M11 Inquizitive Q&A
(1,non-map)
As early as 1963, President Kennedy questioned the United States' involvement in
Vietnam. Why did both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations opt to stay in
Vietnam? - (correct answer)CORRECT:
* The Johnson administration did not want to be responsible for losing another country
to communism.
* Military advisers believed they could control internal uprisings in Vietnam.
INCORRECT:
x They believed that the conflict in Vietnam would distract and slow down the civil rights
movement in the United States.
(2,non-map)
Identify the statements that describe Freedom Summer of 1964. - (correct
answer)CORRECT:
* The most notorious act of violence during the summer occurred near Philadelphia,
Mississippi, when three college students were kidnapped and murdered.
* A coalition of civil rights groups converged on Mississippi to register African-Americans
to vote.
INCORRECT:
x It was the largest counterculture music festival in American history.
x Due to the overwhelming response by civil rights groups, incredible numbers of
minorities registered to vote, and Mississippi voted Democrat once again.
(3,non-map)
What was the significance of the Stonewall Inn riot as a source for the rights revolution
of the late 1960s? - (correct answer)* It marked the advent of gay liberation after
homosexuals at the Stonewall Inn fought back against routine police harassment.
, (4,non-map)
Identify the statements that describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964. - (correct
answer)CORRECT:
* prohibited discrimination based on sex
* prohibited racial discrimination in employment, schools, and privately owned
businesses
INCORRECT:
x allowed employers to discriminate on the basis of sex and race
x desegregated private establishments like restaurants, but still allowed discrimination in
schools and other institutions
(5,non-map)
Roe v. Wade was a controversial Supreme Court case that ended the ban on marriage
between races that had been the law since the colonial era. (T/F) - (correct answer)*
False
(6,non-map)
At the 1964 Republican National Convention, Arizona senator Barry Goldwater
delivered a speech accepting his party's nomination for president. In the brief excerpt
below, identify the passage that illustrates Goldwater's belief in a small federal
government that empowers government at the local level. - (correct answer)* Our towns
and our cities, then our counties, then our states, then our regional contacts and only
then, the national government. That, let me remind you, is the ladder of liberty, built by
decentralized power.
(7,non-map)
The counterculture was a youth movement that exposed the generation gap between
the baby boomers and their parents. What values were endorsed by the counterculture?
- (correct answer)CORRECT:
(1,non-map)
As early as 1963, President Kennedy questioned the United States' involvement in
Vietnam. Why did both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations opt to stay in
Vietnam? - (correct answer)CORRECT:
* The Johnson administration did not want to be responsible for losing another country
to communism.
* Military advisers believed they could control internal uprisings in Vietnam.
INCORRECT:
x They believed that the conflict in Vietnam would distract and slow down the civil rights
movement in the United States.
(2,non-map)
Identify the statements that describe Freedom Summer of 1964. - (correct
answer)CORRECT:
* The most notorious act of violence during the summer occurred near Philadelphia,
Mississippi, when three college students were kidnapped and murdered.
* A coalition of civil rights groups converged on Mississippi to register African-Americans
to vote.
INCORRECT:
x It was the largest counterculture music festival in American history.
x Due to the overwhelming response by civil rights groups, incredible numbers of
minorities registered to vote, and Mississippi voted Democrat once again.
(3,non-map)
What was the significance of the Stonewall Inn riot as a source for the rights revolution
of the late 1960s? - (correct answer)* It marked the advent of gay liberation after
homosexuals at the Stonewall Inn fought back against routine police harassment.
, (4,non-map)
Identify the statements that describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964. - (correct
answer)CORRECT:
* prohibited discrimination based on sex
* prohibited racial discrimination in employment, schools, and privately owned
businesses
INCORRECT:
x allowed employers to discriminate on the basis of sex and race
x desegregated private establishments like restaurants, but still allowed discrimination in
schools and other institutions
(5,non-map)
Roe v. Wade was a controversial Supreme Court case that ended the ban on marriage
between races that had been the law since the colonial era. (T/F) - (correct answer)*
False
(6,non-map)
At the 1964 Republican National Convention, Arizona senator Barry Goldwater
delivered a speech accepting his party's nomination for president. In the brief excerpt
below, identify the passage that illustrates Goldwater's belief in a small federal
government that empowers government at the local level. - (correct answer)* Our towns
and our cities, then our counties, then our states, then our regional contacts and only
then, the national government. That, let me remind you, is the ladder of liberty, built by
decentralized power.
(7,non-map)
The counterculture was a youth movement that exposed the generation gap between
the baby boomers and their parents. What values were endorsed by the counterculture?
- (correct answer)CORRECT:
