Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties, 1960–1768. 38 | 2 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Question All of the following were true of the Students

Chapter 38The Stormy Sixties,

1960–1768

38 | 2Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Question

All of the following were true of the Students for a Democratic Society EXCEPT

a) launched in youthful idealism, like many of the cultural “revolutions” of the 1960s, it sputtered out in violence and cynicism.

b) once at the forefront of the antipoverty and antiwar campaigns, it had, by decade’s end, spawned an underground terrorist group called the Weathermen.

c) from the outset, it rejected peaceful civil rights demonstrations in favor of blockbusting urban riots.

d) what started as apparently innocent experiments with drugs, like marijuana and LSD, had fried many youthful brains and spawned a loathsome underworld of drug lords and addicts.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Students for a Democratic Society EXCEPT

a) launched in youthful idealism, like many of the cultural “revolutions” of the 1960s, it sputtered out in violence and cynicism.

b) once at the forefront of the antipoverty and antiwar campaigns, it had, by decade’s end, spawned an underground terrorist group called the Weathermen.

c) from the outset, it rejected peaceful civil rights demonstrations in favor of blockbusting urban riots.

d) what started as apparently innocent experiments with drugs, like marijuana and LSD, had fried many youthful brains and spawned a loathsome underworld of drug lords and addicts.

Hint: See page 998.


Question

All of the following were true of the Peace Corps EXCEPT

a) it was a federal agency created by President Kennedy in 1961 to promote voluntary service by Americans in foreign countries.

b) it provided labor power to help developing countries improve their infrastructure, health care, educational systems, and other aspects of their societies.

c) it represented an effort by postwar conservatives to promote American values and influence through productive exchanges across the world.

d) several nations expelled American Peace Corps volunteers because the blasting of underdeveloped Vietnam by a mighty superpower struck many critics as obscene.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Peace Corps EXCEPT

a) it was a federal agency created by President Kennedy in 1961 to promote voluntary service by Americans in foreign countries.

b) it provided labor power to help developing countries improve their infrastructure, health care, educational systems, and other aspects of their societies.

c) it represented an effort by postwar conservatives to promote American values and influence through productive exchanges across the world. (correct)

d) several nations expelled American Peace Corps volunteers because the blasting of underdeveloped Vietnam by a mighty superpower struck many critics as obscene.

Hint: See pages 972–973 and 992.


Question

All of the following were true of the Black Power movement EXCEPT

a) some scholars argue that radical Black Power actually enhanced the bargaining position of moderates like Dr. King.

b) all Black Power advocates rejected the integration of American society.

c) some African Americans advocated separatism by emphasizing African American distinctiveness, promoted “Afro” hairstyles and dress.

d) Some African Americans shed their “white” names for new African identities, and demanded black studies programs in schools and universities.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Black Power movement EXCEPT

a) some scholars argue that radical Black Power actually enhanced the bargaining position of moderates like Dr. King.

b) all Black Power advocates rejected the integration of American society. (correct)

c) some African Americans advocated separatism by emphasizing African American distinctiveness, promoted “Afro” hairstyles and dress.

d) Some African Americans shed their “white” names for new African identities, and demanded black studies programs in schools and universities.

Hint: See page 990.


Question

All of the following were true of the Berlin Wall EXCEPT

a) it was built after Khrushchev threatened to make a treaty with East Germany and cut off Western access to Berlin.

b) it was designed to plug the heavy population drain from West Germany to East Germany through the Berlin funnel.

c) to the free world, the “Wall of Shame” looked like a gigantic enclosure around a concentration camp.

d) it stood for almost three decades as an ugly scar symbolizing the post–World War II division of Europe into two hostile camps.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Berlin Wall EXCEPT

a) it was built after Khrushchev threatened to make a treaty with East Germany and cut off Western access to Berlin.

b) it was designed to plug the heavy population drain from West Germany to East Germany through the Berlin funnel. (correct)

c) to the free world, the “Wall of Shame” looked like a gigantic enclosure around a concentration camp.

d) it stood for almost three decades as an ugly scar symbolizing the post–World War II division of Europe into two hostile camps.

Hint: See page 975.


Question

All of the following were true of the Great Society EXCEPT

a) it was inspired by The Other America (1962), which revealed that in affluent America, 20 percent of the population—and over 40 percent of the black population—suffered in poverty.

b) it was a sweeping set of New Dealish economic and welfare measures aimed at transforming the American way of life.

c) Johnson avoided the memory of JFK in order to gain Congressional support for key elements of his program.

d) Johnson added proposals of his own to Kennedy’s tax cuts for a billion-dollar “War on Poverty.”


