Kennedy and Johnson Years

Match

Match the following Cold War vocab words to the correct definition

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

Gave aid to nations after WW2 so they would not fall to communism

US would provide financial and military aid to any democratic nation falling to communism

U.S. would stop the spread of communism. BUT NOT overthrow already existing communist nations

• Gave aid to nations after WW2 so they would not fall to communism

• US would provide financial and military aid to any democratic nation falling to communism

• U.S. would stop the spread of communism. BUT NOT overthrow already existing communist nations

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the country in white on the map?

• United States

• Cuba

• Colombia

• Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

What was a major consequence of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• The invasion was a military blunder

• Cuba joined NATO

• Cuba became a democratic country

• Fidel Castro was overthrown

Multiple Choice

President John F. Kennedy attempted to deal with the situation shown in the map above by

• Bombing all the missile sites simultaneously

• Imposing a Naval blockade to isolate Cuba from the Soviet Union

• Allowing the Soviet Union to keep some missles in Cuba if the remainder were removed

• Landing an invasion force on the Cuban mainland

Multiple Choice

What does MLK believe about breaking the law?

• Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.

• Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.

• If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.

• Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?

• The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal
• The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.
• The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal
• The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party

Multiple Choice

What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Battle Of Midway
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Multiple Choice

This congressional resolution provided justification for:

• William Howard Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy

• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• Lyndon Johnson’s Involvement in Vietnam

• Ronald Reagan’s invasion of Grenada

Multiple Choice

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

Multiple Choice

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Maddox Resolution
• USS Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Multiple Choice

I. _______________

A. Kennedy/Nixon Debates

B. Civil Rights Movement

C. Moon Landing

D. Vietnam War

According to the outline above, which major invention had the most significant impact on the events listed in the outline?

• Radio

• Movies

• Television

• Internet