US History Unit 9 EOC Review

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

• divisive nature of the war in Vietnam.

• importance of having a free and independent press.

• power of television’s influence in American politics.

• importance of candidates knowing their facts in a debate forum.

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

• supporting national desegregation efforts.

• almost winning multiple Presidential elections

• falsely accusing many people of being communists.

• challenging the President’s decision to use atomic weapons.

The Marshall Plan benefited the United States as well as western Europe because

• payments were made to American companies as well as European ones.

• American exports would be reduced, while imported goods would increase.

• European economic recovery meant that the sale of U.S. goods to European countries would increase.

• the United States took over European territories which increased the natural resources available to American factories.

"Urban sprawl" was accidentally created in post-World War II America thanks MAINLY to which of these?

• end of the Cold War

• greater shopping opportunities

• more fuel-efficient automobiles

• expansion of the highway system

n the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive of 1968 showed that

• a peace settlement was close at hand.

• American forces were solidly in control of South Vietnam.

• the Vietcong could strike any major city in South Vietnam.

• the My Lai massacre was not going unnoticed by communist forces.

After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I in 1957, the United States responded by

• blockading East Berlin.

• buying their rocket technology.

• attempting to shoot it down with missiles.

• increasing funding to its own space program.

The drastic increase in American troop strength in Vietnam in 1964 was caused directly by

• the Tet Offensive.

• the Kennedy assassination.

• the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

• the election of Richard Nixon.

All of these were effects of Congress's 1965 Voting Rights Act EXCEPT

• an increase in African American voters.

• an outlawing of literacy tests for voting.

• Federal oversight of elections in the South.

• greater support for Kennedy's domestic plans.

The truce agreement that stopped the fighting in the Korean War in 1953

• made North Korea and South Korea a united country.

• left North Korea and South Korea divided at the 38th parallel.

• placed North Korea and South Korea under United Nations control.

• required North Korea and South Korea to form democratic governments.

Why did the United States play a MAJOR role in rebuilding Japan after World War II?

• to turn an enemy into an ally and to create a more democratic Japan

• to form an alliance with Japan that would work against communist China

• to place American-owned businesses throughout Japan and control its economy

• to prevent Vietnam from becoming the dominant country in the post-war region