Unit 13 Test 4.19.16

Question 1

Which one of the following is LEAST related to the other three?

a. Gulf of Tonkin
b. Bay of Pigs
c. Operation Rolling Thunder
d. Tet

Answer 1

b. Bay of Pigs

Question 2

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

Answer 2

the University of Mississippi

Question 3

In the early 1960s, French President Charles de Gaulle

Answer 3

resisted America by developing an independent French nuclear force

Question 4

John Kennedy began to join hands with the civil rights movement when he

Answer 4

sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders

Question 5

Voters supported Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election because of their

a. fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.
b. faith in the Great Society programs.
c. trust in Johnson’s Vietnam policy.
d. All choices are correct.

Answer 5

d. All choices are correct.

Question 6

At first, John F. Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he

Answer 6

needed the support of southern legislators to pass his economic and social legislation

Question 7

Before he became Vice President and then President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson had exercised great power as

Answer 7

Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

Question 8

American military forces eneterd Vietnam in order to

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prevent Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime from falling to the communists

Question 9

In a speech at American University in 1963, President Kennedy recommended the adoption of a policy toward the Soviet Union based on

Answer 9

peaceful coexistence

Question 10

President Kennedy’s alleged assassin was

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 11

While it seemed sane enough, John F. Kennedy’s doctrine of flexible response contained hidden dangers because it

Answer 11

potentially powered the level at which diplomacy would give way to shooting

Question 12

When the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered

Answer 12

a naval quarantine of that island

Question 13

John F. Kennedy’s strategy of “flexible response”

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called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis.

Question 14

The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in

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Latin America

Question 15

The 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King Jr., provided critical support for

Answer 15

the civil rights bill to end segregation

Question 16

When he took office in 1961, President Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through

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a tax cut

Question 17

President Johnson proved to be much more successful than President Kennedy at

Answer 17

working with Congress

Question 18

President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the

Answer 18

Great Society

Question 19

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy wanted to refocus the attention of the FBI on

Answer 19

organized crime and civil rights

Question 20

At the time of his death, President John Kennedy’s civil rights bill

Answer 20

seemed to be stalled in Congress

Question 21

With passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,

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Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam

Question 22

The 1962 Trade Expansion Act

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reduced American tariffs

Question 23

The Cuban misile crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

a. withdrawal of U.S. missiles in Turkey.
b. U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo.
c. the removal of Nikita Khrushchev from power in the Soviet Union.
d. a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba.

Answer 23

b. U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo