U.S History 20.3 Quiz

Which statements about Lyndon Johnson's background are true? (check all that apply)

• Johnson was from Arkansas

• Before becoming President, LBJ was elected as both a representative and a senator.

• Johnson had worked closely with Franklin Roosevelt.

• Johnson's had come from a wealthy family.

Johnson was known as a master politician because of his abilities to raise a great deal of money from supporters.

• true

• false

This prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex and granted the federal government new powers to enforce its provisions.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Economic Opportunity Act

• VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)

• none of these

This man was the Republican Nominee for president during the 1964 election?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Barry Goldwater

• Ralph Nader

• Robert Weaver

LBJ won the 1964 election by a landslide, winning 61 percent of the popular vote and 486 electoral votes, while Senator Goldwater won only 52.

• true

• false

Johnson envisioned a legislative program that would create not only a higher standard of living and equal opportunity, but also promote a richer quality of life for all. What was this program called?

• The New Deal

• The Great Awakening

• The Great Society

• The New Frontier

LBJ and Congress changed Social Security by establishing Medicare. What did this program do?

• Medicare extended health insurance to welfare recipients.

• Medicare made healthcare more affordable to America's working class

• Medicare provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older.

• Medicare did all of these

________________ extended health insurance to welfare recipients

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Reapportionment

• none of these

The Immigration Act of 1965 established immigration quotas that discriminated strongly against people from outside Western Europe.

• true

• false

In 1962, Silent Spring, a book by this author had exposed a hidden danger: the effects of pesticides on the environment.

• Rachel Carson

• Jane Goodhall

• Ladybird Johnson

• Peggy Deaton