The Voting Rights Act of 1965 did not end discrimination but what did it do?
A. It increased cultural segregation of neighborhoods in the North.
B. It removed obstacles like literacy tests for African Americans voting in the South.
C. It increased racial inequality in public representation of elected officials.
D. It decreased voter fraud in national elections by enforcing identification checks.
B. It removed obstacles like literacy tests for African Americans voting in the South.
Which of the following led to Richard Nixon’s resignation from office?
A. He turned over the Vietnam war to South Vietnam.
B. He was too friendly with Soviet Union leadership.
C. He refused to hand over the Watergate tapes.
D. He instituted an unpopular oil embargo.
C. He refused to hand over the Watergate tapes.
Which method of protest and fighting did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe to be the most effective in gaining civil rights?
A. civil disobedience of unjust laws
B. large mobs used for intimidation of whites
C. violent confrontations between small groups of people
D. voluntary separation of all blacks and whites
A. civil disobedience of unjust laws
“…[The} military options moved further toward a much larger strike which would very likely have to be accompanied by a land and sea invasion… Almost certainly [an invasion of Cuba] would have led to a Soviet military response somewhere in the world. Now before I leave this question, let me go back and say there was one other military alternative which was considered at the time, and that was a quarantine [blockade], and that of course is what the President decided on. It was believed that this would be seen by Khrushchev not in a sense as a military action, but as a message. It was meant to convey the President’s determination to see those weapons removed…” - Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, interview 1998
Use the passage to answer the question.
Based on the quote, what can best be inferred about why the United States felt it needed to take the action McNamara mentions, as a response to the placement of weapons in Cuba?
A. The threat of an attack on U.S. soil was imminent based on Cuba’s close proximity.
B. The president wanted to send a clear message to the Soviet government.
C. The U.S. government wanted to easily take over nuclear missile operations in Cuba.
D. The Secretary of Defense wanted to prevent the Soviet invasion of Cuba.
B. The president wanted to send a clear message to the Soviet government.
Evaluate the pros and cons of the Great Society. Did the program achieve its goals?
(Please be detailed but make it short, make it sound like a 13 year old wrote it)