USH Quiz: Great Society

Roe v Wade

• ended segregation in public life

• limited the war powers of the President

• established the need for an environmental protection agency

• made abortion legal in all 50 states

What major engagement during the Vietnam war seemed to break American political and social resolve in the war?

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State Incident

• March on Washington

• Fall of Saigon

Who's death in the middle of his presidential primary campaign strengthened many's sense of dread at the direction America was headed?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

Who was the first US president to visit Communist China?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

What is detente?

• a growing climate of anti-Americanism during the late 1960's and 1970's

• a growing resolve to stand firm against Communism and Soviet Union

• the belief that the US should deescalated the Cold War and accept coexistence with the Soviet Union

• a lack of trust in the US government

Which are true about "Vietnamization"?

• It was led by Lyndon Johnson

• It aimed to hand over the fighting in Vietnam to Vietnamese soldiers.

• It signaled a renewed American support for the Vietnam war

• It led to losing the war due to lack of US military support

Which Supreme Court justice led a court that sought new powers and influence in American Society?

• Earl Warren

• John Jay

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Clarence Thomas

Which of the following were the most prominent leaders and participants in the anti-war movement against Vietnam?

• Native Americans

• College Students

• African Americans

• Soldiers

What conflict challenged US confidence during the Cold War almost caused them to surrender?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Bombing of Japan

In what year was President Kennedy shot and killed?

• 1973

• 1950

• 1963

• 1968