Kennedy and Johnson Years

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Timothy Richmond

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Match the following Cold War vocab words to the correct definition

Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine

Containment

Gave aid to nations after WW2 so they would not fall to communism

US would provide financial and military aid to any democratic nation falling to communism

U.S. would stop the spread of communism. BUT NOT overthrow already existing communist nations

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the country in white on the map?

United States

Cuba

Colombia

Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

What was a major consequence of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

The invasion was a military blunder

Cuba joined NATO

Cuba became a democratic country

Fidel Castro was overthrown

Multiple Choice

President John F. Kennedy attempted to deal with the situation shown in the map above by

Bombing all the missile sites simultaneously

Imposing a Naval blockade to isolate Cuba from the Soviet Union

Allowing the Soviet Union to keep some missles in Cuba if the remainder were removed

Landing an invasion force on the Cuban mainland

Multiple Choice

What does MLK believe about breaking the law?

Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.

Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.

If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.

Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?

The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal

The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.

The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal

The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party

Multiple Choice

What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam?

Cuban Missile Crisis

Battle Of Midway

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Multiple Choice

This congressional resolution provided justification for:

William Howard Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Lyndon Johnson’s Involvement in Vietnam

Ronald Reagan’s invasion of Grenada

Multiple Choice

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

Vietnamization

Communism

Domino Theory

Imperialism

Multiple Choice

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Gulf of Maddox Resolution

USS Tonkin Resolution

Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Multiple Choice

I. _______________

A. Kennedy/Nixon Debates

B. Civil Rights Movement

C. Moon Landing

D. Vietnam War

According to the outline above, which major invention had the most significant impact on the events listed in the outline?

Radio

Movies

Television

Internet

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