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exam 31
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to defenders of the Vietnam War, American military withdrawal would encourage the spread of communism elsewhere around the world. | true |
| As part of the Freedom Summer, in June 1964 three young voting rights activists were murdered in Mississippi—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. | true |
| At the peak of the Vietnam War, the number of American troops in Vietnam was approximately | 500,000 |
| In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court struck down all laws discriminating against homosexuals as a violation of the right to privacy. | false |
| In May 1963, Birmingham police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor unleashed his forces against this group. The actions deeply affected President Kennedy, causing him to endorse the civil rights movement. | schoolchildren |
| In The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater argued for all of the following except | support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
| In his August 1963 speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial delivered to 250,000 black and white Americans, Martin Luther King Jr., declared | true |
| President Lyndon Johnson grew up in one of the wealthiest sections of United States—the Central Texas Hill Country. | false |
| Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election by the largest landslide in American history. | false |
| The 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional the laws in sixteen states that prohibited interracial marriage was | Loving v. Virginia. |
| The 1968 military engagement in which Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops launched well-organized uprisings in cities throughout South Vietnam and completely surprised American military leaders was called the Tet offensive. | true |
| The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that an individual in police custody must be informed of the right to remain silent was | Miranda v. Arizona. |
| The social movements of 1960s America were mimicked in countries around the world, with massive antiwar demonstrations, and demands for improved workplaces and women's rights. | true |
| This conservative political group was founded in 1960 , with a goal of taking control of the Republican Party from leaders who had, in their opinions, embraced some communist doctrines, such as the New Deal. | Young Americans for Freedom |
| What was the April 1961 CIA-led invasion of Cuba to topple Fidel Castro that proved to be a total failure when, of the invading force of 1,400, most were captured and more than 100 killed? | Bay of Pigs |
| What was the name for the 1965 immigration law that abandoned the national origins quota system and established racially neutral criteria for immigration? | Hart-Celler Act |
| Which of the following was not one of the climactic moments of 1968? | the Berkeley Free Speech movement |
| While serving a nine-day jail term in 1963 for violating a ban on demonstrations, Martin Luther King Jr., wrote his eloquent plea for racial justice, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." | true |
| Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers (UFW)—who, beginning in 1965, led nonviolent protests, including fasts, marches, and a national boycott of California grapes? | César Chavez |
| In a single week in June 1963, more than 15,000 people were arrested in 186 cities across the United States in civil rights demonstrations, with Birmingham, Alabama, as the citadel of segregation. | true |
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