The Turbulent Sixties Answers

Which statement describes one of Richard Nixon’s main challenges after being elected president?

The graph shows poverty rates in the United States.Which region shows the most significant decrease in its poverty rate from 1959 to 1969?

Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedycivil rights leaders and Vietnam veteransRichard Nixon and Robert Kennedyprotestors and the police

The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. caused a turning point in 1968 because King was

One of the impacts of the protests and increased violence in the late 1960s was that

What was the purpose of the protests in the 1960s? Check all that apply.to object to police brutality against citizensto put an end to the Vietnam Warto pursue equality for African Americansto object to inequality in the citiesto have the government attack the USSR

brutality by policeGreat SocietyVietnam Warcivil rights movement

Medicare was one of the Great Society’s new programs that provided health care to

were forced to pay high taxeslived in substandard housingneeded Medicaid and Medicarewere against the Vietnam War

Many Americans criticized the Great Society because