of the following would MOST likely have supported the passage of the act described in the excerpt?
The Sierra Club.
Which of the following would NOT have been associated with members of the resistance movement seen in the image?
The Silent Majority.
Which of the following future political debates does the image above most clearly foreshadow?
The extension of national health care to all citizens regardless of age.
Which of the following trends is best expressed in the speech above?
The growing size and strength of the antiwar movement.
Which constitutional guarantee below is MOST closely linked to the document above?
The right to an attorney.
At the time the Equal Rights Amendment above was proposed in 1923, what constitutional right for women was already protected through the amendment process?
The right to vote.
Which of the following actions of the Ford administration aligns with the attitude expressed by the quote, "the times call for conciliation rather than recrimination"?
The use of the pardon power of the presidency.
Which of the following was MOST likely a significant cause of the sentiments depicted in the excerpt above?
Violence directed at civil rights activists in Birmingham.
The passage above was MOST likely a response to
fears that taxation policies were creating a welfare state in America.
The excerpt BEST reflects an effort by Robert F. Kennedy to
gain political support from the growing antiwar movement.
Which of the following was an immediate result of the oil embargo?
increase in fuel prices and fuel shortages
The arguments expressed in the passage above MOST clearly warn against the perceived dangers of
internal acts of violence perpetrated by American citizens, but controlled by outside communist direction.
The sentiments of the memorandum above clearly indicate that
there existed mitigating circumstances that would make the successful prosecution of President Nixon uncertain.
Which of the following amendments required that the individual states incorporate the protections of the Bill of Rights into state law?
14th Amendment.
The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above MOST closely parallel those expressed in the political debates of which of the following periods?
1920s.
Originally proposed in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment would eventually be rewritten and sent out for ratification in what time period below?
1970s.
Which Supreme Court case below hinged on the fact that racial exclusion and discrimination had the "detrimental effects" mentioned above?
Brown v. Board of Education.
Which future political trend does the passage above MOST clearly foreshadow?
Congressional legislation to support President Johnson's "Great Society" programs.
The red line in the opinion poll most likely would be representative of which of the following groups?
Conservatives.
The creation of this act would most likely have been applauded by all of the following individuals EXCEPT
John D. Rockefeller.
The sensitive nature of religion in American politics also appeared in the election of
John F. Kennedy.
Which of the following developments contradicted the speaker's beliefs about President Johnson?
Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Which presidential administration below was MOST responsible for significant legislation to remedy "the detrimental effects of racial exclusion and discrimination" alluded to in the excerpt above?
Lyndon B. Johnson.
What group, founded by Jerry Falwell, embodied the above excerpt?
Moral Majority
Gloria Steinem's ideas were MOST similar to the ideas of which of the following groups?
The National Organization of Women (NOW).
Which of the following events encouraged the public to adopt the attitudes expressed above?
The Tet offensive.
Which of the following most limited the success of Johnson's Great Society?
The Vietnam War.
Roe v. Wade's passing in 1973 was met with a tide of resistance, which rose sharply in 1985. Which of the following best accounts for this new resistance?
The rise of the Conservative right and the politicization of the evangelical movement under leaders such as Jerry Falwell.
Which of the following American presidents also championed "the principles of self-determination" evident in the excerpt?
Woodrow Wilson.
The protests highlighted in the passage above most directly led to
an attempt to pass an Equal Rights Amendment.
The case of Engel v. Vitale most DIRECTLY contributed to the
growing expansion of personal freedoms within the United States.
The concerns expressed by Kennedy were a response to the
growing skepticism among the American public about the American role in Vietnam.
The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly led to political controversies over
how immigration was changing the American identity.
This legislation was MOST likely created to protect the environment from
people.
The sentiments of independence described in the passage above were MOST similar to those of
revolutionaries inspired by the Enlightenment.
Which of the following was a primary cause of the Great Society Program?
Although the US was experiencing unprecedented economic growth, many Americans continued to live in poverty.
The social programs of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration bear the closest resemblance to which presidential program below?
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly reflect which of the following themes in United States history?
Freedom of religion.
Which group would MOST likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above?
Liberal Americans who favored the expansion of individual freedom.
The "wars of liberation" mentioned in the excerpt above reference liberation from what?
Liberation from imperialistic control.
How did the leaders of the civil rights movement attempt to bring attention to and overcome these violent tactics?
Mass rallies were organized, such as the March on Washington.
Which group or organization below would MOST likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the testimony above at the time it was given?
Members of the Sierra Club.
Which of the following future Supreme Court decisions ruled that police must inform detainees of their right to an attorney?
Miranda v. Arizona.
The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly reflect which of the following themes in United States history?
Since Reconstruction, African-Americans' progress towards full equality has been slow and halting.
Which of the following was a major consequence of the trend shown in the graph above?
Social attitudes about a woman's place in society began to change.
Which of the following MOST likely resulted from the economic change shown in the graph above?
Social concerns about how a preponderance of working mothers would affect America's children.
Which of the following was MOST similar to the resurgence of conservativism following the Roe v. Wade decision?
The Great Awakening's influence.
Which of the historical events below complicated the feasibility of a successful war on poverty in the United States during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency?
The difficulty of fighting two simultaneous wars: against communism abroad and poverty at home.
This image was MOST LIKELY a response to which of the following social issues?
The draft.
The proximate reason behind OPEC's 1973 Oil Embargo was to punish the U.S. for its
backing of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
According to President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 would
base admittance into the country on talent and family ties.
As a result of the OPEC Oil Embargo in 1973, American consumers
began to purchase more foreign-made goods.
Pressure to pass the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 can be tied to Cold War concerns that
developing nations saw U.S. immigration policy as discriminatory and unfair.
According to Justice Byron White, the majority's position in Roe v. Wade illustrates
judicial activism.
The passage above was most clearly a response to
ongoing debates about the protections of civil liberties.
Along with this act, all of the following issues would have been part of public awareness during the post- World War II period EXCEPT
overpopulation.
The Roe v. Wade decision has had the long term effect of
spawning a cultural war in the U.S. between social progressives and traditionalists.
The goals of these protestors can be related to all of the following groups EXCEPT
the Know-Nothing Party.
Congress responded to the oil crisis by passing
the National Maximum Speed law that prohibited speed limits higher than 55 mph.
One long-term consequence of the 1973 OPEC Oil Embargo was
the loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
The ideas expressed in the passage above MOST directly led to political controversies over
the role of the federal government in protecting the environment.
The ability of the federal government to fully fund Social Security programs such as Medicare (as pictured above) is now challenged by
the vast numbers of "Baby Boomers" who are now entering retirement age.