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The Alliance for Progress (1961) illustrates
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the Kennedy administration's application of the concept of nation building in Latin America through the promotion of economic development in the region.
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Which of the following is true of the young people who formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
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They were committed to the tactic of nonviolence in the civil rights movement
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In his vision of the Great Society, President Johnson believed
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that the government should work actively to improve the lives of Americans.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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outlawed discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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As a result of the War on Poverty,
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the number of elderly Americans living in poverty declined dramatically.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is particularly significant in American history for which of the following reasons?
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In enacting the resolution, Congress relinquished its war-making powers to the president.
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The Johnson administration chose to Americanize the war in Vietnam despite the fact that Democratic leaders in the Senate, some administration officials, and many of America's allies had misgivings. Why?
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The administration believed that America's credibility was at stake.
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Which of the following is most consistent with the belief expressed by Stokely Carmichael in his 1966 call for Black Power?
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To be truly free from white oppression, African Americans must elect black candidates and control their own schools and institutions
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Which of the following is true of the Port Huron Statement?
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It condemned racism, poverty, and the Cold War.
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In running for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon
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promised to end the war in Vietnam.
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