Chapter 09 Reading Quiz

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. 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Africa to celebrate the independence of which nation?

Ethiopia correct incorrect

Tanzania correct incorrect

Wakanda correct incorrect

Ghana correct incorrect

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. The Bandung Conference was significant for

Putting issues of race, empire, and equity before the world correct incorrect

Creating an alliance of Third World nations correct incorrect

Creating a unified voting bloc of nonaligned countries in the UN correct incorrect

Setting India on the path to developing nuclear weapons correct incorrect

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. The CIA intervened against nationalizing governments in

Guatemala correct incorrect

Zaire correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The US supported the South African government because

They agreed with the principle of apartheid correct incorrect

South Africa was staunchly anti-Communist correct incorrect

They did not favor black majority rule in African countries correct incorrect

They relied on South African exports correct incorrect

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. Postwar prosperity caused Westerners to define ‘the good life’ as

World peace correct incorrect

Freedom from fear correct incorrect

Bigger and better possessions correct incorrect

A position at the top of the hierarchy of nations correct incorrect

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. Consumer culture became a __________ for the US in the Cold War.

Weakness correct incorrect

Weapon correct incorrect

Afterthought correct incorrect

Political issue correct incorrect

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. The most dangerous moment of the nuclear era was

The Cuban missile crisis correct incorrect

The Berlin crisis correct incorrect

The death of Stalin correct incorrect

The fall of the Berlin Wall correct incorrect

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. One of the main motivating factors in Kennedy’s decision to come out against Jim Crow was

The fact that southern Democrats lacked political power correct incorrect

The fact that his political base was majority liberal correct incorrect

His innate sense of justice and fairness correct incorrect

The damage that racial violence did to the US’ international reputation correct incorrect

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. The Movement was a combination of the civil rights movement with the movements for

Peace correct incorrect

Labor correct incorrect

Religious freedom correct incorrect

Both A and B correct incorrect

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. All of Johnson’s reforms because permanent fixtures in the US except

Medicaid correct incorrect

The War on Poverty correct incorrect

The Voting Rights Act correct incorrect

Immigration Reform correct incorrect