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Chapter
Twenty-Eight
Great Promises, Bitter
Disappointments,
1960-1968
Berkin, Making America
Chapter 28
The issues that were raised during
the presidential election campaign of
1960 included
1. the absence of presidential leadership in domestic
affairs.
2. the Eisenhower administration’s setbacks in the
Cold War.
3. the religion of the Democratic Party’s candidate.
4. All of these.
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The issues that were raised during
the presidential election campaign of
1960 included
4. All of these.
Hint: Because a, b, and c are true, this is the correct
choice.
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The election campaign of 1960
1. explained to voters why America was rapidly
dividing between segregationists and
integrationists.
2. demonstrated the importance of television in
modern politics.
3. examined the legacy of the New Deal in American
life.
4. focused on who was to blame for the communist
victory in China.
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The election campaign of 1960
2. demonstrated the importance of television in
modern politics.
Hint: Nixon lost points in the campaign of 1960
because of his appearance during the televised
debates against Kennedy. See pages 896–897.
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In the area of civil rights, the
Kennedy administration
1. used federal troops on several occasions to
support desegregation.
2. never agreed to support a civil rights bill.
3. appointed Martin Luther King, Jr., to a cabinet
post.
4. refused to acknowledge the importance of the
issue.
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In the area of civil rights, the
Kennedy administration
1. used federal troops on several occasions to
support desegregation.
Hint: Kennedy sent troops, for example, to
Birmingham, Alabama. See pages 899–902.
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The closest that the Kennedy
administration came to the
Eisenhower administration’s practice
of brinksmanship occurred
1. in the Middle East.
2. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
3. following the assassination of South Vietnam’s
president.
4. over the Soviet-built Berlin Wall.
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The closest that the Kennedy
administration came to the
Eisenhower administration’s practice
of brinksmanship occurred
2. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Hint: The United States went to the edge of war with
the Soviet Union when it imposed a naval
blockade of Cuba. See pages 903–905.
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During the Kennedy administration,
the Cold War
1. did not preoccupy the United States as much as it
had during the Truman and Eisenhower
administrations.
2. reached into space, culminating in the race to
land a man on the moon.
3. brought U.S. and Soviet troops face to face at the
Bay of Pigs.
4. led Kennedy to establish U.S. air force bases in
South Vietnam.
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During the Kennedy administration,
the Cold War
2. reached into space, culminating in the race to
land a man on the moon.
Hint: Russia sent the first man into space, and the
United States committed itself to being the first to
land a man on the moon. See page 899.
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The 1964 presidential contest can
best be characterized as a
confrontation between
1. the older generation and the counterculture.
2. segregationists and integrationists.
3. conservatives and liberals.
4. the Northeast and the South.
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The 1964 presidential contest can
best be characterized as a
confrontation between
3. conservatives and liberals.
Hint: Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, was
a major conservative figure that strongly opposed
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program. The
Great Society Program was squarely in the liberal
tradition of a major role for government in
addressing social problems. See page 908.
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Congress passed the Civil Rights Act
of 1964
1. in reaction to the spread of urban rioting.
2. as a consequence of the assassination of
President Kennedy.
3. over President Johnson’s veto.
4. because of a massive petition campaign in favor
of it in northern states.
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Congress passed the Civil Rights Act
of 1964
2. as a consequence of the assassination of
President Kennedy.
Hint: President Johnson asked for its adoption as a
memorial to President Kennedy. See pages 906–
908.
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Which of the following was NOT
primarily an advocate of equal rights
for African Americans?
1. NAACP
2. NOW
3. SNCC
4. CORE
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Which of the following was NOT
primarily an advocate of equal rights
for African Americans?
2. NOW
Hint: The National Organization for Women was
primarily interested in equal rights for women so
this is the correct answer. See page 916–917.
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The Johnson administration’s War on
Poverty
1. never got off the ground because Barry Goldwater
almost won the presidency in 1964.
2. was dismantled by Congress because of
revelations of massive corruption.
3. led, ironically, to improvement only for members of
the middle class.
4. contributed to a decline in the number of people
living in poverty in the United States.
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The Johnson administration’s War on
Poverty
4. contributed to a decline in the number of people
living in poverty in the United States.
Hint: The numbers living below the poverty line
decreased, and African American unemployment
fell. See pages 907–908.
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The Black Power movement
advocated
1. methods that differed strikingly from those of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. ideas that were very similar to those of Booker T.
Washington.
3. building up a power base within the Democratic
Party.
4. that blacks withhold tax payments as a way of
protesting against all forms of discrimination.
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The Black Power movement
advocated
1. methods that differed strikingly from those of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hint: King was committed to peaceful civil
disobedience; Black Power advocates favored
militancy. See pages 900–902.
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