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WorksheetsCh 15 - The Sixties
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
SS.912.A.7.13
The diagram above provides details about United States domestic policies.
Which phrase completes the diagram?
Harry S. Truman's "Fair Deal"
Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal"
Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal"
Warren Harding's "Return to Normalcy"
SS.912.A.7.13
What program did President Lyndon B. Johnson introduce to reduce economic inequalities among Americans?
New Deal
Great Society
Marshall Plan
Alliance for Progress
SS.912.A.6.14
The statements above were made by American leaders during the 1950s.
Which foreign policy do these two statements illustrate?
isolationism
containment
appeasement
Good Neighbor policy
SS.912.A.6.14
The excerpt above is from a resolution passed by both Houses of Congress on August 7, 1964.
What was the significance of this resolution?
Congress showed its support for a policy of isolationism.
Congress authorized the President to take military action in Southeast Asia.
Congress provided the President with new constitutional powers to declare war.
Congress denied the President the revenues he needed to fight a war in Vietnam.
SS.912.A.6.14
What policy did President Richard Nixon introduce to remove American troops from South Vietnam without abandoning that country to Communist rule?
Vietnamization
"Arms for Bases"
Flexible Response
Operation Rolling Thunder
SS.912.A.6.14
The cartoon above illustrates a belief shared by many American leaders during the 1950s and 1960s.
Which action was taken as a result of this commonly held viewpoint?
The United States enacted the War Powers Act.
The United States sent troops to South Vietnam.
The United States attacked China during the Korean War.
The United States distributed economic aid under the Marshall Plan.
SS.912.A.6.14
The newspaper headline above describes a significant event in U.S. foreign affairs.
What was the significance of this event to the Vietnam War?
It demonstrated the superiority of United States forces over the Vietcong in South Vietnam.
Its failure led to disagreements between the Vietcong and the
government of North Vietnam.
It showed that the Vietcong could mount a successful attack on South Vietnamese cities and were not close to defeat.
United States and South Vietnamese troops were able to force the Vietcong to retreat to North Vietnam and Cambodia.
SS.912.A.6.14
Which of the following lists events from the Vietnam War in the correct chronological sequence?
Paris Peace Accords—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution—Tet Offensive—Geneva Accords—Vietnamization
Geneva Accords—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution—Tet Offensive—
Vietnamization—Paris Peace Accords
Vietnamization—Paris Peace Accords—Geneva Accords—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution—Tet Offensive
Tet Offensive—Geneva Accords—Vietnamization—Paris Peace
Accords—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
SS.912.A.6.14
The photographs below were taken during the Vietnam War. What problem faced by American soldiers in Vietnam do these photographs illustrate?
the popularity of Ho Chi Minh and Communist ideals
the problem of obtaining medical supplies in a combat zone
the difficulty of distinguishing Vietcong from ordinary villagers
the widespread corruption of the South Vietnamese government
SS.912.A.7.10
What was the primary purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973?
to use troops to defend against armed attacks on the United States
to to mobilize the National Guard to stop race riots in American cities
to send troops to rescue American hostages held captive by foreign terrorists
to limit the ability of the President to intervene militarily without the approval of Congress
SS.912.A.7.10
The diagram above provides details about United States foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.
Which phrase completes the diagram?
The "Credibility Gap"
The Domino Theory
Causes of the Vietnam War
Consequences of the Vietnam War
SS.912.A.7.4
Walter Cronkite, News broadcast, February 27, 1968:
"For it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate."
President Johnson's response:
"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America."
Based on these statements, which conclusion can be made about the media during the Vietnam War?
The mainstream media had little impact on the conduct of the war.
President Johnson took secret steps to harass and silence the media.
Criticism from the mainstream media contributed to the decision to withdraw from Vietnam.
President Johnson was willing to violate freedom of the press to prevent criticism of the war.
SS.912.A.7.10
Which diagram best represents the "credibility gap" during the Vietnam War?
Televised war images vs. Claims of government officials
Baby Boom generation vs. Protests on college campuses
Draft card burnings vs. Shootings at Kent State
Doves vs. Hawks
SS.912.A.7.4
How successful were the domestic policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson?
They failed to pass through Congress and left no lasting impact.
They led to a credibility gap and growing distrust in government.
They promoted greater social equality but failed to eliminate poverty.
They prevented the United States from making overseas commitments.
SS.912.A.7.13
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
SS.912.A.7.3
This advertisement appeared in several magazines
in the 1970s.
What does this advertisement illustrate?
the triumph of the "Sexual Revolution"
social attitudes against which feminists objected
the influence of women advertisers in the media
the success of employment laws against discrimination
SS.912.A.7.8
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a person accused of a serious crime must be provided with an attorney if he or she was too poor to afford one?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Yates v. United States
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
SS.912.A.7.3
The table above shows the impact of Title IX on American society.
Based on the table, what was the impact of Title IX on American society?
While it led to greater gender equality, there is still work to be done.
It successfully increased gender equality in education but not in athletics.
It had little impact in improving gender equality in either education or athletics.
It successfully accomplished its goal of gender equality, both in
education and athletics.
SS.912.A.7.3
Which statement correctly compares Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlafly?
Friedan opposed the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, while Schlafly supported it.
Friedan was the author of The Feminine Mystique, while Schlafly was the lawyer who drafted the Equal Rights Amendment.
Friedan worked to end legal and political discrimination, while Schlafly focused on ending social and economic discrimination.
Friedan believed women should break out of their traditional roles as homemakers, while Schlafly argued that most women enjoyed them.
SS.912.A.7.3
Which demand was voiced by Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, and other members of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s?
the demand for women's right to vote
the demand for social and economic equality
the demand to preserve of women's traditional roles
the demand to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment
