Review for Unit 7 Test

What was the purpose of the freedom rider movement?

• To end segregation in public schools across America.
• To end segregation on interstate transportation and in public places.
• To boycott busses in Montgomery.
• To end Klan activities in the deep south, especially in Alabama.

Who was the Communist leader in Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh
• Mao Zedong
  
• Deng Xiopeng
• Chang Kai-shek

Which of the following is NOT true?

• President Johnson could fight foreign aggression without Congressional approval.
• Napalm was used to kill jungles and plant life.
• Nixon immediately withdrew troops from Vietnam.
• The Pentagon Papers damaged the credibility of US policies.

Nightly news coverage of the war helped

• Johnson's poll ratings
• boost moral
• increase enlistments
• increase antiwar activities
  

Which phrase best completes this table?

• Endorsed nonviolent resistance and sit-ins
• Encouraged cooperation with local law enforcement
• Promoted community programs and self defense
• Supported political change through the court system

In 1966 Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), used the term “Black Power” at the end of a speech in Mississippi, introducing a new slogan to the civil rights movements.
How did the shift in emphasis by SNCC affect the civil rights movement?

• The mainstream civil rights organizations withheld legal assistance to student protesters.
• The SNCC leadership began to target northern cities as sites for civil rights protests.
• The leaders of mainstream civil rights organizations abandoned  nonviolence.
• The radical stance of SNCC created a division within civil rights organizations.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
—U.S. Declaration of Independence   Which event best fulfills the principles expressed in this excerpt?

• The establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913
• The Congressional passage of immigration quotas during the 1920s
• The Supreme Court decision overturning segregation during the 1950s
• he formation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970

We now stand 10 years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. . . . Despite these holocausts, America is today the strongest, the most influential, and most productive nation in the world. . . . we yet realize that America′s leadership and prestige depend not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches, and military strength but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment. . . . A vital element in keeping the peace is our Military Establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. . . . now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, 3 ½ million men and women are directly engaged in the Defense Establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. This conjunction of an immense Military Establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.President Dwight Eisenhower, “Farewell to the Nation,” January 17, 1961
According to Eisenhower’s speech, how did US involvements in war affect the national economy?

• Corporations took the control of the nation’s economy away from the government.
• The Communist Party threatened to overthrow capitalism during this period.
• Other nations surpassed the US in terms of economic prestige.
• The defense industry became a major aspect of the American economy.

Which of the following was the biggest contributing factor to President Johnson’s decision not to seek re-election to a second term?

• Opposition to the War of Poverty
• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Vietnam War
• White House Scandals

Why was the Tet Offensive a major turning point in the Vietnam War?

• It proved that the United States could win the war.
• It forced the French government to increase troop levels.
• It led to political negotiations with Ho Chi Minh’s government.
• It changed the minds of many war supporters in the United States.