BYU Hist 043 Final exam questions with answers

BYU Hist 043 Final exam questions
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Why did Lyndon B. Johnson become president of the United
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States for the first time?
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|\ He was sworn in as president after Kennedy was assassinated.
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|\ He won the electoral vote but not the popular vote.
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|\ He was sworn in as president after Nixon was impeached.
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American voters elected him president. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔He was sworn in as president after Kennedy was assassinated.
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What civil rights demonstration in 1963 brought together over
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two hundred thousand supporters who rallied to encourage
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Congress to end discrimination and help the poor?
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|\ sit-in at Raleigh, North Carolina
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|\ freedom ride to Montgomery, Alabama |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Montgomery Bus Boycott |\ |\




March on Washington - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔March on
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Washington


Which list of presidents is in correct chronological order?
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|\ Nixon, Kennedy, Eisenhower, George W. Bush, Clinton
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|\ Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, George W. Bush |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,|\ Kennedy, Eisenhower, Clinton, Nixon, George W. Bush
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Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Clinton, George W. Bush - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, George W.
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Bush


What did John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy, and
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Martin Luther King, Jr., have in common?
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|\ They were all assassinated.
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|\ They all ran for president of the United States.
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|\ They all supported the idea of nonviolence during the civil rights
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They all lived during the 1970s. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They
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were all assassinated.
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Which of the following was not part of the lifestyle change that
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took place during the 1950s and 1960s?
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|\ gathering as families around the radio after dinner
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|\ listening to rock and roll music |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ watching television in the home |\ |\ |\ |\




experimenting with illegal drugs - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔gathering as families around the radio after dinner |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What organization was established in 1994 to reduce trade
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barriers between the United States, Mexico, and Canada?
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|\ Twenty-fourth Amendment |\

,|\ NAACP
|\ SCLC
|\ NAFTA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NAFTA
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Which event did not take place during the 1970s to improve the
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environment?
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|\ Celebration of Earth Day |\ |\ |\




|\ Creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps
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|\ The Alaska Native Settlement Act was signed
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Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps
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Which action was not taken by George W. Bush to fight the war
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on terrorism?
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|\ Troops were sent into Iraq with the help of allied countries.
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|\ He created the Department of Homeland Security.
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|\ He raised federal taxes.
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Troops were sent into Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He raised federal taxes. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What device had an impact on the presidential election between
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
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|\ television
|\ radio

, |\ computer
|\ cell phone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔television
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Which of the following was not a factor in the baby boom after
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World War II? |\ |\


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|\ American prosperity |\




|\ better health care |\ |\




|\ many families were reunited after the Depression and World War
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invention of the television - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔invention of
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the television
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Which historical events are in the correct chronological order?
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, Woodstock,
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Watergate Affair |\




|\ Montgomery Bus Boycott, Woodstock, Watergate Affair, March on
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March on Washington, Watergate Affair, Montgomery Bus
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Boycott, Woodstock |\




March on Washington, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Woodstock,
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Watergate Affair - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Montgomery Bus
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Boycott, March on Washington, Woodstock, Watergate Affair
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Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
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