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The thin disguise of 'equal' accommodations for passengers in railroad coaches will not mislead anyone, nor atone for the wrong this day done. Justice John Harlan wrote the dissenting opinion quoted above at the conclusion of which Supreme Court case?

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  1. Dred Scott v. Sanford

  2. Plessy v. Ferguson

  3. Powell v. Alabama

  4. Sweatt v. Painter

  5. Brown v. Board of Education

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. 

It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Hawks and "doves" were nicknames given to those who supported and opposed which war?

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  1. Persian Gulf War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. War of 1812

  4. World War I

  5. Spanish-American War

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

DOVES AND HAWKS are terms applied to people based upon their views about a military conflict. A dove is someone who opposes the use of military pressure to resolve a dispute; a hawk favors entry into war. The terms came into widespread use during the Vietnam War, but their roots are much older than that conflict. The association of doves with peace is rooted in the biblical story of the Great Flood: the dove that Noah released after the rains had stopped returned with an olive branch, the symbol of peace and a sign that the waters had receded from the ground. "War hawk" was applied to advocates of war in the United States as early as 1798 when Thomas Jefferson used it to describe Federalists ready to declare war on France.

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution state?

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  1. The United States would take military action in response to a supposed Vietnamese attack on a U.S. destroyer.

  2. Vietnam would be divided politically along the 17th parallel.

  3. The United States would play an active role in an attempt to overthrow the government of Ngo Dinh Diem.

  4. The Selective Service would begin drafting men in the United States to fight in Vietnam.

  5. The U.S. Army would launch a bombing cam paign against military targets in North Vietnam.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The United States would take military action in response to a supposed Vietnamese attack on a U.S. destroyer.

The 1954 Vietnam peace negotiations in Geneva provided for all of the following except _________.

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  1. elections in 1956

  2. the elimination of a French presence in Vietnam

  3. a U.S. role in the future of Vietnam

  4. the temporary division of Vietnam into North and South

  5. political power for the Communist Party in Vietnam

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The 1954 Vietnam peace negotiations in Geneva provided for all of the following except a U.S. role in the future of Vietnam.

In 1968, President Johnson did not run for re-election because _________.

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  1. He had already served two full terms

  2. He had lost the New Hampshire primary

  3. He wanted to negotiate a peace

  4. His health was failing

  5. Eugene McCarthy came in a close second in the New Hampshire primary

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

In 1968, President Johnson did not run for re-election because Eugene McCarthy came in a close second in the New Hampshire primary.

An example of the change in U.S. policy toward Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War was best demonstrated by __________.

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  1. increased aid given to North Vietnam by George H. W. Bush

  2. trade restrictions placed on Vietnam by George W. Bush

  3. recognition of the Vietnamese government by Richard Nixon

  4. criticism of Vietnam for its human rights violations by Jimmy Carter

  5. visits and trade talks conducted by Bill Clinton with Vietnamese leaders

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

An example of the change in U.S. policy toward Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War was best demonstrated by visits and trade talks conducted by Bill Clinton with Vietnamese leaders.

Nixon's policy in Vietnam was called _________.

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  1. Rolling Thunder

  2. Vietnamization

  3. Containment

  4. Immediate withdrawal

  5. Pacification

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nixon's policy in Vietnam was called Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.

Vietnam revisionism is a belief that ____________.

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  1. Immediate peace was necessary

  2. America lost the war because of a lack of Congressional support

  3. The demonstrators lost the war

  4. The Army did not fight hard enough

  5. The Vietnamese were tougher than expected

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vietnam revisionism is a belief that America lost the war because of a lack of Congressional support.

President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared a belief in "realpolitik", which is best described as __________.

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  1. a realistic belief in the ideal of democracy over any other interests

  2. a foreign policy that puts human rights first

  3. a foreign policy patterned after that of Germany

  4. diplomacy guided by the writings of Immanuel Kant

  5. a foreign policy guided by national interests rather than ideals

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared a belief in "realpolitik", which is best described as a foreign policy guided by national interests rather than ideals.

I didn't want to believe it at first-people protest ing against us when we were putting our lives on the line for our country. The speaker of the above quotation is most likely a veteran of the _____________.

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  1. Korean War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. invasion of Afghanistan

  5. war in Iraq

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Correct Option: B