Question 1

How did President Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They saw it as a dangerous step toward global warfare. 
B)  They believed the United States could exploit the conflict between the nations. 
C)  They believed it gave them cause to abandon the policy of containment. 
D)  They viewed it as an impediment to the larger effort to achieve détente with the Soviet Union. 
A)  They saw it as a dangerous step toward global warfare. 
B)  They believed the United States could exploit the conflict between the nations. 
C)  They believed it gave them cause to abandon the policy of containment. 
D)  They viewed it as an impediment to the larger effort to achieve détente with the Soviet Union.

Question 2

Discuss both the physical and emotional scars that plagued many Vietnam veterans who returned home after the war.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Physical a

Question 3

Compare the Nixon administration's efforts to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China and to end the war in Vietnam. What do you think accounts for the different approaches used?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Approach t

Question 4

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The executive branch no longer had any influence over whether the United States went to war. 
B)  The president had to secure congressional approval for any substantial, long-term deployment of troops abroad. 
C)  The new law required a one-week cooling-off period before the president could send U.S. troops into harm's way. 
D)  The president was required to deploy troops from all branches of the military equally. 
A)  The executive branch no longer had any influence over whether the United States went to war. 
B)  The president had to secure congressional approval for any substantial, long-term deployment of troops abroad. 
C)  The new law required a one-week cooling-off period before the president could send U.S. troops into harm's way. 
D)  The president was required to deploy troops from all branches of the military equally.

Question 5

Why did President Lyndon B. Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher tariffs made it difficult for Latin American nations to profit from the goods they exported to the United States. 
B)  The United States seemed to be relinquishing its oversight in the region. 
C)  The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic. 
D)  The United States turned away thousands of desperate Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Florida that year. 
A)  Higher tariffs made it difficult for Latin American nations to profit from the goods they exported to the United States. 
B)  The United States seemed to be relinquishing its oversight in the region. 
C)  The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic. 
D)  The United States turned away thousands of desperate Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Florida that year.

Question 6

Why were the Helsinki accords of 1975 controversial?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada refused to sign the agreement. 
B)  The Soviet Union refused to sign the agreement. 
C)  The accords acknowledged Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. 
D)  The accords did not formally recognize post-World War II boundaries in Europe. 
A)  Canada refused to sign the agreement. 
B)  The Soviet Union refused to sign the agreement. 
C)  The accords acknowledged Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. 
D)  The accords did not formally recognize post-World War II boundaries in Europe.

Question 7

What events and U.S. actions helped turn the Vietnam conflict into America's war by the summer of 1965?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Gulf of To

Question 8

The U.S. policy of détente with the Soviet Union entailed the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  abandoning its policy of containment. 
B)  ceding to Soviet demands for control of Eastern Europe. 
C)  rejecting the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
D)  beginning new discussions with the Soviet Union on arms control and trade. 
A)  abandoning its policy of containment. 
B)  ceding to Soviet demands for control of Eastern Europe. 
C)  rejecting the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
D)  beginning new discussions with the Soviet Union on arms control and trade.

Question 9

Who constituted about 80 percent of American troops in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)  Middle-class Americans 
B)  Upper-class Americans 
C)  Poor and working-class Americans 
D)  African Americans 
A)  Middle-class Americans 
B)  Upper-class Americans 
C)  Poor and working-class Americans 
D)  African Americans

Question 10

What made the Tet Offensive an important turning point for President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  It revealed that he had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent. 
B)  It revealed his inexperience with military matters and lost him support in the Pentagon. 
C)  It underscored the credibility gap between official statements and the war's actual progress. 
D)  It forced the president to cancel a planned visit to South Vietnam to discuss a cease-fire. 
A)  It revealed that he had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent. 
B)  It revealed his inexperience with military matters and lost him support in the Pentagon. 
C)  It underscored the credibility gap between official statements and the war's actual progress. 
D)  It forced the president to cancel a planned visit to South Vietnam to discuss a cease-fire.

Question 11

Which nation seized the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank after winning the Six-Day War in 1967?

Accepted Answer

A)  Israel 
B)  Egypt 
C)  Syria 
D)  Jordan 
A)  Israel 
B)  Egypt 
C)  Syria 
D)  Jordan

Question 12

Why was the successful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis as important to President Kennedy's reputation as a Cold War warrior?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Kennedy's

Question 13

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had abandoned its goal of a democratic South Vietnam. 
B)  It had decided not to oppose the new Communist leader in North Vietnam. 
C)  It had decided to allow North and South Vietnam to begin peace talks without a U.S. representative at the conference. 
D)  It now hoped to achieve its objective of a non-Communist South Vietnam by relying more heavily on the South Vietnamese. 
A)  It had abandoned its goal of a democratic South Vietnam. 
B)  It had decided not to oppose the new Communist leader in North Vietnam. 
C)  It had decided to allow North and South Vietnam to begin peace talks without a U.S. representative at the conference. 
D)  It now hoped to achieve its objective of a non-Communist South Vietnam by relying more heavily on the South Vietnamese.

