APUSH CHAPTER 37
19. Before he became Vice President and then President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson
had exercised great power as
a. Secretary of Defense.
b. Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate.
c. a wealthy Texas businessman.
d. governor of Texas.
e. Speaker of the House of Representatives. - ANS B
20. President Johnson proved to be much more successful than President Kennedy at
a. working with Congress.
b. exciting the ideals and spirit of his fellow citizens.
c. reducing America's overseas commitments.
d. gaining the admiration and support of the media.
e. appealing to America's European Allies. - ANS A
21. President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the
a. Great Crusade.
b. Fair Deal.
c. New Frontier.
d. Johnson Revolution.
e. Great Society. - ANS E
22. With the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
a. the United States declared war on Vietnam.
b. Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam.
c. the military was given the authority to use tactical nuclear weapons.
d. Congress maintained its war-declaring power.
e. the goals of American military involvement in Vietnam were clear. - ANS B
23. Voters supported Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election because of their
a. loyalty to the Kennedy legacy.
b. faith in the Great Society promises.
c. fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.
d. trust in Johnson's Vietnam policy.
e. all of the above. - ANS E
24. Lyndon Johnson channeled educational aid
a. only to public schools.
b. in smaller amounts than John Kennedy had.
, c. to public and parochial schools.
d. to little avail.
e. to higher education only. - ANS C
25. All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except
a. the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.
b. Project Head Start.
c. the Peace Corps.
d. Medicare.
e. the Office of Economic Opportunity. - ANS C
26. In the final analysis, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs
a. did no good at all.
b. actually increased the poverty rate.
c. proved that poverty could not be papered over with greenbacks.
d. won some noteworthy battles in education and health care.
e. received more money than they could effectively spend. - ANS D
27. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following except
a. creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
b. prohibiting discrimination based on gender.
c. banning sexual as well as racial discrimination.
d. banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public.
e. requiring "affirmative action" against discrimination. - ANS D
28. As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
a. fewer Asians came to the U.S.
b. the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.
c. the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.
d. sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.
e. sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. - ANS E
29. The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
c. Twenty-fourth Amendment.
d. War on Poverty.
e. Twenty-fifth Amendment. - ANS C
30. After the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the chief goal of the black civil rights
movement in the South became to
a. secure the right to vote.
b. end discrimination in housing.
c. gain equality in education.
19. Before he became Vice President and then President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson
had exercised great power as
a. Secretary of Defense.
b. Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate.
c. a wealthy Texas businessman.
d. governor of Texas.
e. Speaker of the House of Representatives. - ANS B
20. President Johnson proved to be much more successful than President Kennedy at
a. working with Congress.
b. exciting the ideals and spirit of his fellow citizens.
c. reducing America's overseas commitments.
d. gaining the admiration and support of the media.
e. appealing to America's European Allies. - ANS A
21. President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals the
a. Great Crusade.
b. Fair Deal.
c. New Frontier.
d. Johnson Revolution.
e. Great Society. - ANS E
22. With the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
a. the United States declared war on Vietnam.
b. Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam.
c. the military was given the authority to use tactical nuclear weapons.
d. Congress maintained its war-declaring power.
e. the goals of American military involvement in Vietnam were clear. - ANS B
23. Voters supported Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election because of their
a. loyalty to the Kennedy legacy.
b. faith in the Great Society promises.
c. fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.
d. trust in Johnson's Vietnam policy.
e. all of the above. - ANS E
24. Lyndon Johnson channeled educational aid
a. only to public schools.
b. in smaller amounts than John Kennedy had.
, c. to public and parochial schools.
d. to little avail.
e. to higher education only. - ANS C
25. All of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson's administration except
a. the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.
b. Project Head Start.
c. the Peace Corps.
d. Medicare.
e. the Office of Economic Opportunity. - ANS C
26. In the final analysis, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs
a. did no good at all.
b. actually increased the poverty rate.
c. proved that poverty could not be papered over with greenbacks.
d. won some noteworthy battles in education and health care.
e. received more money than they could effectively spend. - ANS D
27. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following except
a. creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
b. prohibiting discrimination based on gender.
c. banning sexual as well as racial discrimination.
d. banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public.
e. requiring "affirmative action" against discrimination. - ANS D
28. As a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
a. fewer Asians came to the U.S.
b. the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.
c. the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.
d. sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.
e. sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia. - ANS E
29. The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
c. Twenty-fourth Amendment.
d. War on Poverty.
e. Twenty-fifth Amendment. - ANS C
30. After the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the chief goal of the black civil rights
movement in the South became to
a. secure the right to vote.
b. end discrimination in housing.
c. gain equality in education.
