Multiple Choice Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the 1960s the United States claimed its place as the world's
leading defender against communism. But by the end of the decade, the nation was convulsed by
dissent, riot, assassination and an increasingly unpopular war. HAVES/HAVE NOTS In 1960, John F. Kennedy -- who seemed to many the embodiment
of a new age -- was elected president of the United States. Kennedy had attacked President
Eisenhower's conduct of the Cold War and promised to defend the free world against communism. He
increased the U.S. military budget, creating thousands more defense industry jobs. But while the
U.S. economy was booming, the good life was not available to all Americans. In many Southern states,
laws prevented blacks and whites from traveling together, eating together, or even going to the same
school. Black Americans were denied jobs and the right to vote. Civil rights activists held peaceful
demonstrations -- but were often beaten and jailed just the same. Gov. George Wallace of Alabama
saw the growing civil rights movement as part of a communist conspiracy -- a view shared privately by
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Discrimination against blacks -- covered extensively on television --
damaged America's credibility as freedom's champion in the Cold War. In fact other
people in the government suspected that the civil rights movement might be part of some internal
communist conspiracy and on the orders of Robert Kennedy, Dr. Kings hotel rooms were bugged. Post
cards were circulated showing Dr. King at a, “supposedly,” communist meeting. Of course,
none of this was true but it fed into the fear that Americans had about communism abroad and at
home.
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![nar001-1.jpg](his_cw-13_make_love_files/nar001-1.jpg) John F.
Kennedy
![nar001-2.jpg](his_cw-13_make_love_files/nar001-2.jpg) George Wallace, Governor of
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John F. Kennedy was known as the “Peace” candidate yet he _____ the
defense budget in the U.S. in contradiction to his image.
a. | increased | c. | eliminated | b. | decreased | d. | exploited |
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Who was director of the FBI in the early 1960’s
a. | George Wallace | c. | Orville Faubus | b. | J. Edgar Hoover | d. | Bob McNamara |
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George Wallace was a _____ who fought _____ in the early 60’s
a. | libertarian - segregation | c. | integrationist -
segregation | b. | Democrat - segregation | d. | segregationist - integration |
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How did some feel the civil rights movement hurt the U.S. in the war against
communism.
a. | the civil rights movement helped to put spies in the Defense
Department | c. | the movement made LBJ look like a segregationist. | b. | the civil rights
movement hurt the image of the U.S. around the world and made it look just as bad as the Soviet
Union | d. | resources were taken
away from civil defense to pay for the civil rights movement. |
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THE GREAT SOCIETY Kennedy was
assassinated in November 1963. His successor, Lyndon Johnson, had a vision of the Great Society.
Central to that vision was a war against poverty and the abolition of racial discrimination. Johnson
was able to pass the Civil Rights Act in 1964 -- and later that year won an easy victory against his
Republican opponent, Sen. Barry Goldwater, who denounced Johnson's Great Society as creeping
socialism. Johnson was an old FDR Democrat and he wanted to put in place many programs to help
the poor in America. Medicare and Medicade were two of his programs. In those days the Southern
Democrats had control of the Congress and usually blocked pro civil rights laws. Johnson had been
Majority Leader in the Senate before he became Vice President under Kennedy. He knew how to control
the Southern politicians and was able to get pro civil rights laws through the Congress. Johnson had
a vision for America but once he got bogged down in the Vietnam war he was never able to fully
implement his vision Meanwhile, dissent was flourishing on America's campuses. At the
University of California at Berkeley, students borrowed the tactics of the Civil Rights Movement,
organizing strikes and sit-ins.
| ![nar002-1.jpg](his_cw-13_make_love_files/nar002-1.jpg) Johnson sworn into office after Kennedy’s assassination
![nar002-2.jpg](his_cw-13_make_love_files/nar002-2.jpg) Lyndon Johnson and his vision for
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What did President Johnson call his vision for America?
a. | The New Deal | c. | The Great Society | b. | The Square Deal | d. | The Free
Society |
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What was Lyndon Johnson’s job in the Kennedy administration?
a. | Vice President | c. | Minority Leader of the Senate | b. | Majority Leader of
the Senate | d. | Speaker of the
House |
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Who was the Republican who ran against Lyndon Johnson in 1964?
a. | Hubert Humphry | c. | Barry Goldwater | b. | Bobby Kennedy | d. | Gene McCarthy |
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Why was it so hard to get civil rights laws through the Congress?
a. | Congress was controlled by the Republicans | c. | Congress cared more for national
defense than civil rights | b. | Congress was controlled by the Southern
Democrats | d. | The KKK
controlled Congress |
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Lyndon Johnson never did get all of the Great Society programs enacted. Why
not?
a. | The Vietnam War made him loose the support of the American people | c. | The Republicans
ganged up on him | b. | Barry Goldwater blocked the Great Society. | d. | FDR was against the Great
Society |
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SEX and WAR American ideals of political freedom were now being extended into the personal realm.
The availability of new birth control such as "The Pill" revolutionized many peoples'
views on sexual behavior. Many women burned their bra’s, they demanded equal pay for equal work
and they rebelled against being treated as “sex objects.” The National Organization for
Women was started by Betty Friedan In 1965, Johnson began sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam.
