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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the American public grow alarmed about in 1967?
(a) The cost of the war in terms of money and human lives.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Education.
(d) The rising cost of inflation.

2. In what five areas was civil rights legislation enforced?
(a) Federal parks, state parks, public buildings, airlines, and taxis.
(b) Security, commerce, research, legislation, and justice.
(c) Education, transportation, suffrage, housing, and employment.
(d) Marriage, home ownership, bus travel, shared housing, and community dining.

3. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?
(a) United States and Vietnam.
(b) United States and the Soviet Union.
(c) Cuba and the Soviet Union.
(d) Cuba and Vietnam.

4. What organization assisted in social and economic reform in Latin America and thus prevented Communist takeovers?
(a) FBI.
(b) Alliance for Progress.
(c) Treasury Department.
(d) CIA.

5. What policy did the U.S. government take in 1962-3 towards preventing the spread of Communism abroad?
(a) Sending off troops to Africa.
(b) Building a gigantic wall in Cuba.
(c) Sending aid to growing nations.
(d) Sending off troops to Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was murdered during the admittance of black students into college in Alabama?

2. Where did many migrant workers in America during the late 1960s live?

3. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?

4. Who provided the American ground troops for Vietnam?

5. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?

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