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Question 1
During the 1960 election
campaign, television aired
its first what?
Presidential debate
Question 2
The decision in the case of
Reynolds v. Sims was
important because it shifted
political power where?
From rural areas to urban
areas
Question 3
Kennedy was unable to pass many
of his domestic programs because
why?
Many democrats in Congress
believed the New Frontier was too
expensive
Question 4
The Alliance for Progress was
what?
Series of cooperative aid
projects with Latin American
governments
Question 5
How did CORE successfully
integrate many restaurants?
Sit-ins
Question 6
DR. MLK Jr. drew on the
philosophy and techniques
of whom?
Mohandas Gandhi
Question 7
The organization founded by
student civil rights was
what?
SNCC
Question 8
One advantage President
Johnson had-that Kennedy
did not-in getting the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 passed
was his what?
Intimate knowledge of how
Congress worked
Question 9
In response to the
recommendation of the
Presidential Commission on
the Status of Women, what did
President Kennedy do?
Ordered an end to gender
discrimination in the federal
civil service
Question 10
To soothe the concerns of
Protestants during the
campaign, Kennedy spoke
in support of what?
Separation of church & state
Question 11
The Kerner Commission
blamed the problems of
inner cities on what?
Racism
Question 12
The principle of “one man,
one vote” meant what?
All citizens’ votes should
have equal weight
Question 13
When first established, the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference set out to end
segregation and do what?
Encourage African Americans to
vote
Question 14
The Civil Rights Act of 1957,
the first since
Reconstruction, was
intended to do what?
Protect the right of African
Americans’ to vote
Question 15
Kennedy’s legislative
agenda was called what?
New Frontier
Question 16
The Freedom Riders were
organized to draw attention
to the South’s refusal to do
what?
Integrate bus terminals
Question 17
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
did little to do what?
Guarantee the right to vote
Question 18
The Office of Economic
Opportunity was a major
part of Johnson’s what?
War on poverty
Question 19
After his pilgrimage to Mecca,
Malcolm X concluded what?
An integrated society was
possible
Question 20
Why was the Vietminh initially
formed?
Win independence from Japan
Question 21
What two events convinced
Truman to help France in
Vietnam?
The fall of China to communism
and the outbreak of the
Korean War
Question 22
When the French left
Vietnam, the U.S. stepped in
to do what?
Protect the pro-Western
government in South
Vietnam
Question 23
Kennedy’s flexible response
plan called for what?
Buildup of conventional weapons
Question 24
In registering African
Americans to vote, the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
authorized the Attorney
General to do what?
Send federal examiners to
register qualified voters
Question 25
Robert Kennedy tried to help
African Americans register
to vote how?
Having the Justice
Department file lawsuits
throughout the South
Question 26
Kennedy convinced
Congress to invest more
funds where?
Defense and space
exploration
Question 27
SNCC’s Voter Education
Project focused where?
Rural areas of the Deep South
Question 28
In an effort to increase growth
and create more jobs,
Kennedy advocated what?
Deficit spending
Question 29
Dr. MLK Jr. believed the way
to end segregation was
through what?
Nonviolent passive resistance
Question 30
The ruling in Plessy v.
Ferguson in 1896 had
established what?
The separate-but-equal
doctrine
Question 31
The Warren Court’s decision
in Reynolds v. Sims boosted
political power for what
groups of people?
African Americans & Latinos
Question 32
The purpose of the Selma March
was to campaign for what?
Voting rights for African
Americans
Question 33
The Republican nominee for
president in the 1960
election was who?
Richard Nixon
Question 34
At first President Kennedy
acted slowly on civil rights
because why?
Needed support from many
Southern senators to get
other programs passed
Question 35
In Little Rock, Arkansas, the
governor tried to prevent
African American students
from entering a white high
school how?
Deploying the National Guard
Question 36
What did Kennedy privately
promise to do in Turkey?
Remove missiles
Question 37
Johnson’s goals for a better
America were supported by
what?
The prosperity resulting from
the strong economy
Question 38
The Southern Manifesto
encouraged white southerners
to do what?
Defy the Supreme Court
Question 39
In response to the arrest of
Rosa Parks, what did
African Americans do?
Organized a bus boycott
Question 40
The
th
14
Amendment ensures
what?
Due process of law
Question 41
To get the economy moving,
Kennedy pushed for what?
Cut in tax rates
Question 42
The purpose of the Warren
Commission was to investigate
what?
Allegations of a conspiracy in
Kennedy’s assassination