Despite the extension of the military draft, Johnson's efforts in Vietnam enjoyed popular
support. In the early 60’s people could easily see the connection between the war in Vietnam
and the larger cold war. People believed the “Domino Theory” In the early 60’s
the United States was on the verge of tremendous social, political and ethical changes that would
come later in the decade. Few people saw it coming | | | |
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President Johnson was very _____ in the early 1960’s
a. | ill | c. | unpopular | b. | hated | d. | popular |
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What did the Woman’s Movement indicate about the
1960’s?
a. | The rest of the decade would be quiet once women got their demands | c. | Woman would calm
down as soon as they let off a little steam | b. | The nation was going to experience some radical
changes in the coming years. | d. | Woman longed for the “good old
50’s” |
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Who started the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
a. | Jackie Kennedy | c. | Betty Friedan | b. | President Johnson | d. | Hillary Clinton |
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COUNTERCULTURE While some Americans went off to
war in Vietnam, others were challenging what was termed "the Establishment." The
Establishment was all forms of authority. They rejected materialism -- not for communism but instead
for love, peace, drugs and rock 'n' roll. All over the United States, young men of draft
age were turning on, tuning in and dropping out. These counter culture young people were called,
“hippies” by some. A vast majority of America spurned the new counterculture. But
protests against the war were growing -- with marches and draft-card burnings. Meanwhile,
America's war in Vietnam dragged on. By 1967, 500,000 U.S. soldiers were there. |
Burning draft cards
in defiance of the Establishment | | |
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What was the counter culture for?
a. | the Establishment | c. | sex, drugs and rock and roll | b. | the war in
Vietnam | d. | communism |
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The counterculture was a symptom of
a. | social unrest | c. | cultured society | b. | social stability | d. | peace and
stability |
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Which statement is true?
a. | Most Americans supported the counterculture | c. | A majority of the young people were
“turning on and dropping out” | b. | Most Americans were in support of the hippies
because they were their own kids | d. | A majority of Americans did not support the counter culture
movement |
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By 1967, how many soldiers were fighting in Vietnam
a. | 100,000 | c. | 50,000 | b. | 1,000,000 | d. | 500,000 |
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DISCONTENT In America's inner
cities, some black activists trained as paramilitaries in what they saw as a civil war against a
racist police force. Led by Huey Newton, they called themselves the Black Panthers. The Panthers
murdered a school superintendent in Oakland. By the summer of 1967, discontent boiled over into riots
in several major U.S. cities. By March 1968, with a growing war in Vietnam and conflict at home,
Johnson declared he would not run for a second term as president. 1968 also saw the killings of
two prominent Americans. Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead by a white
gunman. Several weeks later, Robert Kennedy -- brother of the late president and himself a
presidential candidate -- was killed while campaigning in California To many it looked like the
United States was on the verge of a revolution.
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![nar005-1.jpg](his_cw-13_make_love_files/nar005-1.jpg) Black Panther Huey Newton Visits
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Who was leader of the Black Panther Party?
a. | J. Edgar Hoover | c. | Malcom X | b. | Huey Newton | d. | Angela Davis |
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The Black Panthers were
a. | anti American | c. | anti establishment | b. | pro Communist | d. | all of these |
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President Johnson decided not to run for a second term because Bobby Kennedy and
martin Luther King were assassinated.
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After the assassination of Dr. King there were major riots in many American
cities
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Democrat Convention
1968
CRACKDOWN In August
1968, Democratic Party delegates arrived in Chicago to pick their candidate for the November
presidential elections. Along with the delegates came about 100,000 anti-war demonstrators. The
protesters gathered in city parks in preparation for a march on the convention hall. But Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley had no intention of allowing them to take over the convention . On the day the
Democrats were due to nominate their presidential candidate, the demonstrators battled with police.
The situation inside the convention hall was also combative. Supporters of anti-war candidate
Eugene McCarthy were prevented from debating the war. Vice President Hubert Humphry became the
Democratic presidential candidate. With a promise to crack down on lawlessness, his Republican
opponent, Richard Nixon, won the November elections by less than 1 percent of the vote. The Cold War,
and the war in Vietnam, would continue
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At what convention did the Chicago riots take place”
a. | Democrat convention | c. | SDS convention | b. | Republican convention | d. | Mayors
convention |
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Who was nominated by the Democrats to run for president in 1968
a. | Richard Nixon | c. | Gene McCarthy | b. | Hubert Humphry | d. | Bobby Kennedy |
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Who was nominated by the Republicans to run for president in 1968
a. | Richard Nixon | c. | Gene McCarthy | b. | Hubert Humphry | d. | Dwight
Eisenhower |
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Who won the election and was elected President of the U.S. in 1968?
a. | Hubert Humphry | c. | Dwight Eisenhower | b. | Richard Nixon | d. | Lyndon Johnson |
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Why didn’t Lyndon Johnson run for a second term?
a. | He wanted to spend time with his family | c. | He thought he could not win because
of the chaos and protests around the country | b. | He wanted to retire to
Texas | d. | His wife would no let
him run again |
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