HIST 1302 Exam 4

In 1966 the rallying cry of the civil rights movement became Select one: a. "Black power." b. "Burn, baby, burn." c. "Freedom now." d. "We shall overcome."

A. "Black power"

The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall in the aftermath of the Select one: a. Bay of Pigs invasion. b. arrival of American combat troops in Vietnam. c. Cuban Missile Crisis. d. election of John F. Kennedy.

A. Bay of Pigs invasion

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S. had the support of troops from Select one: a. Great Britain, Australia, and Poland. b. France and Germany. c. the United Nations. d. None of the these—the U.S. acted alone.

A. Great Britain, Australia, and Poland

The leader of the Moral Majority was: Select one: a. Jerry Falwell b. John Osteen c. Pat Robertson d. Billy Graham e. Oral Roberts

A. Jerry Falwell

Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience all of the following EXCEPT: Select one: a. Kennedy's public encouragement b. extreme verbal abuse c. growing public admiration d. mob violence e. mass arrests

A. Kennedy's public encouragement

In 1968 the candidate who claimed to speak for the "silent majority" and "Middle America" was Select one: a. Richard Nixon. b. Hubert Humphrey. c. Robert Kennedy. d. George Wallace.

A. Richard Nixon

Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be: Select one: a. Southern Baptists b. Episcopalians c. college-educated women d. Californians e. science teachers

A. Southern Baptists

As George H. W. Bush prepared for the 1992 election, his greatest weakness became: Select one: a. a major downturn in the economy b. the continuing threat of Saddam Hussein to American security c. his support for the religious right agenda d. his lack of a compelling vision for the future e. the end of the cold war

A. a major downturn in the economy

The Strategic Defense Initiative involved Select one: a. an anti-missile defense system. b. support of the Contras in Nicaragua. c. a plan for peace in the Middle East. d. arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union.

A. an anti-missile defense system

The hippie movement ultimately: Select one: a. began to wane as counterculture had become counterproductive b. won over much of Middle America to its perspective c. got involved in civil rights activism and the war on poverty d. disappeared once the draft was ended e. was limited to San Francisco

A. began to wane as counterculture had become counterproductive

As he campaigned for president in 1980, Reagan promised to restore prosperity by: Select one: a. cutting taxes b. putting millions to work on government construction projects c. returning the country to the gold standard d. balancing the federal budget e. bailing out ailing banks and industries

A. cutting taxes

By 1971, the New Left: Select one: a. had split into factions and largely self-destructed b. was stronger than ever due to Nixon's policies c. was focusing on personal liberation rather than political change d. was working within the system for moderate reform e. remained committed to nonviolent movement

A. had split into factions and largely self-destructed

In the impeachment proceeding, Bill Clinton was charged with Select one: a. lying under oath to a grand jury. b. all of these. c. profiting from the Whitewater development. d. having an affair with Monica Lewinsky.

A. lying under oath to a grand jury

Reagan first became a star in Republican politics when he: Select one: a. made a television speech for Goldwater in 1964 b. opposed Ford for the nomination in 1976 c. led opposition to Roosevelt in the 1930s d. served in the Senate from California in the late 1960s e. campaigned for Eisenhower in the 1950s

A. made a television speech for Goldwater in 1964

To many voters in 1980, Ronald Reagan, in contrast to Jimmy Carter, seemed: Select one: a. sunny b. humorless c. to be a deep thinker and expert on the details of policy d. capable of getting Congress to pass a liberal reform program e. indecisive

A. sunny

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was: Select one: a. the sit-in b. street theater c. the March on Washington d. the freedom ride e. the occupation of campus administration buildings

A. the sit-in

Reagan's experience as an actor: Select one: a. was invaluable in a television age b. had been limited to a few performances on radio c. caused conservative Christians to view him with suspicion given the immorality of Hollywood d. helped him master policy details e. was irrelevant once he entered politics

A. was invaluable in a television age

In 1964, the University of California at Berkeley: Select one: a. was the site of a free-speech movement (FSM) b. became the birthplace of the counterculture c. was shut down by antiwar protestors d. was the scene of a bloody confrontation between students and the National Guard e. remained racially segregated

