American History: Unit 8 - Foreign & Domestic Conflict from '45-75

Question 1

Significant event in turning American public opinion against involvement in Vietnam

Accepted Answer

The 1968 Tet Offensive

Question 2

Kennedy's failure to overthrow communist leader Fidel Castro by training & using Cuban exiles:

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 3

Cold War policy of providing economic & military aid to European countries (Greece & Turkey) vulnerable to communism

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine (Turkey & Greece) - part of Marshall Plan for all Europe

Question 4

Idea behind the need for the 26th Amendment

Accepted Answer

A person old enough to fight is old enough to vote

Question 5

Which presidential election highlighted the influence of the media to gain support for candidates based on their image?

Accepted Answer

Election of 1960

Question 6

Economic situation of the 1970s

Accepted Answer

Stagflation

Question 7

All of the following were impacts of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Many women chose to divorce their husbands and earn college degrees

Question 8

During the Cold War, both the USSR and the U.S. considered which of the following to be the most important issue?

Accepted Answer

Mutually Assured Destruction through nuclear weapons

Question 9

All of the following are true of the Watergate Scandal EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Nixon wasn't on tape having anything to do with the Watergate break in

Question 10

The Beat Movement and rock &#x27;n&#x27; roll were

Accepted Answer

Ways people could "counterculture" the mainstream

Question 11

The purpose of the War Powers Act was to ensure the president wouldn&#x27;t ___________.

Accepted Answer

Have total control over the military during armed conflict

Question 12

The launch of Sputnik I & II satellites by Soviets led to the creation of NASA and

Accepted Answer

Caused a "Space Race"

Question 13

What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift?

Accepted Answer

America proved that democracy saved those affected by Stalin's blockade

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT contributing factor to the economic decline in the late 70s?

Accepted Answer

Low unemployment

Question 15

Televised images from the March to Montgomery like the one you see pictured caused which of the following to be passed?

Accepted Answer

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 16

Wrote "The Long Telegram", later published in a magazine and began the policy of "Containment"

Accepted Answer

George Kennan

Question 17

Truman's expansion of FDR's New Deal programs+urban housing improvements+Civil Rights legislation, etc.

Accepted Answer

"Fair Deal"

Question 18

The idea that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism others in the area would also

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 19

Which of the following factors caused the suburban "white flight" you see pictured in the image?

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower's Interstate Highway Act & increased car ownership

Question 20

The G.I. Bill provided veterans all of the following opportunities for their service in WWII EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Guaranteed job placement

Question 21

A new political party emerged out of resistance to Truman's Civil Rights achievements:

Accepted Answer

Dixiecrats

Question 22

Which president forced desegregation of Little Rock Central High despite Governor Faubus denying entry to black students

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower

Question 23

All of the following presidents are correctly paired with their Cold War policies EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Truman - Brinkmanship

Question 24

By the late 1960s, Civil Rights leaders such as Malcolm X, Dr. MLK Jr., and Stokely Carmichael

Accepted Answer

Had believed in different approaches to gain equal rights

Question 25

Confirmed that the government had not been honest with Americans about how long we'd been involved in Vietnam

Accepted Answer

Pentagon Papers

Question 26

Which of the following Civil Rights Movement protests succeeded in showing that black Americans were economically vital?

Accepted Answer

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 27

Eisenhower issued a farewell address in which he warned about which of the following issues? (see quote in image)

Accepted Answer

The Military-Industrial Complex

Question 28

Eastern European countries near the Soviet Union & politically influenced by them

Accepted Answer

Satellite States

Question 29

Result of scandals such as the Pentagon Papers, My Lai, and the secret bombings of Laos & Cambodia

Accepted Answer

America's mistrust in government and voter apathy

Question 30

JFK considered the Cuban Missile Crisis the most dangerous Cold War event - how was it resolved?

Accepted Answer

Soviet missiles being removed from Cuba & U.S. missiles removed from Turkey

Question 31

Which Civil Rights organization represented families in their Supreme Court appeal over segregation in public schools?

Accepted Answer

NAACP

Question 32

Eisenhower proposed an "open skies" policy to Khrushchev, he refused, leading to which embarrassing U.S. event?

Accepted Answer

The U-2 Spy Plane Incident

Question 33

Created to provide equal funding & support to ALL children in public schools

Accepted Answer

Title IX

Question 34

All of the following were programs of Johnson&#x27;s Great Society EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Peace Corps

Question 35

The 1st strategy used by LBJ in Vietnam to minimize "boots on the ground" and destroy supply lines to the Vietcong

Accepted Answer

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 36

The significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Accepted Answer

Authorized the president exclusive use of force in Vietnam

Question 37

College initiated, student-led organization known for their "sit ins" at segregated lunch counters in the South

Accepted Answer

SNCC

American History: Unit 8 - Foreign & Domestic Conflict from '45-75

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American History: Unit 8 - Foreign & Domestic Conflict from '45-75

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