Cold War (Caprock)

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• unfair lending practices

• Unequal representation in local legislatures

• Inadequate medical services

• Discrimination by employers

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated

• Barriers to voting for women

• Literacy tests as a prerequisites for voting

• Proof of Residency

• Age Discrimination

The primary reason given by U.S. Leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would

• Promote reconstruction

• Maintain Detente

• Fulfill Prior UN obligations

• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

What was the reaction of many Americans to the Watergate Scandal

• Confidence in the President

• Support for containment policy

• Discontent over the antiwar protests

• Distrust in the government and elected officials

Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, The U.S. military

• Trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from the U.S. troops

• Shared military technology with North Vietnam

• Imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• Installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

How did president Carter attempt to end Hostilities between Egypt and Israel

• He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as Camp David Accords

• He deployed troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization

• He ordered a boycott on the Olympic games in Moscow

• He threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria

Which U.S. action was the most direct and immediate response to the soviet blockade of West Berlin

• Airlifting supplies to people in West Berlin

• Creating NATO

• Withdrawing troops from West Berlin

• Providing financial support to help rebuild European Nations.

What was U.S. response to the devastation of Europe's infrastructure and economies

• President organized a military strike against forces

• Congress appropriates funding for Nuclear Arms facilities

• President signs a treaty requiring reparations for Western Europe

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western Europe ( Marshall Plan)

The Korean War was an effort by the Truman administration to

• Carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities

• secure additional Asian trading partners

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

Which of these is an effect rock and roll had on society in the United States in the 1950s?

• It reminded people of prewar days

• It contributed to a cultural divide between generations

• It increased the fear of communist expansion

• It promoted values learned during times of economic hardship