Standard 5 Review

Front

What did the GI Bill of Rights provide for veterans?

Back

Access to low-cost mortgages and free college education

Front

Which of these describes the "Arms Race?" Options: The United States and Soviet Union competing to make superior satellites, The US and Soviet Union fighting over space technology, The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons, The population boom competition between the US and Soviet Union

Back

The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons

Front

Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?

Back

It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets.

Front

What did Cesar Chavez, Chicano Movement, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) accomplish?

Back

Organized an economic boycott to improve working conditions for migrant farmers.

Front

What was the major objective of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?

Back

break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training

Front

What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?

Back

Domino Theory

Front

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism? Options: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Gulf of Maddox Resolution, USS Tonkin Resolution, Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Back

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Front

Which of the following were outcomes of the environmental movement?
Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,
creation of the Environmental Protection Agency,
increased government regulation of polluters and toxic chemicals,
all of the above

Back

all of the above

Front

How did détente represent a new direction in U.S. foreign policy?

Back

Instead of fighting communism openly, Nixon focused on negotiations with Communist countries.

Front

The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —

Back

broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion

Answer explanation

The correct choice is broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion, as Reaganomics focused on these policies to stimulate economic growth.