What did the slogan black power mean? How were the feelings ...

[colton]

Question 1

Nixon and Kissinger prided themselves on their __________ approach to foreign policy.
 
  A) realpolitik
  B) isolationist
  C) New Look
  D) American Values

Question 2

Describe Nixons approach to his political opponents in his first term.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

What did the slogan black power mean? How were the feelings behind the slogan expressed?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[emilymalinowski12]

Answer 1

Answer: A

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Nixon cared more about domestic politics than domestic policy.
  


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  Antiwar demonstrations reached their height during Nixons first two years in the White House.
  


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  Nixon sought to divide the silent majority from liberal Democrats and activists whom he loathed.
  


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  Early in his administration, Nixon began wielding the power of the federal government to harass his political opponents.
  


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  The president was particularly concerned about controlling secret information.
  


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  The publication of the Pentagon Papers prompted Nixon to form the Plumbers.
  

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  By the mid-1960s, many younger African Americans came to feel a need for greater independence from the white majority.
  


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  They took inspiration from Malcolm X, and began to speak of the need for black power.
  


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  The Black Panther party formed in Oakland, California, in response to police brutality.
  


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  Black power thrived primarily as a cultural movement that promoted pride in African American and African history and life.
  


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  The slogan black is beautiful captured this spirit.
  


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  Cultural black power mixed with a different kind of political black power by the late 1960s: the election of black officials.
  

[colton]

Great answer, keep it coming

[adf223]

Gracias!