Chapters 26, 27, & 28 - American Studies Honors - Final Review

Regarding civil rights, during Kennedy's first two years in office, he

• established a record that has yet to be surpassed.

• didn't pass all of his agenda, but civil rights leaders were impressed by his dedication.

• moved cautiously, appointing blacks to high offices but also appointing segregationists.

• ignored civil rights altogether.

What happened when the first African American student was admitted to the University of Mississippi?

• A few whites complained but most accepted the change.

• Mississippi's governor ordered the university not to admit any black students.

• Thousands of whites rioted, killing two people.

• President Kennedy sent troops to the university to prevent violence.

All of the following is true about Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy for the March in Birmingham, EXCEPT

• He anticipated a violent white reaction.

• He hoped for federal intervention.

• He expected it to raise national awareness.

• He deliberately sent small children out in front.

In order to stop the spread of communism, President Kennedy favored

• threatening the Soviet Union with nuclear war if it did not stop supporting guerrilla movements.

• American military forces specially trained to deal with insurgencies.

• sending hundreds of thousands of troops into the world's trouble spots

• denouncing governments for their abuses of human rights.

President Kennedy's "flexible response" strategy:

• called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

• identified critical areas that the U.S. would defend against Communist takeover.

• required a significant increase in military spending.

• reduced the role of conventional forces.

Ngo Dinh Diem's government in South Vietnam:

• was noted for its attention to the plight of the poor.

• refused American help to fight the Viet Cong.

• refused to implement political and social reforms that American officials wanted.

• tried to negotiate a peace deal with North Vietnam.

The assassination of John F. Kennedy

• appears to have been an elaborate plot by Fidel Castro.

• was ordered by the mafia.

• may have been connected to Johnson's lust for power.

• traumatized the nation.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• outlawed discrimination in private country clubs.

• declared equality between the sexes.

• made it illegal to discriminate in places and businesses that served the public.

• dissolved the Fair Employment Practices Committee.

The New Right believed

• the U.S. should use nuclear weapons to destroy the Soviet Union.

• the Supreme Court needed to be more aggressive in correcting social injustices.

• liberalism was destroying important American values.

• the United States needed to improve cooperation within the United Nations.

In response to race riots and black militancy, by the late 1960s a growing number of whites:

• called for expanding the range of social welfare benefits.

• marched side by side with Black Panthers and other militants.

• backed away from supporting civil rights.

• demanded the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr.