1302 America - Study Guide

1302 America - Study Guide - Ch. 34 Lone Star College Mrs. Laura Whisler

True / False:

1. From the beginning of his presidency, Kennedy vigorously supported black civil rights. p. 1306 2. President Johnson was not as adept at handling Congress as President Kennedy had been. p. 1318 3. Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty. p. 1325 4. The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam. p. 1329 5. Congress narrowly defeated President Johnson’s request in 1964 for authorization to “take all necessary measures” to prevent further aggression in Vietnam. p. 1331

6. What was John F. Kennedy careful to conceal from the public during the 1960 campaign? p. 1301

7. How did the African American vote affect the election in 1960? p. 1303

8. Kennedy’s cabinet was dominated by what element? p. 1304

9. What were some of Kennedy’s accomplishments early in his presidency? List them. p. 1306

10. What was decided by the Warren Court in Miranda v. Arizona? p. 1306

11. The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, N. Carolina was ______. p. 1307

12. Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredity attempted to integrate ______. p. 1308

13. When Alabama governor George Wallace was ordered by federal marshals to stand aside from the doorway at the University of Alabama so the black students could enter..Wallace did what? p. 1310

14. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? p. 1312

15. In 1961, how did Khrushchev escalate tensions over Berlin? p. 1313 16. Why did the Soviets place missiles in Cuba? p. 1313 17. What was the conclusion and outcomes of the Cuban missile crisis? List them. p. 1315

18. What was Kennedy doing in South Vietnam in the early 1960’s? p. 1316

19. What happened in the Kennedy assassination? p. 1317

20. What was Johnson’s first priority on the domestic front with regard to Kennedy’s legislation? p. 1319

21. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish? p. 1319

22. Who did Johnson’s Medicare program provide medical benefits for? p. 1323

23. How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 affect voting? p. 1326

24. By 1966, black leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H.Rap Brown were proponents of what they termed ______p. 1327

25. Who was Malcolm X and what did he stand for? p. 1328

26. What were Martin Luther King. Jr.’s views on race and how things should be handled? p. 1328

27. What was Johnson’s major goal in Vietnam? p. 1329

28. What was the Tet offensive of 1968? p. 1333

29. On June 5, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed ______p. 1335