Cold War Domestic Policies

Which WWII military hero became the 34th President of the United States and signed the Interstate Highway Act?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George Patton

• Lyndon Johnson

What was the name of the government agency created in 1970 to protect Americans' health and the natural environment by setting and enforcing pollution standards?

• Green Peace

• Sierra Club

• The Nature Conservancy

• Environmental Protection Agency

What was the name of the economic extension of the New Deal that was proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment?

• Fair Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• New Federalism

Which of the following did the GI Bill help veterans be able to do? (Check all that apply)

• buy homes

• pay for college

• pay for job training

What was the collective name of Lyndon Johnson's domestic policies that included Medicare, Medicaid, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education?

• New Frontier

• New Federalism

• Great Society

• Fair Deal

Who was the 33rd President of the United States who made the decisions to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII, 1st adopted the containment policy and tried to implement his Fair Deal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Harry Truman

What was the name of the legislation that was signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and built a series of highways to connect major cities around the U.S.?

• Interstate Highway Act

• Autobahn Act

• Route 66 Act

• National Transportation Safety Act

Who was the nightclub owner who assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963?

• John Hinckley Jr.

• Sirhan Sirhan

• Jack Ruby

• John Wilkes Booth

Who was the 39th President of the United States who created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education?

• Jimmy Carter

• Rongald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

Who was the 35th President of the United States, who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, hoped to enact his domestic policies known as the New Frontier, and was assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan