Quiz 3

US History II

UNIT 4: “The Cold War” — 1945-1989

1.)    Because of the Tet Offensive of early 1968:

a.) the US military nearly eliminated the NLF

b.) American faith in the military began to waver

c.) President Johnson decided to seek a second term as president

d.) All of the above

e.) A and B

2.)    “Civil Rights and the Crisis of Liberalism”

a.) A Movement becomes a Crusade

b.) The Politics of Calm

c.) The Cold War at Home

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

3.)    According to the “progressive mystique” residents of the upper South believed that:

a.) since they talked to “our Negroes” they could and did solve disputes

b.) Blacks and Whites could dine together socially

c.) they did not have the same racial “problems” as the Deep South

d.) All of the above

e.) A and C

4.)    Strategic Bombing

a.) Attack morale and will

b.) Military production

c.) Air Marshall Harris

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

5.)    The United States believed that it must prevent Communism in southeast Asia because:

a.) the expansion of Communism anywhere was a threat to freedom everywhere

b.) the people’s of the region were “not ready” for self government

c.) Ho Chi Minh only pretended to be a nationalist as he served Moscow

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

6.)    “The Age of Limits”

a.) The Limits of Defense

b.) Watergate and the Politics of Resentment

c.) A Ford, Not a Lincoln

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

7.)    “Growing up with the Threat of Atomic War”

a.) “Civil defense sirens interrupted school”

b.) “It’s only by getting together with other women”

c.) “97 percent chance of survival”

d.) All of the above

e.) A and C

8.)    “Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball”

a.) “Split level, ranch”

b.) “Branch Rickey”

c.) “I need a man that will take abuse”

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

9.)    The United States decided to use “the Bomb” because:

a.) Germany had invaded the Soviet Union twice in two decades

b.) Americans wanted to end WW II in the Pacific as soon as possible

c.) Communist spies and sympathizers riddled Hollywood and the state department

d.) All of the above

e.) A and B

10.)                        Confidence Gap

a.) Watergate

b.) Pentagon Papers

c.) My Lai Massacre

d.) All of the above

e.) B and C

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