Kennedy struggled to achieve a liberal domestic agenda because __________. A) his main focus was foreign policy B) northern liberals believed Kennedy was insincere C) Kennedy had no real commitment to a liberal agenda D) conservative southern Democrats in Congress blocked Kennedy’s initiatives ANSWER Answer: D
Wright Mills’s White Collar and The Power Elite both argued that __________. A) American workers had voluntarily submitted to repressive domination by a small group of leaders B) corporate workers successfully maintained their individuality in the workplace C) corporate conformity was evidence of Soviet infiltration of American society D) American business had no room for […]
What did the Beats see as the failings of American culture, and what did they propose to do about them? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: dissatisfaction with mainstream culture and society; anti-materialism; alternative music and lifestyles
The “Operation Wetback” program was launched by __________. A) Kennedy B) Johnson C) Eisenhower D) Nixon ANSWER Answer: C
When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he commented that he had __________. A) done more for civil rights than any president since Lincoln B) delivered the South to the Republican Party C) paid his debt to the blacks who had voted for him in 1964 D) signed it only to honor JFK’s […]
Which one of the following concepts was most valued by North America’s Eastern Woodland tribes around 1500? A) male dominance B) individual material acquisition C) intertribal alliances D) cooperation among tribal members ANSWER D
What was a primary motive behind Spain’s establishment of settlements in Texas, New Mexico, and California? A) to defend the area from intrusion by other European powers B) to rid the region of its Indian inhabitants C) its fear of losing control of the region to the Mexican revolutionaries D) the abundance of gold and […]
The Oregon Trail was A) the first overland trail to the Spanish Southwest. B) primarily a road for merchant trade. C) taken by religious dissenters to the Great Basin. D) the longest pioneer route to the Far West. ANSWER D
What was the highest political unit in the administrative system that governed the Spanish Empire? A) Council of the Indies B) locally-elected representative assembly C) encomienda D) audiencias ANSWER A
French claims in North America were based on the expeditions of A) John Cabot. B) Henry Hudson. C) Jacques Cartier. D) Vasco da Gama. ANSWER C