AMH2020 Chapter 25 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
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AMH2020 Chapter 25
AMH2020 Chapter 25 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
The 1960 sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina: - Answers a. sparked similar successful demonstrations throughout the South.
In addition to sit-ins, other forms of direct action: - Answers e.B and C
The Freedom Rides of 1961 trav...
AMH2020 Chapter 25 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
The 1960 sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina: - Answers a. sparked similar successful demonstrations
throughout the South.
In addition to sit-ins, other forms of direct action: - Answers e.B and C
The Freedom Rides of 1961 traveled through which of the following states? - Answers d.Alabama and
Mississippi.
Why did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities
NOT try more deliberately to avoid arrest? - Answers d.The very point of the protests was to illustrate
the punitive nature of southern Jim Crow justice.
How could Birmingham police chief Eugene Connor have undermined Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy in
Birmingham in May 1963? - Answers d.He could have allowed the protesters to march unimpeded.
The 1963 March on Washington: - Answers e.was a high point in black and white cooperation.
To combat communism, one of John Kennedy's first acts was to: - Answers e.establish the Peace Corps.
What did President John F. Kennedy have in common with his predecessor Dwight D. Eisenhower? -
Answers d.Both tended to view the entire world through the lens of the Cold War.
During the Bay of Pigs invasion: - Answers a.the CIA failed in its mission.
The Berlin Wall: - Answers c.was erected in 1961 by the Soviets to stem the rising tide of emigration
from East Berlin to West Berlin.
Which of the following was NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis? - Answers a.The crisis was part of a
dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union after a U.S. Navy vessel carrying nuclear
warheads was intercepted off the coast of Turkey.
Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F. Kennedy: - Answers c.was reluctant to address the
movement's demands until 1963.
What event forced John F. Kennedy to take meaningful action in support of the civil rights movement? -
Answers c.King's demonstrations in Birmingham.
Why did John F. Kennedy consider civil rights a moral crisis for the nation? - Answers d.He found racial
discrimination incompatible with the United States' claim for leadership of the free world.
What set President Lyndon Baines Johnson apart from his predecessor, John F. Kennedy? - Answers d.He
knew the meaning of poverty and racial injustice from his own life experiences.
The Civil Rights Act: - Answers b.was seen by Lyndon Johnson as "a fitting memorial" to John F. Kennedy,
after his assassination.
, What was the purpose of Freedom Summer? - Answers e.B and C
During Freedom Summer: - Answers d.a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration
drive in Mississippi.
Why did the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) emerge at the Democratic Party convention
in Atlantic City in 1964? - Answers d.The MFDP challenged the state's Democratic Party's claim that it
represented Mississippi fairly.
Republican Barry Goldwater viewed as a threat to freedom: - Answers a. the New Deal welfare state.
Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign emphasized: - Answers c.a reduction in governmental regulations.
Barry Goldwater's conservative movement: - Answers c.was strongly embraced by the Young Americans
for Freedom.
Which of the following organizations does NOT belong in this group? - Answers b.YAF.
What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show? - Answers d.The civil
rights movement had redrawn the political map and opened the South to the Republican Party.
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the 1965 Voting Rights Act? - Answers b.It
upheld the right of county officials to oversee black voter registration in cases where provided for by
local statute.
The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT it: - Answers c.was forced through Congress
in response to increasing numbers of Vietnamese refugees.
On what grounds could foreign nationals apply for immigrant status in the United States after 1965? -
Answers d.Their family ties to U.S. citizens or other immigrants.
The Great Society: - Answers e.A and B
The War on Poverty: - Answers c.concentrated on equipping the poor with skills and rebuilding their
spirit and motivation.
Which of the following statements best describes the legacy of the War on Poverty? - Answers d.It
helped significantly reduce America's incidence of poverty.
Why are the riots in American cities during the 1960s best understood as battles? - Answers c.Urban
blacks saw the predominantly white police force as an occupying army.
All of the following were part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chicago Freedom Movement platform EXCEPT: -
Answers d.voter registration of black citizens.
Malcolm X: - Answers c.insisted that blacks have economic and political autonomy.
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