A. was the site of a free-speech movement (FSM)

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s: Select one: a. was dominated by the Weathermen b. challenged established authority in favor of "participatory democracy" c. was the youth wing of the Democratic party d. looked to the Socialists and Communists of the Depression era for inspiration e. was a leading proponent of the sexual revolution

B. challenged established authority in favor of "participatory democracy"

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique: Select one: a. celebrated the cult of female domesticity b. explained the unhappiness of so many middle-class women c. painted an ideal portrait of suburban living d. argued that women should be paid high wages for housework e. told women how to better please their husbands

B. explained the unhappiness of so many middle-class women

Kennedy's inauguration is best remembered for: Select one: a. the flatness of his delivery b. his elegant and inspiring rhetoric c. the record cold in Washington that day d. the large and friendly crowd e. the list of promises in his speech

B. his elegant and inspiring rhetoric

A huge demographic factor behind Reagan's electoral success was: Select one: a. the growing number of Americans with graduate degrees b. population growth in the South and the West c. the declining percentage of people who went to church d. the baby boomers reaching retirement age e. the growth of the Hispanic population

B. population growth in the South and the West

In their role at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Yippies could best be described as: Select one: a. terrorists b. pranksters c. political activists d. artists e. political philosophers

B. pranksters

In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court: Select one: a. made abortion legal b. required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights c. banned prayer in public schools d. protected job rights for homosexuals e. gave police more power to search without a warrant Feedback

B. required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights

One major inspiration for Reagan's economic approach was: Select one: a. Henry Clay's American System b. the Republican tax-reduction program of the 1920s c. Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism d. the New Deal e. Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism"

B. the Republican tax-reduction program of the 1920s

By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by: Select one: a. the fear of getting drafted and sent to Vietnam b. the example of the civil rights movement c. the boredom and restrictions of campus life d. musicians and protest singers with political agendas e. the need to rebel against their conservative parents

B. the example of the civil rights movement

Early in his presidency, Kennedy accomplished all of the following EXCEPT: Select one: a. support for space exploration b. the passage of a large tax cut c. the creation of the Peace Corps d. increases in Social Security benefits and the minimum wage e. the Trade Expansion Act of 1962

B. the passage of a large tax cut

President Johnson said that "we have just delivered the South to the Republican Party for a long time to come" after Select one: a. the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. b. the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. c. he defeated Barry Goldwater for president in 1964. d. the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

B. the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

At the Altamont concert in 1969: Select one: a. the Rolling Stones recorded live their most classic psychedelic album b. the Beatles gave their last performance c. Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage d. the violence of the hippies was fully displayed e. a huge crowd enjoyed three days of "peace and music"

C. Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage

At Columbia University in 1968: Select one: a. the Yippies held their founding convention b. the presence of military recruiters sparked a riot c. a student strike shut down the campus d. students successfully fought for free tuition e. anti-war students disrupted a speech by President Johnson

C. a student strike shut down the campus

For the first Bush administration, the major problem in the early 1990s was Select one: a. the end of the cold war. b. the opposition of the religious right. c. an economic recession. d. the rise of global terrorism.

C. an economic recession

In the Birmingham campaign in 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. signaled a change in strategy from Select one: a. massive civil disobedience to using violence to achieve change. b. educating whites about racism to using violence to achieve change.seeking federal enforcement and new laws to massive civil disobedience. c. changing southern white attitudes to obtaining federal enforcement and new laws. d. educating whites about racism to using violence to achieve change.

C. changing southern white attitudes to obtaining federal enforcement and new laws

The anti-feminist women led by Phyllis Schlafly: Select one: a. believed in total separation of politics and religion b. succeeded in keeping abortion illegal c. helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified d. voted about equally for Democrats and Republicans e. believed Ronald Reagan was too liberal

C. helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified

President Kennedy's cabinet was dominated by: Select one: a. Catholics and racial minorities b. men from the most radical wing of the Democratic party c. men with new ideas and fresh thinking d. old-school politicians from the Truman administration e. his fraternity buddies from Harvard

