APUSH 8.8 8.9 8.10 New

Multiple Choice

The overall strategy of the US during the Cold War

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of McCarthyism?

• It was a search for Communist infiltrators in the State Department

• It mirrored the First Red Scare of the 1920s.

• It resulted in the downfall of its namesake Senator.

• It prolonged the simultaneous war in Korea.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following lead to Carter's downfall as a president?

• Stagflation

• Watergate

• Iran-Contra

• Bay of Pigs

Multiple Choice

Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions with the USSR

• Detenté

• Containment

• Domino Theory

• Brinksmanship

Multiple Choice

President of the Republic of Vietnam, had US support, eventually would be overthrown

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Viet Cong

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh

Multiple Choice

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• Kent State University

Multiple Choice

If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism

• Vietnamization

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Multiple Choice

Gave the President expansive war powers

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Multiple Choice

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

Multiple Choice

The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965

• Domino Theory

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

Multiple Choice

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State University

Multiple Choice

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

• Domino Theory

• Kent State University

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization

Multiple Choice

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State University

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a reason for the Vietnam War?

• The Domino Theory

• Containment

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Vietnamization

Multiple Choice

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

• My Lai Massacre

• Attack on Sai Pan

• Tet Offensive

• Attack on Khe Sanh

Multiple Choice

What was Johnson's legislative agenda called?

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal

• Square Deal

Multiple Choice

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
• on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
• one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

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

In the early 1960s, Malcolm X challenged the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Civil Rights movement by arguing that

• African Americans must defend themselves against racism by using violence if necessary

• nonviolent protest could succeed only when African American and White activists cooperated

• African Americans should develop economic and cultural ties with African nations

• court litigation was a more effective strategy to gain civil rights than were sit-ins or mass protest rallies

Multiple Choice

Which action of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., included his “I Have a Dream” speech and led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• The Albany Movement

• The Birmingham jail letters

• The March on Washington

• The March from Selma to Montgomery

Multiple Select

Select the nations that were directly involved in the Cold War

• United States

• Germany

• U.S.S.R.

• Great Britain

Match

Match the following

• Harry S. Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard M. Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

33rd President / Decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan / Shaped US Cold War Policy

35th President / Cuban Missile Crisis / Bay of Pigs Failure / New Frontier Foreign Policy

37th President / Vietnamization / Southern Strategy / Detente with China & USSR / Watergate

36th President / Civil Rights Act 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 / Great Society / Vietnam War

34th President / Led Allied forces in Europe during WWII / D-Day Commander / New Look Foreign Policy

• 33rd President / Decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan / Shaped US Cold War Policy

• 35th President / Cuban Missile Crisis / Bay of Pigs Failure / New Frontier Foreign Policy

• 37th President / Vietnamization / Southern Strategy / Detente with China & USSR / Watergate

• 36th President / Civil Rights Act 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 / Great Society / Vietnam War

• 34th President / Led Allied forces in Europe during WWII / D-Day Commander / New Look Foreign Policy

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Elimination of communism

• Implementation of the "Domino Theory"

• Containment of communism

• Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War II

• Assistance to British colonies in Africa

Multiple Choice

All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT

• the United States airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin

• massive economic support for western Europe through the Marshall Plan

• rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate

• unified support of the Greek monarchy in 1947

• the establishment of the defensive North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Multiple Choice

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel

• 34 parallel

• 38 parallel

• 28 parallel

Reorder

Reorder the following from 33rd-37th President of the United States

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

• Johnson

• Nixon

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

George Kennan's policy of containment was based on

• belief that the communists would win the Chinese civil war

• an understanding with Britain regarding the post-World War II German government

• a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism

• a desire to keep the Republicans from regaining the White House in the 1948 election

• a need to decrease government spending in an effort to halt inflation

Match

Match the following

• John F. Kennedy

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon Johnson

• Gerald Ford

35th President / Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile Crisis / New Frontier

39th President / Democrat from Georgia / Iran Hostage Crisis / Crisis of Confidence Speech

37th President / Republican / Vietnamization / Southern Strategy

36th President / Great Society / Gulf of Tonkin Resolution / Voting Rights Act of 1965

38th President / Republican / 1st never elected President / Pardoned Nixon

• 35th President / Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile Crisis / New Frontier

• 39th President / Democrat from Georgia / Iran Hostage Crisis / Crisis of Confidence Speech

• 37th President / Republican / Vietnamization / Southern Strategy

• 36th President / Great Society / Gulf of Tonkin Resolution / Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 38th President / Republican / 1st never elected President / Pardoned Nixon

Multiple Choice

Although the Cold War rapidly escalated with the end of World War II, the 1950s were marked by a period of "peaceful coexistence." Tensions between the Soviet Union and United States were alleviated temporarily. Which of the following reinvigorated Cold War hostilities?

• Berlin Airlift

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• U-2 Incident

• Suez Crisis

Reorder

Reorder the following from 35th-39th President

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard M. Nixon

• Gerald R. Ford

• Jimmy Carter

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

"McCarthyism" spawned a hysteria that swept over the nation during the early Cold War. Accusations of links to Communism ruined numerous people and their careers. The decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy came after his televised hearings interrogating

• the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the Army

• Edward R. Murrow

• the State Department

• the FBI

Match

Match the following Period 8 Amendments to the Constitution

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 25th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Limits President of the US to 2 terms or a total of 10 years in office

Allowed American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors

Eliminated Poll Taxes

Procedures for replacing the President or VP due to death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation

Voting age lowered from 21 to 18 years of age

• Limits President of the US to 2 terms or a total of 10 years in office

• Allowed American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors

• Eliminated Poll Taxes

• Procedures for replacing the President or VP due to death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation

• Voting age lowered from 21 to 18 years of age

Multiple Choice

Which of the following countries was not a part of the Warsaw Pact?

• Soviet Union

• Albania

• Czechoslovakia

• West Germany

• Hungary

Match

Match the following Cold War Figures

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

• George Kennan

• Barry Goldwater

• Julius Rosenberg

Former State Department official accused of being a Communist spy / convicted of perjury

Wisconsin senator / claimed list of Communists in Gov - didn't / created hysteria / demagogue

American diplomat in USSR at the end of WWII / Father of Containment Policy

Republican candidate 1964 Election / Origin of Modern Conservative Movement / Daisy Girl Ad Target

Arrested 1950 / Executed 1953 / Convicted with wife of espionage - passing atomic secrets to USSR

• Former State Department official accused of being a Communist spy / convicted of perjury

• Wisconsin senator / claimed list of Communists in Gov - didn't / created hysteria / demagogue

• American diplomat in USSR at the end of WWII / Father of Containment Policy

• Republican candidate 1964 Election / Origin of Modern Conservative Movement / Daisy Girl Ad Target

• Arrested 1950 / Executed 1953 / Convicted with wife of espionage - passing atomic secrets to USSR

Multiple Choice

The court case that ended segregation in public schools

• Brown v. Board

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Engel v. Vitale

• Tinker v. DesMoines

Multiple Choice

Which of the following countries was not part of NATO?

• France

• East Germany

• Austria

• United States

• Great Britain

Match

Match the following terms related to domestic life in Period 8

• Affluent Society

• Baby Boom

• Beat Generation / Beatniks

• Conformity

• Consumerism

1958 book - Kenneth Galbraith - analyzed US successful middle class / argued poor were afterthought

cohort of individuals born in US 1946-1964 - conditions allowed better education & job opportunities

Rebellious writers & intellectuals 1950s / rebelled against conformity / origin of counterculture

adjusting one's behavior and thinking to coincide w/group standard / 1950s suburbia

Preoccupation with purchasing material goods

• 1958 book - Kenneth Galbraith - analyzed US successful middle class / argued poor were afterthought

• cohort of individuals born in US 1946-1964 - conditions allowed better education & job opportunities

• Rebellious writers & intellectuals 1950s / rebelled against conformity / origin of counterculture

• adjusting one's behavior and thinking to coincide w/group standard / 1950s suburbia

• Preoccupation with purchasing material goods

Multiple Choice

The Allies had agreed to partition postwar Germany at the

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Tehran Conference

• Casablanca Conference

Match

Match the following foreign policy ideas from period 8

• Brinkmanship / Massive Retaliation

• Containment Policy

• Detente

• Domino Theory

• New Look Foreign Policy

practice of pushing dangerous events to the point of disaster to achieve best outcome

George Kennan / Truman Doctrine / Keep Soviet influence at bay by limiting spread / Cold War Policy

Reducing Cold War tensions / Nixon / China and USSR meetings

If one nation comes under Communist control, neighboring nations will also fall to Communism

Eisenhower / Cut back on army & navy to rely more heavily on air force & nuclear striking power

• practice of pushing dangerous events to the point of disaster to achieve best outcome

• George Kennan / Truman Doctrine / Keep Soviet influence at bay by limiting spread / Cold War Policy

• Reducing Cold War tensions / Nixon / China and USSR meetings

• If one nation comes under Communist control, neighboring nations will also fall to Communism

• Eisenhower / Cut back on army & navy to rely more heavily on air force & nuclear striking power

Multiple Choice

Alger Hiss, who was accused in 1948 of having once been a member of a secret communist cell in the government, in 1945 had

• served as an aide in the Department of Defense

• served as an aide in the State Department

• served as an aide in the U.S. Senate

• served as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives

• served as an agent in the FBI

Reorder

Reorder the following events within the Period 8 timeline, starting with the earliest

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Crisis / Berlin Wall

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Fall of Saigon

• Iran Hostage Crisis

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3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

The National Security Council’s 1950 document known as NSC-68 held that

• the U.S. must increase its defense spending

• the U.S. must maintain strong relations with the U.S.S.R.

