USHG - Unit 9

Which event was a CIA-sponsored invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro that failed miserably?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Alliance for Progress

• Bay of Pigs

• Marshall Plan

The creation of NASA and an increase in federal money to improve math and science in schools was a result of

• The Soviet Union launching their satellite, Sputnik
• Mao Zedong leading a communist revolution in China
• North Korea crossing the 38th parallel to invade South Korea
• Senator Joseph McCarthy announcing his list of communists in the government

The era of Joseph McCarthy was marked by what?

• An effort to reduce welfare system and decrease business regulations in the US
• The willingness to provide political asylum for political exiles
• An increase of civil equality in the United States
• The use of false accusations of communism against political opponents

Most opponents of McCarthy argued that his investigations...

• weakened the armed forces
• violated many people's Constitutional rights
• encouraged the spread of communism
• undermined the power of the President

The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

Who ruled Cuba before Castro?

• Fulgencio Batista

• Raul Castro

• José Martí

• Che Guevara

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Maddox Resolution
• USS Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Which of the following was created after the easing of tensions between the US and Soviet Union and barred testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere (1963)?

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• Atmospheric Hydrogen Bomb Test Treaty

• SALT I

• Tsar Bomba Elimination Treaty

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

• Minorities and the poor
• White, middle-class families
• Farmers and laborers
• Businessmen

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

• gave the rich too many tax breaks
• gave the federal government too much power
• paid too little attention to health care
• favored rural over urban citizens