Part 6 US History EOC

In 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine expanded the principles of the Truman Doctrine by extending Middle East military assistance in order to

“. . . Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. . . .” — President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961 This statement by President Kennedy suggests a continued commitment to the foreign policy of

President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to

he Cuban missile crisis (1962) influenced President John F. Kennedy’s decision to

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. What is the main idea of this 1945 cartoon?

“The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. “They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. . . .” — Preamble to the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949 This statement shows the commitment of the United States to the principle of

McCarthyism in the early 1950s resulted from

Base your answer to the question on the photograph to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. The protestors in the photograph are expressing their hatred for

During the early 1950s, the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy were criticized because he

Base your answer to the question on the photograph to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. What does this photograph indicate about the United States in the 1950s?

President Richard Nixon supported the policy of détente as a way to

“I think it will be a safer world and a better world if we have a strong, healthy United States, Europe, Soviet Union, China, Japan, each balancing the other, not playing one against the other, an even balance.” — Richard Nixon, 1972 President Nixon put this idea into practice by

The experiences of African Americans serving in the military forces during World War II influenced their postwar decision to

In 1948, President Harry Truman showed his support for civil rights by issuing an executive order to

“We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. . . .” — Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka This quotation illustrates the Supreme Court’s power to

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to

Which strategy did African-American students use when they refused to leave a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct

During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) illustrated that

Base your answer to the question on excerpts from the song lyrics below and on your knowledge of social studies. Lyric: . . . Father, father We don’t need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here today. . . — “What’s Going On,” Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, 1971 Which conclusion is most clearly supported by an examination of these song lyrics?

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it

One similarity between the actions of Samuel Gompers and Cesar Chavez is that both leaders

Rachel Carson and Ralph Nader are similar to the muckrakers of the Progressive Era because they have

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader were both intended to

United States involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a desire to

In the 1950s, the domino theory was used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to justify

“I believe that our young people [18–20 years old] possess a great social conscience, are perplexed by the injustices which exist in the world and are anxious to rectify [correct] these ills.” — Senator Jennings Randolph, 1971, The New York Times Those who favor this point of view would likely have supported

The war in Vietnam led Congress to pass the War Powers Act of 1973 in order to

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. Which event of the 1950s most likely led to the publication of this cartoon?

The immediate impact of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I was that it

“. . . We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. . . .” — President John F. Kennedy, speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962 The main purpose of this speech was to win public support for

“. . . My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. . . .” — John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961 To implement the idea expressed in this statement, President Kennedy supported the

A major goal of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program was to

In 1965, Congress established Medicare to

Which statement best describes an impact of the Watergate scandal on American society?

The Supreme Court decisions in New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) and United States v. Nixon (1974) reinforced the principle that the president of the United States

The beginning of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe is most closely associated with the

Base your answer to the question on the chart to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. The changes shown on the chart most clearly reflect the