Modern Era TEST

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The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was: He was Catholic, He looked good during the TV debates, He was known to be the most experienced candidate, He was friendly with Fidel Castro

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He looked good during the TV debates

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Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?

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First televised presidential debate

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Johnson's domestic program was called

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Great Society

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Which of the following positions on today’s society would President LBJ likely agree? Options: If we are to achieve a Great Society we have to make progress in making sure that all Americans share in the wealth our society produces, People living in poverty should not expect any help in trying to improve their economic situation, A persons educational level is not related to their economic success, We have achieved a Great Society

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If we are to achieve a Great Society we have to make progress in making sure that all Americans share in the wealth our society produces

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Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal? Options: The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal, The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships., The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal, The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party

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The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.

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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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What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?

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Watergate

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Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

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Gerald Ford

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How did détente represent a new direction in U.S. foreign policy?

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Instead of fighting communism openly, Nixon focused on negotiations with Communist countries.

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The Camp David Accords, negotiated by President Carter, were significant because they led to -

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the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab nation