Question

Which statement highlights the greatest impact John F. Kennedy’s assassination had on the US?

Question 1 options:

the assassination of Kennedy prompted the creation of the Secret Service to protect future presidents from assassination attempts

the assassination of Kennedy ended the Civil Rights movement

his assassination led to the US retaliating by assassinating Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1971 which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

Lyndon Johnson convinced Congress that passing Kennedy’s political agenda of civil rights legislation would honor his death

Answer 1

@Arcadiouse

Answer 2

@JustSaiyan

Answer 3

@Arcadiouse

Answer 4

The secret service already existed, C didn't happen, his death didnt end the civil rightds movement, so i would assume D.

Answer 5

What was the purpose of Johnson’s Great Society?

Question 2 options:

begin a war on drugs


repeal all parts of FDRs New Deal


spread democratic ideals throughout the world and eliminate communism


fix the widespread issue of poverty through government programs and policies

Answer 6

Thanks

Answer 7

D.

Answer 8

Thanks, I'll just post all of it so as not to keep you here for a while.
What impact did television have on the first presidential debate between Nixon and Kennedy?

Question 3 options:

both candidates struggle to get their message out and voters decided to elect a third part candidate


television proved that image mattered because viewers believed Kennedy won, while radio listeners believed Nixon won


President Nixon was the younger candidate and his youthful appearance caused TV viewers to feel that he was too young and inexperienced to be president.


all future presidential debates were aired only on the radio to emphasize the point that looks don’t matter

Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved
Which statement is true of the United Farm Workers (UFW) organization?

Question 4 options:

all of these


used nonviolent tactics to achieve better pay and working conditions for Hispanics


Cesar Chavez was a primary leader


based around local California farm communities

Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved
Which of the following is the most likely effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 5 options:

ended racial segregation in public places


segregating public schools


granting women the right to vote


granting African Americans the right to vote

Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved
Which statement shows the outcome of the US discovering Soviet missile sites in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)?

Question 6 options:

US naval blockade led to agreement with Soviet withdraw of missiles in Cuba and US missile withdraw in Turkey


The US launched a non-nuclear attack on Havana, Cuba and forced Cuba to remove the Soviet missiles


The Soviets were able to build multiple missile sites and keep nuclear weapons pointed at the US until the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s


The Soviets agreed to keep the missiles in Cuba and in exchange allowed the US to inspect weapons facilities in Moscow

Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved
What effect did Robert Kennedy’s assassination have on US politics in 1968?

Question 7 options:

Ted Kennedy was forced to take Robert’s place as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party


Kennedy’s death left the Democratic Party with no clear Presidential nominee causing chaos at the Democratic Convention


Truman came out of retirement to represent the Democratic party


Barry Goldwater was now the clear cut nominee to take Robert Kennedy’s position as Democratic Nominee

Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved
How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution impact the Vietnam War?

Question 8 options:

increased involvement because it allowed the US President to make military actions, like increase troops, without formal declaration of war


the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution drastically shortened the Vietnam War


the total number of US troops in Vietnam went down because Congress now had to authorize sending more troops, and Congress was hesitant to send more troops


all of these

Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved
How did the Tet Offensive impact the Vietnam War?

Question 9 options:

it ultimately ended the war in 1968


it showed Americans that the war was not actually close to ending based on strong communist attacks in South Vietnam


it encouraged the US because it showed that the North Vietnamese could not mount any sort of offensive campaign in South Vietnam


it caused General Westmoreland to resign in 1969

Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved
Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?

Question 10 options:

following the US foreign policy of containment and the domino theory


the Chinese invaded North Vietnam and the US was concerned that it violated North Vietnam’s sovereignty


all of these


the US signed a treaty with North Vietnam that required them to come to their defense when they were invaded

Question 11 (1 point) Question 11 Unsaved
Which statement best shows the influence the television had on the space race?

Question 11 options:

seeing US astronauts planting the US flag on the moon symbolized a US victory


the US television stations refused to show any part of the space race after the Soviets got Sputnik in to orbit


people were uninterested in watching the lunar landings on TV


the USSR was the only nation to ever send back video from the surface of the moon in 1973

Question 12 (1 point) Question 12 Unsaved
Which of the following is NOT true of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?

Question 12 options:

coordinated the Freedom Rides to test federal laws that outlawed discrimination


helped organize the March on Washington


staged sit-ins across the South to end segregation


united over the Black Power Movement

Question 13 (1 point) Question 13 Unsaved
Why did the US want to overthrow Fidel Castro when he took control of Cuba?

Question 13 options:

Castro would not allow the US to place missile defense system in Cuba


Castro was a fugitive from justice in the US


because he was a Communist dictator


Castro wanted to annex Miami as part of Cuba

Question 14 (1 point) Question 14 Unsaved
How did television impact the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War?

Question 14 options:

people refused to believe what they were seeing on TV


when people saw what was happening in Vietnam, they began to support the war and press for increased troop levels in Vietnam


seeing events and increased awareness could change public opinion on major issues


the Civil Rights Movement was not impacted by television

Question 15 (1 point) Question 15 Unsaved
Why did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 increase turnout of Black voters in the US?

Question 15 options:

forced at least 1/3 of the Black community to vote or else they would be arrested


it mandated that at least one Black candidate be represented in every election


banned discriminatory voting restrictions


all of these

Question 16 (1 point) Question 16 Unsaved
Which statement describes the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

Question 16 options:

significant Civil Rights organization led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


all of these


used several non-violent tactics to end segregation


helped Blacks register to vote

Question 17 (1 point) Question 17 Unsaved
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech hoped for a future world where all races lived peacefully and

Question 17 options:

it put pressure on the African-American community to commit violent acts against their oppressors


it helped gain support for civil rights legislation


it angered many Asian-Americans who felt that MLK did not want to include them in his vision


it united White people against the Civil Rights Movement

Question 18 (1 point) Question 18 Unsaved
What effect did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination have on US society in 1968?

Question 18 options:

his assassination encouraged Rosa Parks to refuse to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery


King’s death further encouraged Black Power movement support and riots


the Supreme Court of the US realized that racial tensions were running high and attempted to ease tensions by integrating US schools with the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision


the Civil Rights movement died with MLK’s assassination

Question 19 (1 point) Question 19 Unsaved
What describes the best reason for Richard Nixon’s victory in the presidential election of 1968?

Question 19 options:

all of these


President Nixon campaigned on starting a war on drugs and this was a very popular position during the late 1960s


President Nixon promised to increase the US troop level in Vietnam


Chaos and violence associated with the Democratic party convention led Americans to elect a member of the Republican party

Question 20 (1 point) Question 20 Unsaved
Which statement shows the most likely reason the Bay of Pigs failed?

Question 20 options:

President Kennedy did not supply US air support


The USSR supported the Bay of Pigs


The FBI had not properly prepared the forces on the ground


The US did not have a complete naval blockade of Cuba

Question 21 (1 point) Question 21 Unsaved
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement and wrote the letter from the Birmingham jail

Question 21 options:

defending his nonviolent protests to end racism


all of these


praising the local clergy’s protests to end racism


changing his methods to wait for the culture to end racism

Answer 9

@JustSaiyan