What were CBS-TV news anchor Walter Cronkite's intentions when he told viewers on February 27, 1968, that "we have been too often disappointed by the optimism of the American leaders, both in Vietnam and Washington, to have faith any longer in
the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds"? A) He was urging the United States to seek a negotiated peace in Vietnam since the war was a
stalemate.
B) He was advising President Johnson not to run for reelection because of the Vietnam crisis.
C) He was suggesting an escalated aerial bombing of North Vietnam to bring the war to a quick
end.
D) He was recommending that the United States instigate another military coup in South
Vietnam to stabilize and strengthen that government.
A
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A. property taxes B. climate change C. gay marriage D. illegal immigration
Warren G. Harding was
a. a serious, quiet, formal Yankee whose policies were later admired by Ronald Reagan. b. elected because he was the winning general in World War I. c. an intellectual who had difficulty dealing with Congress. d. president when the stock market crash occurred and the Great Depression started. e. a handsome, genial political hack whose administration was riddled with corruption
When Congress, in 1866, decided to base its Reconstruction plan on the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by the former Confederate states, the amendment was
a. supported by President Johnson. b. rejected by all southern legislatures except Tennessee's. c. approved by the southern states and then withdrawn by Congress. d. supported by prominent women's rights activists but received little additional support.
The Green Revolution refers to
A) the push to recycle metals and plastics to save the planet. B) the revolution of environmentalists to save the planet from ourselves. C) the push to stop the ozone layer of the earth from evaporating. D) the conservation of materials to stop depleting the earth's resources. E) a transformation in grain crop yields brought about by better seeds.