Kennedy Was Often Cautious and Frustrated in Advancing Social Reform

question 71

Multiple Choice

Kennedy was often cautious and frustrated in advancing social reform and civil rights legislation because

• A) he was looking forward to winning a much larger mandate in the election of 1964.
• B) the civil rights movement's militant demands undercut public support for moderate reform.
• C) his own vice president, Lyndon Johnson, lobbied against the legislation behind his back.
• D) conservative southern Democrats controlled key Congressional committees.
• E) Republican majorities in the Senate blocked his legislative proposals.

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