Johnson justified the massive bombing of North Vietnam after the Vietcong stormed an American air base at    
 My Lai.    
 * Pleiku.   
 Laos.   
 Cam Ne.   
    

The most vocal congressional critic of Johnson's Vietnam policies was    
 * J. William Fulbright.    
 Harrison Salisbury.   
 Morley Safer.   
 George McGovern.   
    

In 1967, the largest demonstration in U.S. history took place in    
 San Francisco.    
 Berkeley.   
 * New York City.   
 Selma.   
    

The War on Poverty failed because    
 riots broke out in urban areas.   
 it only provided low-paying jobs.   
 * it did not address unequal income distribution.   
 city governments resisted change.   
    

The Kerner Commission concluded that the basic cause of the widespread racial violence of the mid-1960s was    
 criminal lawlessness.    
 campus radical agitation.   
 the Vietnam War and unequal rights.   
 * white racism.   
    

The children's crusade referred to the presidential campaign of    
 Robert Kennedy.    
 * Eugene McCarthy.   
 Hubert Humphrey.   
 Lyndon Johnson.   
    

Chicano activist Corkey Gonzeles led the    
 Alianza Federal de Mercedes.   
 La Raza Unida.   
 * Crusade for Justice.   
 National Chicano Boycott.   
    

The great increase in war protests nationwide with the tragedies at Kent State and Jackson State came about from this policy decision:    
 Operation Rolling Thunder    
 the invasion of Laos   
 the Tet Offensive   
 * the bombing of Cambodia   
    

To the surprise of his conservative supporters, Nixon supported    
 * the Family Assistance Plan.    
 civil rights.   
 the women's liberation movement.   
 NASA   
    

Which one of the following is NOT a regime that Nixon sent arms to during his administration?    
 Shah of Iran    
 Botha of South Africa   
 Marcos of Philippines   
 * Allende of Chile   
    

The carrying out of the Urban Renewal Act in the community of Uptown meant that the    
 * housing would be upgraded for middle-class families.   
 government would help end poverty in the neighborhood.   
 city would have civilian review boards to curb police harassment.   
 citizens would be federally empowered to change their lives.   
    

Part of Johnson's motivation in being involved in Vietnam is that he did not want Vietnam to be to him as this was to Truman:    
 * China and Korea    
 Eastern Europe   
 Greece and Turkey   
 Philippines   
    

The Free Speech Movement at the University of California in 1964 was created when university administrators tried to prevent students from    
 protesting the escalation of the war in Vietnam.   
 * protesting segregation and other civil rights issues.   
 joining the United Farm Workers in a strike.   
 holding "teach-ins" and "be-ins."   
    

The average age of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam was    
 17.    
 * 19.   
 21.   
 26.   
    

One of the centerpieces of President Johnson's War on Poverty was the OEO, or Office of ______ Opportunity.    
 Equal    
 Educational   
 * Economic   
 Employment   
    

The first major urban riot of 1964-1968 took place in the Watts section of    
 Newark, New Jersey.    
 * Los Angeles, California.   
 San Francisco, California.   
 Detroit, Michigan.   
    

Supporters of the women's liberation movement did NOT    
 * attract women across color and class lines.   
 protest demeaning images of women.   
 critique patriarchy.   
 establish clinics.   
    

Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched to the group it represents?    
 SDS: Students for a Democratic Society   
 GLF: Gay Liberation Front   
 * AIM: Asian Independence Movement   
 NOW: National Organization for Women   
    

"Ping-pong diplomacy" symbolized the dramatic changes Nixon made in U.S. policy toward    
 North Vietnam.    
 the Soviet Union.   
 * the People's Republic of China.   
 the Middle East crisis.   
    

The aim of the Watergate break-in was to    
 smear Daniel Elslsberg.    
 stop White House leaks.   
 solicit illegal campaign contributions.   
 * bug the Democratic national headquarters.   
    

Nixon resigned the presidency in    
 1971.    
 1972.   
 1973.   
 * 1974.   
    

Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events?     (1) the Tet offensive.     (2) invasion of Cambodia     (3) Nixon reelected     (4) Kent State and Jackson state killings    
 * 1,2,4,3    
 3,4,2,1   
 2,3,1,4   
 4,1,3,2   
    

More than 50,000 ground troops were in Vietnam by    
 1966.    
 * 1968.   
 1970.   
 1972.   
    

In 1972, President Nixon did NOT    
 visit China and the Soviet Union.   
 sign SALT.   
 order the Christmas Day bombing of Vietnam.   
 * resign from office.   
    

There were no significant antiwar protests in    
 France.    
 Australia.   
 * Norway.   
 South Africa.   
    

How many urban riots broke out in Michigan?    
 0    
 * 1   
 3   
 5   
    

All of the following Vietnamese cities had U.S. bases EXCEPT    
 Danang.    
 Nha Trang.   
 Bu Dop.   
 * Hanoi.   
    

Richard Nixon won what percentage of the electoral vote in 1968?    
 51%    
 * 56%   
 60%   
 65%   
    

Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events?     (1) the Pentagon papers were published.     (2) Vietnam Veterans Against the War was formed.     (3) the Watergate break-in occurred.     (4) Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris.    
 * 2,4,1,3    
 3,2,4,1   
 4,1,2,3   
 1,3,2,4   
    

Which one of the following does NOT happen in 1964?    
 Johnson declares a war on poverty.   
 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.   
 * Watts uprising.   
 Free speech movement begins at Berkeley.   
    

1969 marks the hightide of the counterculture    
 at University of California at Berkeley.   
 in the "Summer of Love."   
 with the Sheep's Meadow antiwar rally.   
 * at the Woodstock music festival.   
    

The Tet Offensive was launched in    
 1964.    
 * 1968.   
 1970.   
 1974.   
    

Most American campus-based protests happened in    
 * California and on the East Coast.   
 Europe and then spread to the U.S.   
 the South and Midwest.   
 the West and Great Plains.   
    

Between 1965 and 1968, all of the following states experienced urban uprisings EXCEPT    
 Oregon.    
 * Nevada.   
 Georgia.   
 Maryland.   
    

The Maddox incident occurred in    
 Hanoi.    
 the South China Sea.   
 Cambodia.   
 * the Gulf of Tonkin.   
    

In the 1960 election, George Wallace won the    
 * Deep South.    
 Northwest.   
 Midwest.   
 East.   
    

The Tonkin Resolution was the closest thing to a declaration of war in the Vietnam conflict.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Johnson refused to be open about his plans for Vietnam because he feared endangering his domestic programs.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

High school dropouts were the most likely to become soldiers in Vietnam.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The Johnson administration's battle against poverty was undermined by an unwillingness to redistribute income.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The low casualties American troops suffered in the Tet Offensive temporarily improved Johnson's approval ratings.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Hubert Humphrey won the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination even though he did not enter a single state primary.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The Black Panthers resisted police harassment to grow into a powerful organization.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

The Asian American Political Alliance was founded in 1968 at the University of California at Berkeley.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The terms of the Paris Peace Agreement that ended the Vietnam War in 1973 differed little from the settlement Nixon could have procured in 1969.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The Saturday Night Massacre referred to Nixon's firing of key aids involved in the Watergate scandal.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

The SDS's community-based urban programs disbanded because they were so successful they were no longer necessary.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

The Johnson administration's Vietnam strategy was based on the premise that continued bombing would eventually exhaust North Vietnam's resources and force it to surrender.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Student strikes were almost exclusively concerned with the ongoing Vietnam War.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

The economic boom caused by military spending benefited all American workers.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Martin Luther King lost liberal support because of his stance against the Vietnam War.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Despite the hostility against homosexuality, a handful of groups campaigned for gay rights in the 1950s.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Nixon's 1968 strategy involved drawing on mainstream hostility toward youth-based counterculture.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Nixon cultivated relations with China because he felt that it was less dangerous than the Soviet Union.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Nixon enacted a very conservative domestic agenda.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Although a Senate investigation showed that Nixon had ordered the Watergate break-in, he was never prosecuted for it.    
 * True   
 False