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-1975 agreement signed by U.S., Canadian, Soviet, and European leaders, recognizing the post-World War II borders in Europe and pledging the signatories to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 15

The purpose of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was to

Accepted Answer

A)  authorize the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. 
B)  empower the House of Representatives to pass all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States. 
C)  permit the Senate to pass all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States. 
D)  acknowledge the president's authority to issue a declaration of war without the consent of Congress in an emergency situation. 
A)  authorize the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. 
B)  empower the House of Representatives to pass all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States. 
C)  permit the Senate to pass all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States. 
D)  acknowledge the president's authority to issue a declaration of war without the consent of Congress in an emergency situation.

Question 16

1968 has been called the year of upheaval. Describe the domestic and foreign disturbances that made that label particularly apt.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Tet Offens

Question 17

How did the theory that a Communist victory in South Vietnam would cause all of Southeast Asia to fall to communism pan out?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and the rest of Southeast Asia joined the Communist camp. 
B)  The spread of communism never materialized because the Army of the Republic of Vietnam eventually secured a victory over North Vietnam. 
C)  China and Vietnam formed a Communist coalition to take over the rest of Southeast Asia. 
D)  The theory proved to be unsound, although Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia all fell within the Communist camp. 
A)  Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and the rest of Southeast Asia joined the Communist camp. 
B)  The spread of communism never materialized because the Army of the Republic of Vietnam eventually secured a victory over North Vietnam. 
C)  China and Vietnam formed a Communist coalition to take over the rest of Southeast Asia. 
D)  The theory proved to be unsound, although Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia all fell within the Communist camp.

Question 18

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought the world's two superpowers perilously close to nuclear war. 
B)  It followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay. 
C)  It severely weakened President Kennedy's international standing. 
D)  It ended with Fidel Castro's promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba. 
A)  It brought the world's two superpowers perilously close to nuclear war. 
B)  It followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay. 
C)  It severely weakened President Kennedy's international standing. 
D)  It ended with Fidel Castro's promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba.

Question 19

The 1968 presidential candidacy of George C. Wallace attracted

Accepted Answer

A)  both civil rights and antiwar activists. 
B)  New Englanders in particular. 
C)  those who were outraged by assaults on traditional values by students and others. 
D)  black southerners who believed that the War on Poverty had stigmatized them. 
A)  both civil rights and antiwar activists. 
B)  New Englanders in particular. 
C)  those who were outraged by assaults on traditional values by students and others. 
D)  black southerners who believed that the War on Poverty had stigmatized them.

Question 20

In 1961, a Soviet astronaut became the first human to

Accepted Answer

A)  land on the moon. 
B)  enter outer space. 
C)  orbit the moon. 
D)  orbit the earth. 
A)  land on the moon. 
B)  enter outer space. 
C)  orbit the moon. 
D)  orbit the earth.

How did President Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Discuss both the physical and emotional scars that plagued many Vietnam veterans who returned home after the war.

Compare the Nixon administration's efforts to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China and to end the war in Vietnam. What do you think accounts for the different approaches used?

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

Why did President Lyndon B. Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

Why were the Helsinki accords of 1975 controversial?

What events and U.S. actions helped turn the Vietnam conflict into America's war by the summer of 1965?

The U.S. policy of détente with the Soviet Union entailed the United States

Who constituted about 80 percent of American troops in Vietnam?

What made the Tet Offensive an important turning point for President Johnson?

Which nation seized the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank after winning the Six-Day War in 1967?

Why was the successful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis as important to President Kennedy's reputation as a Cold War warrior?

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

The purpose of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was to

1968 has been called the year of upheaval. Describe the domestic and foreign disturbances that made that label particularly apt.

How did the theory that a Communist victory in South Vietnam would cause all of Southeast Asia to fall to communism pan out?

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

The 1968 presidential candidacy of George C. Wallace attracted

In 1961, a Soviet astronaut became the first human to

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How did President Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Discuss both the physical and emotional scars that plagued many Vietnam veterans who returned home after the war.

Compare the Nixon administration's efforts to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China and to end the war in Vietnam. What do you think accounts for the different approaches used?

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

Why did President Lyndon B. Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

Why were the Helsinki accords of 1975 controversial?

What events and U.S. actions helped turn the Vietnam conflict into America's war by the summer of 1965?

The U.S. policy of détente with the Soviet Union entailed the United States

Who constituted about 80 percent of American troops in Vietnam?

What made the Tet Offensive an important turning point for President Johnson?

Which nation seized the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank after winning the Six-Day War in 1967?

Why was the successful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis as important to President Kennedy's reputation as a Cold War warrior?

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

The purpose of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was to

1968 has been called the year of upheaval. Describe the domestic and foreign disturbances that made that label particularly apt.

How did the theory that a Communist victory in South Vietnam would cause all of Southeast Asia to fall to communism pan out?

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

The 1968 presidential candidacy of George C. Wallace attracted

In 1961, a Soviet astronaut became the first human to

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Contested West, 1865-1900

The Gilded Age, 1865-1900

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Progressive Reform, 1890-1916

World War I: the Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 19451960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era, 1980-2000

America in a New Century, Since 2000

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