Hist Ch 29 quiz

In the 1964 election: Republicans continued to carry the Deep South. Republicans made gains in both houses of Congress. voters approved Johnson's pledge to escalate the war in Vietnam. Goldwater lost but did better than expected. voters expressed their desire for even more radical domestic reform.

Republicans continued to carry the Deep South.

The first African American cabinet member was: Martin Luther King Jr. Francis Perkins. Robert C. Weaver. Mary McLeod Bethune. Malcolm X.

Robert C. Weaver.

The Cuban missile crisis led to all of the following EXCEPT: removal of the Soviet missiles from Cuba. the installation of a "hot line" between Moscow and Washington. the removal of American missiles from Turkey. an easing of cold war tensions. a U.S.-Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons.

a U.S.-Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons.

By 1966, black leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown were proponents of what they termed: passive nonviolence. black communism. massive integration. black capitalism. black power.

black power.

In his Letter from Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King Jr.: expressed his admiration of activists Ross Barnett and Bull Connor. announced that he was abandoning nonviolent tactics. expressed anger at being locked up. declared his willingness to break unjust laws. explained why he hated racist whites.

declared his willingness to break unjust laws.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965: - was passed by Congress over Johnson's opposition. -ended black protest movements. -dramatically expanded black votes in the South. -made the South more strongly Democratic. -was successfully resisted in the Deep South.

dramatically expanded black votes in the South.

In 1961, Khrushchev escalated tensions over Berlin by: imposing another Soviet blockade of West Berlin. sending spy planes over West Germany. putting nuclear missiles in East Berlin. erecting the Berlin Wall. walking out of a summit conference in Vienna.

erecting the Berlin Wall.

By the 1960 presidential race, Kennedy had far more experience in national politics than Richard Nixon. t/f

false

From the beginning of his presidency, Kennedy vigorously supported black civil rights. t/f

false

Jack Ruby was charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger. t/f

false

In retrospect, Johnson's war on poverty: practically eliminated poverty. generated middle-class resentment that benefited the Republicans. kept the United States from devoting sufficient funds to the war in Vietnam. had practically no effect on poverty levels. proved that government was incapable of improving society.

generated middle-class resentment that benefited the Republicans.

The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson's urging in 1965 included all of the following EXCEPT: Medicare and Medicaid. funds for urban renewal and public housing. anti-poverty aid to Appalachia. government guarantee of full employment. massive federal aid to education.

government guarantee of full employment.

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

his elegant and inspiring rhetoric.

Beginning with Watts, the major race riots of 1965 and 1966: occurred largely in urban areas. started when white mobs attacked blacks. resulted from blacks being denied the vote. were led by the Black Panthers. proved the increasing irrelevance of Martin Luther King Jr.

occurred largely in urban areas.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: outlawed segregation in public facilities. strengthened the Democratic party in the South. was reluctantly supported by Johnson. passed Congress with minimal opposition. ended racism in the United States.

outlawed segregation in public facilities.

When Alabama governor George Wallace was ordered by federal marshals to stand aside from the doorway at the University of Alabama so that black students could enter, Wallace: provoked a riot. stood aside. got himself arrested. unleashed a torrent of racist language. refused to budge.

stood aside.

All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination EXCEPT: the primary suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald. Jack Ruby shot and killed the suspected assassin. the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen. it occurred in Dallas on November 22, 1963. many of the related events were watched on television.

the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen.

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

the sit-in.

Lyndon Johnson's domestic program was called the Great Society. Correct! t/f

true