Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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All of the following existed in
the U.S.A. during both the 1920s and 1950s except
A. | restrictions on black
voters. | B. | court-ordered desegregation of schools. | C. | white violence against black
Americans. | D. | Ku Klux Klan opposition to black civil
rights. |
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A major foreign affairs
accomplishment for President Nixon was
A. | ending the Cold
War. | B. | détente with communist China. | C. | breaking the Arab oil
embargo. | D. | gaining concessions from the North
Vietnamese. |
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President Nixon's
resignation was a direct result of the:
A. | Vietnam
War. | B. | Watergate Affair. | C. | failure of détente. | D. | recognition of the People's Republic of
China. |
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Senator Joe McCarthy was
known
A. | as an extreme
anti-communist. | B. | for his strong support of civil rights. | C. | as an opponent of the Vietnam
War. | D. | as the architect of the Great Society
program. |
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In 1979, ________ underwent a
revolution which led to occupation of the country's American embassy. It caused a major crisis
of confidence in the United States.
A. | Iran | B. | Iraq | C. | Egypt | D. | Jordan |
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Throughout the Cold War, the
United States was
A. | led only by Republican
presidents. | B. | confident in the superiority of its missile and space
technology. | C. | worried about the effects of a nuclear war. | D. | led only by Democratic
presidents. |
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Lyndon Johnson's attempt
to create "The Great Society" was hindered by
A. | the cost of the Vietnam
War. | B. | cutbacks in U.S. foreign investment. | C. | commitment to the Black Civil Rights
Movement. | D. | terrorism resulting from conflict in the Middle
East. |
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