The Turbulent Sixties Answers

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What was the focus of President Johnson’s Great Society?

advancing math and science education in schools

ending the spread of communism around the world

improving the lives of Americans who were living in poverty

reducing the taxes paid by corporations and other businesses

At the time Robert Kennedy died, he was .

running for president

serving in the US House of Representatives

serving as the attorney general

Kennedy had been very outspoken about .

the Vietnam War

the space program

the spread of communism

Both King and Kennedy died as the result of .

an airplane accident

an assassination

a military attack

When Martin Luther King Jr. died, the nation lost a leader in the .

nonviolence movement

Great Society plan

New Frontier plan

According to the video, how did civil rights leaders react to the Detroit riot?

They did not understand why people were rioting.

They encouraged the violence to continue.

They refused to comment on the riot.

They called for an end to the unrest.

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