Answer

All of the following were true of the Great Society EXCEPT

a) it was inspired by The Other America (1962), which revealed that in affluent America, 20 percent of the population—and over 40 percent of the black population—suffered in poverty.

b) it was a sweeping set of New Dealish economic and welfare measures aimed at transforming the American way of life.

c) Johnson avoided the memory of JFK in order to gain Congressional support for key elements of his program. (correct)

d) Johnson added proposals of his own to Kennedy’s tax cuts for a billion-dollar “War on Poverty.”

Hint: See page 984.


Question

All of the following were true of the Bay of Pigs Invasion EXCEPT

a) Kennedy inherited from Eisenhower a CIA-backed scheme to topple Fidel Castro from power by invading Cuba with anticommunist exiles.

b) Kennedy stood fast in his decision to keep hands off, and the bullet-riddled band of anti-Castroites surrendered.

c) Kennedy passed the buck, refusing to assume full responsibility for the failure.

d) along with American efforts to assassinate Castro, it pushed the Cuban leader even further into the Soviet embrace.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Bay of Pigs Invasion EXCEPT

a) Kennedy inherited from Eisenhower a CIA-backed scheme to topple Fidel Castro from power by invading Cuba with anticommunist exiles.

b) Kennedy stood fast in his decision to keep hands off, and the bullet-riddled band of anti-Castroites surrendered.

c) Kennedy passed the buck, refusing to assume full responsibility for the failure. (correct)

d) along with American efforts to assassinate Castro, it pushed the Cuban leader even further into the Soviet embrace.

Hint: See page 978.


Question

All of the following were true of the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis EXCEPT

a) a disgraced Khrushchev was ultimately hounded out of the Kremlin and became an “unperson.”

b) hard-liners in Moscow, vowing never again to be humiliated in a nuclear face-off, launched an enormous program of military expansion.

c) the Soviet buildup reached a crescendo in the next decade, stimulating, in turn, a vast American effort to “catch up with the Russians.”

d) the Republicans did better than expected in the midterm elections of November 1962—allegedly because the Democrats were “Cubanized.”


Answer

All of the following were true of the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis EXCEPT

a) a disgraced Khrushchev was ultimately hounded out of the Kremlin and became an “unperson.”

b) hard-liners in Moscow, vowing never again to be humiliated in a nuclear face-off, launched an enormous program of military expansion.

c) the Soviet buildup reached a crescendo in the next decade, stimulating, in turn, a vast American effort to “catch up with the Russians.”

d) the Republicans did better than expected in the midterm elections of November 1962—allegedly because the Democrats were “Cubanized.” (correct)

Hint: See page 979.


Question

All of the following were true of the Freedom Riders EXCEPT

a) they fanned out to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers.

b) a white mob torched a Freedom Ride bus near Anniston, Alabama, in May 1961.

c) Attorney General Robert Kennedy was beaten unconscious in another anti–Freedom Ride riot in Montgomery.

d) when southern officials proved unwilling or unable to stem the violence, Washington dispatched federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Freedom Riders EXCEPT

a) they fanned out to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers.

b) a white mob torched a Freedom Ride bus near Anniston, Alabama, in May 1961.

c) Attorney General Robert Kennedy was beaten unconscious in another anti–Freedom Ride riot in Montgomery. (correct)

d) when southern officials proved unwilling or unable to stem the violence, Washington dispatched federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders.

Hint: See pages 979–980.


Question

The March on Washington was known for

a) King’s “I have a dream” speech.

b) “Bull” Connor using fire hoses and police dogs on marchers.

c) King’s letter from the jailhouse.

d) the use of Freedom riders.


Answer

The March on Washington was known for

a) King’s “I have a dream” speech. (correct)

b) “Bull” Connor using fire hoses and police dogs on marchers.

c) King’s letter from the jailhouse.

d) the use of Freedom riders.

Hint: See page 981.


Question

All of the following were true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 EXCEPT

a) Congress at last passed it after a lengthy conservative filibuster.

b) it banned racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public, including theaters, hospitals, and restaurants.

c) it strengthened the federal government’s power to end segregation in schools and other public places.

d) when conservatives tried to derail the legislation by adding a prohibition on sexual, as well as racial, discrimination, the tactic worked.


Answer

All of the following were true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 EXCEPT

a) Congress at last passed it after a lengthy conservative filibuster.

b) it banned racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public, including theaters, hospitals, and restaurants.

c) it strengthened the federal government’s power to end segregation in schools and other public places.

d) when conservatives tried to derail the legislation by adding a prohibition on sexual, as well as racial, discrimination, the tactic worked. (correct)

Hint: See page 984.

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