Kennedy, Johnson and Vietnam

Which of these was used to justify US support for South Vietnam?

• internationalism

• McCarthyism

• domino theory

• the nuclear arms race

What was an important consequence of the Cuban Missle Crisis?

• The Soviet Union secretly kept nuclear missiles in Cuba pointed at Florida.

• The US kept missiles in Turkey and Greece pointed at the Soviet Union.

• Castro was removed from power in Cuba and all nuclear weapons were taken out of Cuba.

• Soviet and American leaders established and emergency "hot line" and negotiated a partial test ban treaty.

Which argument was raised by domestic critics of the Vietnam War?

• Military service, even on behalf of a just cause, should never be compulsory.

• Most South Vietnamese welcomed establishment of a Communist government.

• An all-out military effort by the US would quickly bring a military victory.

• The US government had misrepresented facts about the war to the American public.

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a person accused of a serious crime must be provided with an attorney if they are too poor to afford one?

• Gideon v Wainwright

• Yates v US

• Miranda v Arizona

• Roe v Wade

Which program was one of the most lasting impacts of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society?

• Medicare

• Social Security

• Meat Inspection Act

• Federal Deposit Insurance

Radical Republicans' passage of the Civil War amendments, President Theodore Roosevelt's Fair Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society were all attempts to achieve which of the following?

• promote the theory of laissez-faire

• improve society through government action

• reduce the economic role of government

• increase the influence of large corporations

Student participation in the Berkeley demonstrations, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and the Kent State protest reflect student disapproval of which of the following?

• the Vietnam War

• increases in college tuition

• the unequal status of African American women

• racial segregation