Unit 8-9 Quiz

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution issued by Congress on August 7, 1964, was instrumental in increasing U.S. activity in

• egypt

• korea

• vietnam

The incident at Kent State in 1970 is an example of students protesting against

• vietnam war

• joseph mccarthy

• integration of schools

Cell phones and the Internet have both had the effect of

• making the world a "smaller" place by increasing communication speeds.

• reducing trade barriers between nations.

Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

• containment

• appeasement

• indifference

The decision in Brown v. Board of Education addressed the issue of

• voting rights

• segregation

• school funding

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

• aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

• set up a military alliance of anti communist nations.

• end the rift between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Civil Rights Act passed by Congress in 1964 sought to end the series of laws in the south known as

• Habeas Corpus.

• Jim Crow laws.

• Affirmative Action.

The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrated the

• divisive nature of the war in Vietnam.

• power of television’s influence in American politics.

• importance of having a free and independent press.

In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention by

• almost winning multiple Presidential elections.

• falsely accusing many people of being communists.

• supporting national desegregation efforts.

For the first time in 16 years, the Presidential Election of 1992 saw

• a Democrat win the election.

• a woman was a candidate for Vice-President.