• the U.S. exaggerated the military power of the U.S.S.R.

• the U.S. would be secure from attack by the U.S.S.R.

Match

Match the following international agreements

• Bretton Woods Conference

• Camp David Accords

• Geneva Conference

• Salt I

1944 / FDR / United Nations Monetary and Financial / in New Hampshire / World Bank created

1978 / Hosted by Carter / Peace treaty Egypt & Israel / 1st Israeli Arab Treaty

French leaving Vietnam 1954 / Division at 17th Parallel / Free Elections? / Ho Chi Minh & Diem

1972 Treaty US and USSR / Led to 2nd treaty in 1979 / limitation of missiles / slowed arms race

• 1944 / FDR / United Nations Monetary and Financial / in New Hampshire / World Bank created

• 1978 / Hosted by Carter / Peace treaty Egypt & Israel / 1st Israeli Arab Treaty

• French leaving Vietnam 1954 / Division at 17th Parallel / Free Elections? / Ho Chi Minh & Diem

• 1972 Treaty US and USSR / Led to 2nd treaty in 1979 / limitation of missiles / slowed arms race

Multiple Choice

As a result of the Marshall Plan

• the U.S. experienced an economic downturn in 1948

• the U.S.S.R. increased military engagements in Western Europe

• there was a growing effort isolate the U.S. from the rest of the world

• there was a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and Western Europe

Match

Match the following writers or artists from the 1950s

• Allen Ginsberg

• Andy Warhol

• Arthur Miller

• Jack Kerouac

• Malvina Reynolds

Leading member of Beat Movement whose writings featured existential mania for intense experience

American commercial artist famous for Campbell's Soup painting / pop-art movement founder

author of "The Crucible" - likened McCarthyism to the Salem Witch Trials

Key author of of the Beat Movement - best selling novel "On the Road" helped define Beat Movement

"Little Boxes" singer/songwriter / comment on suburbia and conformity

• Leading member of Beat Movement whose writings featured existential mania for intense experience

• American commercial artist famous for Campbell's Soup painting / pop-art movement founder

• author of "The Crucible" - likened McCarthyism to the Salem Witch Trials

• Key author of of the Beat Movement - best selling novel "On the Road" helped define Beat Movement

• "Little Boxes" singer/songwriter / comment on suburbia and conformity

Multiple Choice

An economic system that encourages citizens to own businesses and property is called

• capitalism

• communism

• socialism

• militarism

Match

Match the following authors and activists

• Betty Friedan

• Rachel Carson

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Gloria Steinem

• Benjamin Spock

wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963 - key figure and leader in 2nd Wave Feminism

wrote "Silent Spring" 1963 / environmental activist of the 60s & 70s / pesticide abuses

1970s / "New Right" activist / anti-abortion / worked to defeat Equal Rights Amendment (stop ERA)

writer / lecturer and political activist / 2nd Wave Feminism / Ms. Magazine founder

pediatrician / author of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" 1946 / Baby Boom "guide"

• wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963 - key figure and leader in 2nd Wave Feminism

• wrote "Silent Spring" 1963 / environmental activist of the 60s & 70s / pesticide abuses

• 1970s / "New Right" activist / anti-abortion / worked to defeat Equal Rights Amendment (stop ERA)

• writer / lecturer and political activist / 2nd Wave Feminism / Ms. Magazine founder

• pediatrician / author of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" 1946 / Baby Boom "guide"

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

Multiple Choice

Who built the Berlin Wall?

• Soviet Union

• East Germany

• West Germany

• China

Multiple Choice

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called

• Proxy nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Satellite nations

Multiple Choice

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

Multiple Choice

A conflict fought by two sides who are supported by two other, more powerful enemies who are involved in a larger struggle.

• proxy war

• hegemonic war

• satellite offensive

• total war

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

Multiple Choice

The spreading of ideas or beliefs to gain support for a cause is called

• totalitarianism

• arms control

• propaganda

• diplomacy