Kennedy & Johnson Part 2 Exit Ticket

How did President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to this event?

• by transferring US military responsibilities in the region to South Vietnam, ending the Vietnam conflict.

• by authorizing bombing raids on communist supply routes in Cambodia, escalating the Vietnam conflict.

• by ordering the military to withdraw all personnel from Southeast Asia, ending the Vietnam conflict.

• by asking Congress to expand presidential authority to conduct war, escalating the Vietnam conflict.

Read the excerpt from a speech by César Chávez in response to the 1962 United Farm Workers being founded.

The United Farm Workers are dedicated to carrying on the dream of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. . . . The same inhumanity displayed at Selma, in Birmingham, in so many of Dr. King's battlegrounds, is displayed every day in the vineyards of California. The farm labor system in place today is a system of economic slavery.

Cesar Chavez formed the United Farm Workers in 1962 to alleviate which of the following conditions?

• farm owners whose businesses were suffering due to government regulations

• farm owners whose businesses were suffering due to high rates of taxation

• migrant farm workers suffering from low pay and dangerous working circumstances

• 
  migrant farm workers suffering from high levels of competition for few available jobs

What was a major goal of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs?

• To end U.S. involvement in Vietnam

• To reduce poverty and improve quality of life

• To support large corporations

• To increase state power over federal programs

How did television impact public opinion about the Vietnam War?

• Television exposed the harsh realities of war and fueled anti-war protests

• Television made the public more supportive of the Vietnam War.
• Television only supported the government's view of the Vietnam War.
• Television had no effect on public opinion regarding the Vietnam War.

What belief led the U.S. to support South Vietnam?

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Domino Theory

• The Containment Policy

• The Monroe Doctrine