Early Cold War & Vietnam

This amendment gained support based on the belief that people should shave the right to vote if they are old enough to -

• drive motorized vehicles

• serve as members of juries

• pay federal income taxes

• be drafted into the military

During the Korean War, what prevented the southern art of the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?

• the threat of a Soviet naval blockade

• the assistance of the Chinese military

• the use of atomic weapons on northern cities

• the involvement of UN forces under the command of the United States

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• the growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

• the expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• the implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• the rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

Which constitutional issue was debated after the release of the Pentagon Papers?

• freedom of religion

• the right to a jury trial

• freedom of the press

• the right to peaceful assembly

During the time between the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the start of the Tet Offensive, what happened in Vietnam?

• all US civilians were evacuated from Vietnam

• peace talks between South Vietnam and North Vietnam were conducted in Paris

• the US government deployed more troops to Vietnam

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in -

• the war effort of the 1940s

• the Red Scare in the 1950s

• the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s

• the political scandals in the 1970s

During the 1950s the federal government funded educational initiatives in math and science in response to -

• the development of the ENIAC computer

• the announcement of international education guidelines

• the successful launch of the first artificial satelite

• the discovery of new chemical elements

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to -

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities

• secure additional Asian trading partners

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the US military -

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from the US troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

The domino theory, which proved the basis for US entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent -

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw pact

• the loss of UNmilitary bases in Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power