50s and 60s

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Which foreign policy action by President Kennedy was intended to relieve the human suffering described in this quotation?

• creating the Peace Corps

• authorizing a naval blockade of Cuba

• meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna

• negotiating the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Which event marked the beginning of the space race with the Soviet Union?

• U-2 spy plane incident

• launch of Sputnik

• Berlin airlift

• creation of the space shuttle program

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was to

• return to noninvolvement in world affairs

• stop communist influence from spreading

• gain territories in Africa and Latin America

• overthrow existing dictatorships

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) provided congressional support for

• withdrawing from the United Nations

• expanding the Alliance for Progress

• escalating military action in Vietnam

• reestablishing trade with Cuba

A result of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was that the

• Americans with Disabilities Act was passed

• 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed

• modern environmental movement gained support

• consumer protection movement began

In the Truman Doctrine, President Harry Truman pledged to

• support Greece in its fight against communist aggression

• fight hunger in Africa and Asia

• strengthen the United States nuclear arsenal

• reject a policy of containment

A major goal of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society program was to

• increase farm production

• provide aid to developing nations in Africa

• expand the size of the military

• enact social welfare programs to end poverty

The economic programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Lyndon B. Johnson both resulted in

• increased responsibilities for the federal government

• significant reductions in state and federal spending

• federal ownership of major corporations

• reduced spending on public works projects

The United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953–1969) made several landmark decisions that

• drew criticism for supporting States rights

• weakened the power of the federal government

• strengthened the authority of the police

• increased the rights of individuals

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to

• supervise local elections

• enforce school integration

• end a bus boycott

• break up a steel strike