Unit IV Part B


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1 Dwight Eisenhower's major goals as president included
balancing the budget
starting a second New Deal
ending the war in Vietnam
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "C" are correct.

2 The theory of "executive privilege" used by Eisenhower to withhold documents from Sen. Joseph McCarthy was based on
The three separate co-equal branches of government meant the legislative branch could not force the executive to turn over information.
Eisenhower used FDR's wartime powers to refuse to give Congress information.
Eisenhower felt the Senate Democrats would use the information for political gain.
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

3 Sen. Joseph McCarthy lost his political power because of
The Korean War ended.
McCarthy recklessly attacked the US Army as Communist-infiltrated.
Television showed McCarthy at his worst.
The US Senate censured McCarthy.
All of the answers are correct.

4 The "Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka Kansas" case held
Separate but equal was inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
Separate but equal was indeed constitutional & upheld "Plessy v Ferguson."
De jure segregation was unconstitutional.
Only "A" & "C" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

5 Civil rights activists in the 1950's used all the following tactics EXCEPT
sit-ins
economic boycotts
court suits
violent riots in urban areas

6 Eisenhower & John Foster Dulles conducted foreign policy that
rejected containment
embraced traditional American isolationism
ended the Cold War with the Soviets
recognized Communist China
All of the answers are correct.

7 Eisenhower ended the Korean War by
agreeing to involuntary repatriation of POWs
agreeing to voluntary repatriation of POWs
threatening to use the atomic bomb
Only "A" & "C" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

8 The Eisenhower "Domino Theory"
applied to the Far East
applied to the Middle East
said if one country fell to the Communists then its neighboring countries would fall to a Communist takeover as well.
Only "A" & "C" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

9 Eisenhower refused to send US ground forces to Vietnam because
Eisenhower was a professional soldier & realized the fallacy of getting into a ground war on the Asian mainland.
Churchill & Lyndon Johnson argued against it.
Eisenhower didn't care if the Communists took over Vietnam.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

10 The Eisenhower Doctrine
applied to the Far East
applied to the Middle East
wanted to keep Communism from spreading into a strategic area.
Only "A" & "C" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

11 Eisenhower's foreign policy in Latin America
aimed at keeping Communism from taking root in that area
sometimes ended up backing reactionary dictators
kept Communism from taking over any Latin American countries
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

12 The anticipated Summit meeting of 1960 collapsed because
Eisenhower refused to attend after he discovered the Soviets put missiles in Cuba.
The Soviets refused to attend after they shot down an American U-2 spy plan over the USSR.
The Chinese refused to attend after the US blocked their invasion of Matsu.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

13 Eisenhower's valedictory speech warned against
entangling alliances
political party strife
the military-industrial complex
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

14 The important factors in the presidential election of 1960 included
the state of the US economy
a slippage of US prestige after Sputnik
the television debates
Democratic vote fraud in Illinois, Missouri & Texas which gave JFK the election
All of the answers are correct.

15 Kennedy responded to the Soviet Wars of National Liberation with
the Peace Corps with technical assistance
Food For Peace program with agricultural assistance
US Army Special Forcesto train third country armies how to fight Communist revolts
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

16 Kennedy's economy policies were
essentially Republican by advocating a tax cut
for increasing taxes drastically
for massive government regulation of the economy
Only "A" & "C" are correct.
Only "B" & "C" are correct.

17 The Second Berlin Crisis was solved
when the Soviets built the Berlin Wall to prevent dissatisfied Eastern Europeans from escaping from Communism
when the US reaffirmed its commitment to defend West Berlin & western Europe from Communism
when East Berlin seceded from East Germany
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

18 Kennedy opposed Soviet missiles in Cuba because
They threatened the US security.
They violated even the Soviet's Sphere of Influence theory.
His father told him to oppose it for political reasons.
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

19 The results of the Cuban Missile Crisis included
a US pledge not to invade Communist Cuba
a Soviet pledge to remove their offensive missiles from Communist Cuba
a return of all Cuban refugees to Castro
All of the answers are correct.
Only "A" & "B" are correct.

20 US-Cuban relations deteriorated because
Communist dictator Castro took over Cuba & did the Soviet's bidding in the western hemisphere.
The CIA tried to overthrow Castro in the Bay of Pigs attack but JFK refused to allow aircover.
The US put an economic embargo on Cuba.
Castro tried to export Communist subversion to other Latin American nations.
All of the answers are correct.

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