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  2. Question 1 During the 1960 election campaign, television aired its first what? Presidential debate

  3. Question 2 The decision in the case of Reynolds v. Sims was important because it shifted political power where? From rural areas to urban areas

  4. Question 3 Kennedy was unable to pass many of his domestic programs because why? Many democrats in Congress believed the New Frontier was too expensive

  5. Question 4 The Alliance for Progress was what? Series of cooperative aid projects with Latin American governments

  6. Question 5 How did CORE successfully integrate many restaurants? Sit-ins

  7. Question 6 DR. MLK Jr. drew on the philosophy and techniques of whom? Mohandas Gandhi

  8. Question 7 The organization founded by student civil rights was what? SNCC

  9. Question 8 One advantage President Johnson had-that Kennedy did not-in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed was his what? Intimate knowledge of how Congress worked

  10. Question 9 In response to the recommendation of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, what did President Kennedy do? Ordered an end to gender discrimination in the federal civil service

  11. Question 10 To soothe the concerns of Protestants during the campaign, Kennedy spoke in support of what? Separation of church & state

  12. Question 11 The Kerner Commission blamed the problems of inner cities on what? Racism

  13. Question 12 The principle of “one man, one vote” meant what? All citizens’ votes should have equal weight

  14. Question 13 When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to end segregation and do what? Encourage African Americans to vote

  15. Question 14 The Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first since Reconstruction, was intended to do what? Protect the right of African Americans’ to vote

  16. Question 15 Kennedy’s legislative agenda was called what? New Frontier

  17. Question 16 The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to do what? Integrate bus terminals

  18. Question 17 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to do what? Guarantee the right to vote

  19. Question 18 The Office of Economic Opportunity was a major part of Johnson’s what? War on poverty

  20. Question 19 After his pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm X concluded what? An integrated society was possible

  21. Question 20 Why was the Vietminh initially formed? Win independence from Japan

  22. Question 21 What two events convinced Truman to help France in Vietnam? The fall of China to communism and the outbreak of the Korean War

  23. Question 22 When the French left Vietnam, the U.S. stepped in to do what? Protect the pro-Western government in South Vietnam

  24. Question 23 Kennedy’s flexible response plan called for what? Buildup of conventional weapons

  25. Question 24 In registering African Americans to vote, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the Attorney General to do what? Send federal examiners to register qualified voters

  26. Question 25 Robert Kennedy tried to help African Americans register to vote how? Having the Justice Department file lawsuits throughout the South

  27. Question 26 Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds where? Defense and space exploration

  28. Question 27 SNCC’s Voter Education Project focused where? Rural areas of the Deep South

  29. Question 28 In an effort to increase growth and create more jobs, Kennedy advocated what? Deficit spending

  30. Question 29 Dr. MLK Jr. believed the way to end segregation was through what? Nonviolent passive resistance

  31. Question 30 The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 had established what? The separate-but-equal doctrine

  32. Question 31 The Warren Court’s decision in Reynolds v. Sims boosted political power for what groups of people? African Americans & Latinos

  33. Question 32 The purpose of the Selma March was to campaign for what? Voting rights for African Americans

  34. Question 33 The Republican nominee for president in the 1960 election was who? Richard Nixon

  35. Question 34 At first President Kennedy acted slowly on civil rights because why? Needed support from many Southern senators to get other programs passed

  36. Question 35 In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school how? Deploying the National Guard

  37. Question 36 What did Kennedy privately promise to do in Turkey? Remove missiles

  38. Question 37 Johnson’s goals for a better America were supported by what? The prosperity resulting from the strong economy

  39. Question 38 The Southern Manifesto encouraged white southerners to do what? Defy the Supreme Court

  40. Question 39 In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, what did African Americans do? Organized a bus boycott

  41. Question 40 The 14th Amendment ensures what? Due process of law

  42. Question 41 To get the economy moving, Kennedy pushed for what? Cut in tax rates

  43. Question 42 The purpose of the Warren Commission was to investigate what? Allegations of a conspiracy in Kennedy’s assassination

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