JFK, LBJ, Nixon & Carter Test

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What genre of music became the loud voice of the Counterculture Movement? Options: Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll, Gospel, Rhythm & Blues

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Rock 'n' Roll

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LBJ's Great Society failed because the U.S. Government was forced to redirect funds to:

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Vietnam War

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President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

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ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

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This theory was a reason that we became involved in the Vietnam War.

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The Domino Theory

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Which of the following was the primary reason for the trends in public confidence from 1973 to 1976?
The normalization of relations with China,
The explosion aboard Apollo 13,
The Watergate scandal,
The nuclear-power accident at Three Mile Island

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The Watergate scandal

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Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974? Options: He had an affair with an intern, He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973, He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union, He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

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He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

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After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?

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The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist.

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Nixon's policy of lightening the tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

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Detente

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In response to a claimed attack on two U.S. ships near Vietnam, Congress passed the _____________________, which gave the president power to do whatever was necessary in Vietnam

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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This US President inherits a bad economy (stagflation), ineffectively deals with the Iran Hostage Crisis and returns the Panama Canal to Panama.

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Jimmy Carter