The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 29: Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

Study Questions

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1			Describe John F. Kennedy's background and his plans for domestic legislation. How did Congress react to his New Frontier?
2			What did the Great Society accomplish?
3			What events prompted passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 (Voting Rights Act)?
4			Describe the race riots of 1964 to 1967. What response did the Commission on Civil Disorder suggest? What response did many white Americans prefer?
5			What did "black power" mean? What impact did it have on the civil rights movement and on the attitudes of American blacks in general?
6			How did John F. Kennedy's approach to foreign policy contrast with Eisenhower's? What specific programs illustrated that difference?
7			Recount the stages of Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War up to 1967. Why did the conflict become a "quagmire"?
8			Describe the war protest movement. How did it move from the streets into Congress and the administration?
9			How did involvement in Vietnam affect the American economy and the Great Society?
10			Why was 1968 such a tumultuous year around much of the world as well as in the United States?

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