Chapter 29 1960s

Question 1

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

Answer 1

promised to pursue a “new frontier.”

Question 2

T or F: Nikita Khrushchev was Soviet premier while Kennedy was president.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The first African American cabinet member was:

Answer 3

Robert C. Weaver.

Question 4

The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson’s urging in 1965 included all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 4

government guarantee of full employment.

Question 5

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

Answer 5

outlawed segregation in public facilities.

Question 6

President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the:

Answer 6

Great Society.

Question 7

The Tet offensive of early 1968:

Answer 7

dramatically affected public support for Johnson’s war policy.

Question 8

In 1961, Khrushchev escalated tensions over Berlin by:

Answer 8

erecting the Berlin Wall.

Question 9

Kennedy’s inauguration is best remembered for:

Answer 9

his elegant and inspiring rhetoric.

Question 10

The Cuban missile crisis:

Answer 10

brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war.

Question 11

T or F: Jack Ruby was charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

By 1966, black leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown were proponents of what they termed:

Answer 12

black power.

Question 13

The Cuban missile crisis:

Answer 13

brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war.

Question 14

The Tonkin Gulf resolution:

Answer 14

allowed Johnson to escalate the war.

Question 15

T or F: By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for “black power.”

Answer 15

False

Question 16

T or F: From the beginning of his presidency, Kennedy vigorously supported black civil rights.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed:

Answer 17

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 18

All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination EXCEPT:

Answer 18

the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen.

Question 19

The person most persuasive in getting President Kennedy to endorse civil rights would have been:

Answer 19

his brother, Robert.

Question 20

During the 1964 campaign, Republican nominee Barry Goldwater:

Answer 20

offered a sharply conservative alternative to Johnson’s policies.

Question 21

T or F: Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

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:

Answer 22

stood aside.

Question 23

The major purpose of the Soviet missiles placed in Cuba was to:

Answer 23

deter another American-supported invasion of Cuba.

Question 24

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was:

Answer 24

the sit-in.

Question 25

In retrospect, Johnson’s war on poverty:

Answer 25

generated middle-class resentment that benefited the Republicans.