CRM 3.5 - Review

What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?

• HUD and CPB
• VISTA and Job Corps
• NEA and SeniorCare
• Medicare and Medicaid

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

What was one result of the Great Society?

• Poverty was eliminated in the United States.

• the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.

• President Johnson's popularity plummeted.

• The federal government shrank considerably.

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Detente

Johnson's domestic program was called

• New Deal
• Square Deal
• Welfare
• Great Society

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

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
• on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
• one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Which statement regarding Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency is best supported by the information in this cartoon?

• Domestic programs had been the main priority in previous budgets.

• Domestic programs were eliminated during the 1960s.

• Military spending had negatively affected domestic programs.

• Military spending was completely eliminated to fund domestic programs.