Humanities Homework Help

President Lyndon B. Johnson was able to get a civil rights bill through Congress that

A. addressed voting rights in the South.

B. established full citizenship for African Americans.

C. established quotas for the admission of black students to universities.

D. prohibited discrimination in public accommodations.

Why did President Nixon authorize the illegal wiretapping of his own officials and members of the press?

A. He wanted to discover who was leaking classified information to North Vietnam.

B. He sought to contain leaks about the secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969.

C. He had received a tip that a Soviet spy was in his inner circle.

D. He wanted to gather information with which he could blackmail them.

Popular television programs of the 1950s were known for

A. moral absolutes and happy endings.

B. fair depictions of African Americans.

C. realistic depictions of family life.

D. appealing primarily to children.