Chapter 39 Flashcards
When he took office in 1961, President Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through?
A. A massive foreign-aid program.
B. Large-scale government spending programs.
C. A tax cut.
D. Reducing expenditures on the space program.
E. A looser monetary policy.
C
In the early 1960s French President Charles De Gaulle?
A. Proposed a multinational nuclear force under NATO control.
B. Sought closer ties with Britain and the United States.
C. Favored an economically and militarily United “Atlantic Community.”
D. Resisted America by developing an independent French nuclear force.
E. Fought to hold onto the French empire in Africa and Vietnam.
D
The 1962 Trade Expansion Act?
A. Cut taxes to increase American purchasing power.
B. Provides incentives to American overseas investments.
C. Made the United States a member of the Common Market.
D. Raised the minimum-wage and Social Security benefits of most working-class Americans.
E. Reduced American tariffs.
E
John F. Kennedy’s strategy of “flexible response” ?
A. Was an updated version of John Foster Dulles’s doctrine of massive retaliation.
B. Was used in his battle with the leadership of the steel industry.
C. Called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis.
D. Required increased spending on a variety of nuclear weapons systems to be deployed around the world.
E. Cut back nuclear weapons in favor of guerrilla forces.
C
While it seemed sane enough, John F. Kennedy’s doctrine or flexible response contained hidden dangers because it?
A. Depended on maintaining secrecy from the American public.
B. Required reliance on corrupt or dictatorial allies.
C. Failed to provide a mechanism for the progressive use of force.
D. Could not really be applied outside of Europe.
E. Potentially lowered the level at which diplomacy would give way to shooting.
E
When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy wanted to refocus the attention of the FBI on?
A. Organized crime and civil rights.
B. Communist spies and terrorism.
C. Political corruption and campaign law violations.
D. Illegal immigration and drug trading.
E. Automobile theft and illegal weapons.
A
American military forces entered Vietnam in order to?
A. Try to drive the communists out of North Vietnam.
B. Help to stage a coup against Ngo Dinh Diem.
C. Prevent Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime from falling to the communists.
D. Establish defensive perimeters around Saigon and other Vietnamese cities.
E. Promote democratic reforms in South Vietnam.
C
The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in?
A. Latin America.
B. Africa.
C. Southeast Asia.
D. Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.
E. Western Europe.
A
Which one of the following is least related to the other three?
A. Tet
B. Bay of Pigs
C. Place
D. Gulf of Tonkin
E. Operation Rolling Thunder
B
President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the?
A. Great Crusade.
B. Fair Deal.
C. New Frontier.
D. Johnson Revolution.
E. Great Society.
E
With the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,?
A. The United States declared war on Vietnam.
B. Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam.
C. The military was given the authority to use tactical nuclear weapons.
D. Congress maintained its war-declaring power.
E. The goals of American military involvement in Vietnam were clear.
B
Lyndon Johnson channeled educational aid?
A. Only to public schools.
B. In smaller amounts than John Kennedy had.
C. To public and parochial schools.
D. To little avail.
E. To higher education only.
C
All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson’s administration except?
A. The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.
B. Project Head Start.
C. The Peace Corps.
D. Medicare.
E. The Office of Economic Opportunity.
C
In the final analysis, Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs?
A. Did no good at all.
B. Actually increased the poverty rate.
C. Proved that poverty could not be papered over with
greenbacks.
D. Won some noteworthy battles in education and health care.
E. Received more money than they could effectively spend.
D
The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following except?
A. Creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
B. Prohibiting discrimination based on gender.
C. Banning sexual as well as racial discrimination.
D. Banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public.
E. Requiring “affirmative action” against discrimination.
B
As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,?
A. Fewer Asians came to the U.S.
B. The number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.
C. The racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.
D. Sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.
E. Sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.
E
The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the?
A. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
B. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
C. Twenty-fourth Amendment.
D. War on Poverty.
E. Twenty-fifth Amendment.
C
After the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the chief goal of the black civil rights movement in the South became to?
A. Secure the right to vote.
B. End discrimination in housing.
C. Gain equality in education.
D. Prohibit racial discrimination in employment.
E. Integrate private social clubs and organizations.
A
