SSUSH20-23: Post WWII

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution issued by Congress on August 7, 1964, was instrumental in increasing U.S. activity in

• Cambodia

• Egypt

• Korea

• Vietnam

The so-called "Truman Doctrine" was specifically designed to aid

• people who were in poverty.

• states trying to integrate public schools

• countries trying to resist the spread of Communism.

• countries helping the United States in the Vietnam War

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to

• prevent another world war

• create free trade between all nations.

• limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.

• provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression

Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

• appeasement

• containment

• elimination

• indifference

Which group was created during the Cold War to unify all of the member countries against communist aggression?

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The decision in Brown v. Board of Education addressed the issue of

• segregation

• voting rights

• school funding

• Affirmative Action

This editorial cartoon MOST likely refers to

• the Voting Rights Act.

• Plessy v. Ferguson.

• the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

• Brown v. Board of Education.

The photograph above was taken in 1963 immediately after

• the resignation of President Nixon.

• the assassination of President Kennedy

• President Johnson resigned the Presidency

• President Johnson’s successful re-election victory.

The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrated the

• divisive nature of the war in Vietnam.

• importance of having a free and independent press.

• power of television’s influence in American politics.

• importance of candidates knowing their facts in a debate forum.

The United States involved itself in Vietnam in the 1960s because

• the American people demanded the government support Vietnam.

• American businesses in Vietnam were threatened by the Communists

• it had been a staging area for the resupply of North Korean troops in the Korean War.

• it feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.