AH2 NCFE Review-- Unit 6

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Brown v. Board of Education is a significant Supreme Court decision because

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it ruled that segregation was not equal in regards to education.

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What did United States foreign policy experts mean when they talked about the 'domino theory'?

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if Vietnam fell to communism, surrounding countries would follow

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Violence erupted among students on college campuses like Kent State in response to what event?

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the U.S. invasion of Cambodia

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Which of the following MOST contributed to the failure of the Great Society? Options: the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party in 1968, the Supreme Court rulings of the Warren Court, the lack of funding due to the Vietnam War, the passage of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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the lack of funding due to the Vietnam War

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The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to remove _______ from power in _______.

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Fidel Castro; Cuba

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Powers granted by which document allowed President Johnson to escalate the conflict in Vietnam? Options: Gulf of Tonkin resolution, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 26th amendment, Pentagon Papers

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Gulf of Tonkin resolution

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Which of the following best summarizes the United States' primary reason for participating in the war in Vietnam? Options: Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh requested American military assistance, the United States was required to fight under the terms of its military alliance with Japan, American foreign policy experts believed that, without intervention, communism would spread throughout southeast Asia, the government felt obliged to protect the United States ' considerable business interests in Vietnam

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American foreign policy experts believed that, without intervention, communism would spread throughout southeast Asia

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Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring dealt with

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the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment.

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Civil rights leaders sought to win support for their goals by
establishing local grassroots organizations, getting students involved in the civil rights movement, and using the media to focus attention on the horrible conditions blacks faced.

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all of the above.

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The Pentagon Papers reaffirmed the belief that

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the government had not been honest about the Vietnam War.