C. men with new ideas and fresh thinking

The religious right fervently supported Reagan because he: Select one: a. had memorized large sections of the Bible b. was such a gifted actor c. supported its conservative social values d. was active in his church as a deacon e. was a model family man

C. supported its conservative social values

The youths of the counterculture: Select one: a. came primarily from poor or working-class families b. congregated in the Watts district of Los Angeles c. were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s d. believed that electoral politics would solve society's problems e. preferred urban surroundings to a rural life in contact with nature

C. were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s

John F. Kennedy was careful to conceal from the public during the 1960 campaign his: Select one: a. Roman Catholicism b. family wealth c. war record d. his health e. wife Feedback

D. his health

The bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building was an example of Select one: a. Islamic terrorism. b. the effect of Newt Gingrich's Contract with America. c. the Christian Coalition extremism. d. militia hatred of the federal government.

D. militia hatred of the federal government

Early in Reagan's presidency, all of the following were increasing EXCEPT: Select one: a. defense spending b. budget deficits c. poverty levels d. tax revenues e. cuts in social programs

D. tax revenues

In 1968 the correct order of events was: Select one: a. LBJ's withdrawal from the presidential race, the Tet Offensive, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Democratic convention in Chicago. b. the Tet Offensive, LBJ's withdrawal from the presidential race, the Democratic convention in Chicago, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy. c. LBJ's withdrawal from the presidential race, the Tet Offensive, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, and the Democratic convention in Chicago. d. the Tet Offensive, LBJ's withdrawal from the presidential race, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Democratic convention in Chicago.

D. the Tet Offensive, LBJ's withdrawal from the presidential race, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Democratic convention in Chicago.

Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredith attempted to integrate: Select one: a. Georgia Tech b. Texas A&M c. Louisiana State University d. the University of Mississippi e. the University of Alabama

D. the University of Mississippi

The Jobs Corps, Head Start, and VISTA were all part of Select one: a. Kennedy's New Frontier. b. Barry Goldwater's platform in 1964. c. Martin Luther King Jr.'s proposals for Birmingham. d. the War on Poverty.

D. the War on Poverty

Carter's management of the economy resulted in: Select one: a. growing public confidence that the nation was recovering from the Nixon-Ford recession b. a near collapse of the stock market and banking industry c. a surplus in the federal budget d. unacceptably high rates of inflation e. a sharp decline in unemployment

D. unacceptably high rates of inflation

The United States entered the 1990s: Select one: a. threatened by rival alliances in Europe and Asia b. slipping behind much of the world in technological development c. still preoccupied by the cold war d. with limited influence beyond its borders e. as the world's only remaining superpower

E. as the world's only remaining superpower

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the: Select one: a. National Organization for Women's inability to agree on a political agenda b. refusal of Ivy League universities to admit women c. Supreme Court's refusal to recognize abortion rights d. decreasing number of jobs for women e. failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment

E. failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment

Richard Nixon: Select one: a. like John F. Kennedy, came from a wealthy family b. did not have the intellectual depth to be president c. was politically damaged by his service as vice president due to Eisenhower's unpopularity when his presidency ended d. had limited political experience when he ran for president in 1960 e. had a reputation for hard-line anticommunism and rough campaign tactics

E. had a reputation for hard-line anticommunism and rough campaign tactics

The person most persuasive in getting President Kennedy to endorse civil rights would have been: Select one: a. his vice president, Lyndon Johnson b. Chief Justice Earl Warren c. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover d. his wife, Jackie e. his brother, Robert

E. his brother, Robert

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT: Select one: a. going to prison b. fleeing to Canada or Sweden c. obtaining conscientious objector status d. failing the physical examination on purpose e. joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

E. joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

In the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy: Select one: a. promised to provide health care to all Americans b. appeared nervous and unknowledgeable in a televised debate c. promised to use the White House to promote religion d. opposed civil rights e. promised to get the country "moving again"

E. promised to get the country "moving again"

The result of the 1960 election: Select one: a. was determined when Kennedy swept the West Coast b. saw Democrats regain control of the South c. was a popular vote landslide victory for Kennedy d. was challenged in the courts by the Republicans e. was likely determined by African American votes in a few southern states

E. was likely determined by African American votes in a few southern states