Deck 16: The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Eugene McCarthy

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Charles de Gaulle

Answer 2

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Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
The Beatles

Answer 3

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Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John F. Kennedy

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Robert S. McNamara

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Richard M. Nixon

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
J. William Fulbright

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Wallace

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Hubert H. Humphrey

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Janis Joplin

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Michael Harrington

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Robert F. Kennedy

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Curtis LeMay

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Barry Goldwater

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Spiro T. Agnew

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Malcolm X

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Elijah Muhammad

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Stokely Carmichael

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Spiro Agnew

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
counterculture

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
affirmative action

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Great Society

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
credibility gap

Question 27

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Henry Kissinger

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Warren Burger

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Medicare and Medicaid

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Rachel Carson

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
détente

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"rights revolution"

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George McGovern

Question 34

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thomas Eagleton

Question 35

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
War on Poverty

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nation of Islam

Question 39

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"silent majority"

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"black power"

Question 41

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Students for a Democratic Society

Question 42

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Vietnamization

Question 43

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
My Lai massacre

Question 44

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Philadelphia Plan

Question 45

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nixon Doctrine

Question 46

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Miranda decision/Miranda warnings

Question 47

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 48

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Free Speech Movement

Question 49

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Palestine Liberation Organization

Question 50

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tet offensive

Question 51

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Kent State killings

Question 52

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Griswold v. Connecticut​(1965)

Question 53

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Question 54

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Cambodian incursion

Question 55

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Pentagon Papers

Question 56

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Six-Day War

Question 57

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABM)

Question 58

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Clean Air Act

Question 59

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"hawks" and "doves"

Question 60

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Viet Cong

Question 61

Besides eliminating segregation and racial discrimination in public facilities and employment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 included a provision that

A) banned racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing units.
B) prohibited sexual as well as racial discrimination.
C) established the principle of affirmative action in college admissions.
D) protected the rights of Latino immigrants to speak Spanish in schools.
E) protected gays against discrimination in employment.

Question 62

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

A) loyalty to the Kennedy legacy.
B) faith in the Great Society promises of economic improvement for all classes and races.
C) fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.
D) trust in Johnson's Vietnam policy.
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 63

As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

A) the sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.
B) the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.
C) the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.
D) the sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 64

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 65

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.

Question 66

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

A) getting his legislation passed by Congress.
B) exciting the ideals and spirit of his fellow citizens.
C) reducing America's overseas commitments.
D) gaining the admiration and support of the media.
E) appealing to America's European Allies.

Question 67

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
energy crisis

Question 68

Lyndon Johnson gained strong support for federal aid to education by

A) making sure that the funds would flow primarily to needy students.
B) guaranteeing that no aid would be given to Catholic schools.
C) sidestepping the controversy over parochial schools by channeling aid directly to students.
D) focusing on improving educational quality rather than racial integration.
E) directing funds toward higher education only.

Question 69

The War on Poverty was inspired by

A) the sickness, lack of electrification, and dire conditions President Johnson witnessed as a young man and congressman in the hill country west of Austin, Texas.
B) Michael Harrington's book The Other America.
C) increasing public faith that an affluent nation such as America should be able to end poverty.
D) President Johnson's desire to take up an antipoverty campaign first contemplated by President Kennedy.
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 70

Opponents of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act calculated that

A) they had enough votes from senators and congressmen opposed to racial equality to defeat the bill in the House and Senate.
B) it would fail because liberals would not be able to support legislation that would end laws that gave women special protections.
C) it would be derailed by the inclusion of sexual orientation in the new law.
D) discrimination in hiring would not be eliminated by this law.
E) Southern Democrats would be able to filibuster the bill in the Senate to death.

Question 71

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.

Question 72

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) Twenty-Third Amendment.
E) Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Question 73

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Silent Spring

Question 74

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.

Question 75

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
OPEC

Question 76

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
War Powers Act

Question 77

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)

Question 78

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.

Question 79

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.

Question 80

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

A) secretary of defense.
B) Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate.
C) a wealthy Texas businessman.
D) governor of Texas.
E) Speaker of the House of Representatives.