- What role did the "17th Parallel" play in the Vietnam War?A) It was also known as the "Ho Chi Minh Trail." B) It marked the furthest advance north by South Vietnam. C) It marked the furthest advance south by North Vietnam. D) It divided Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
- Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam in the 1960s?A) The American people demanded the government support Vietnam. B) American businesses in Vietnam were threatened by the Communists. C) Japan was threatened militarily by the possibility of a Communist government in Vietnam. D) It feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.
- Which of these countries would have been "behind the Iron Curtain" during the Cold War?A) France B) Italy C) Poland D) Spain
- The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end whenA) the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba. B) CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs. C) the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West. D) a nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon.
- Why did the United States government place price controls on petroleum companies in the early 1970s?A) Oil companies needed more money in order to increase exploration. B) Oil executives had been criticized for spending money wastefully. C) There was an international oil embargo that caused gas prices to rise. D) People were refusing to buy gasoline because of its link to terrorist groups.
- Senator Joseph McCarthy was BEST known for his involvement inA) the Presidential election of 1960. B) the Red Scare following World War II. C) supporting the Bolsheviks after World War I. D) opposing the U.S. effort in the Vietnam War.
- In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention byA) supporting national desegregation efforts. B) almost winning multiple Presidential elections. C) falsely accusing many people of being communists. D) challenging the President's decision to use atomic weapons.
- What issue was addressed in the 1973 case, Roe V. Wade?A) abortion B) immigration C) equal rights for women D) granting the vote to 18 year-olds
- Gulf of Tonkin · Ngo Dinh Diem· Tet Offensive All of these terms are related toA) World War II. B) the Korean War. C) the Vietnam War. D) Battle of Okinawa.
- What provides the BEST evidence that the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was unconstitutional?A) President Lyndon Johnson faced impeachment proceedings because of its passage. B) It was declared unconstitutional in the landmark case C. Turner Joy v. the United States. C) College students across the nation staged "sit-in" protests to demonstrate against the resolution. D) It was replaced in 1973 by the War Powers Act, which placed limits on the president's power to wage war.
- What was Ronald Reagan's economic plan in the 1980s with regards to taxes and military spending?A) Ronald Reagan's policy favored cutting military spending to provide tax breaks to the middle class. B) Ronald Reagan focused on increasing taxes in order to increase military spending during the Cold War. C) Ronald Reagan implemented supply side economics to decrease taxes while increasing military spending. D) Ronald Reagan devoted his economic plan to balancing the budget by decreasing taxes and military spending.
- Which of these events occurred during the era of the Superpowers (the Cold War)?A) the rise of imperialism in western Europe B) free trade among the countries of North America C) attacks by Muslim extremists on the United States D) the presence of Communist governments in the Western Hemisphere
- In the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive of 1968 showed thatA) a peace settlement was close at hand. B) American forces were solidly in control of South Vietnam. C) the Vietcong could strike any major city in South Vietnam. D) the My Lai massacre was not going unnoticed by communist forces.
- Which definition BEST explains the concept of "Vietnamization"?A) a military strategy by the allied forces to bring total war to both North and South Vietnam B) a diplomatic strategy pursued by the international community to reunite North and South Vietnam C) a political strategy by the Nixon administration to transfer military responsibility from allied forces to South Vietnamese forces D) a military and political strategy of the Chinese government to seize control of Vietnam by forcing out the South Vietnamese forces
- Under which presidential administration did the national debt triple, due to a combination of tax cuts and defense spending?A) Bill Clinton B) Ronald Reagan C) Richard Nixon D) Lyndon Johnson
- Which statement describes the MAIN impact television had on the Vietnam War?A) It caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam. B) It allowed American soldiers to send messages back home to loved ones. C) It discredited the anti-war protesters by showing American military successes. D) It failed to have an impact since the news focused mainly on Civil Rights issues.
- President Nixon resigned from office in 1974 after he was informed that the Senate would impeach him, as allowed in the Constitution, for his actions in the Watergate scandal. One of the key reasons that Nixon's actions became public wasA) the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment. B) the right to confront witnesses as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. C) the limitation of judicial powers as defined in Article 3 of the Constitution. D) the prohibition against illegal search and seizure as guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.
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- The area in red in the map shown shows a southeast Asian country, whose conflict between northern communist and southern non-communist forces, led to extended U.S. involvement in the 1960's and 1970's. This country isA) Afghanistan. B) India. C) Thailand. D) Vietnam.
- ?Began a career as a film and television starServed as president of the Screen Actors GuildElected as governor of CaliforniaOrdered the National Guard to stop student protests at California This table describes the life of which of these conservative politicians?A) Bill Clinton B) Jimmy Carter C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan