SLU DE US History Exam 3- UPDATED

SLU DE US History Exam 3- UPDATED In the 45 year period after WWII describe what happened. - ANS - Cold War What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? (European Recovery Act) - ANS - To provide economic support to help r ...

SLU DE US History Exam 3- UPDATED In the 45 year period after WWII describe what happened. - ANS - Cold War What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? (European Recovery Act) - ANS - To provide economic support to help rebuild European countries after World War II (in order to prevent the spread of communism) What did George Kennan say in his famous "Long Telegram"? - ANS - Stated the USSR has a drive the expand communism The main purpose of Truman Doctrine - ANS - To prevent the spread of communism/soviet domination. What does the National Security Council Paper #68 say? - ANS - Military solutions were needed to contain communism In what way did Truman respond to the Berlin Blockade? - ANS - The Berlin Airlift--American and British planes flew goods into the city. What does NATO do? - ANS - North Atlantic Treaty Organization.... among the US and its western allies, designed to protect these areas from entering war. "An attack on one is an attack on all" The Taft/Hartley Act did what? - ANS - Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. It restricts the activities and power of labor unions. Still in place today. In what social area was the GI Bill intended to help veterans? - ANS - Housing and education Accomplishments of the Eisenhower administration. - ANS - Interstate system, civil rights bill Eisenhower's "new look" military can be described how? - ANS - expansion of atomic arsenal To what area of the world does Domino Theory apply? - ANS - (southeast) Asia Consequences in America of the Sputnick launch. - ANS - New emphasis on math and science in American schools; creation of NASA,fear of a missile gap The name of the pilot of the U2 spy plane. - ANS - Francis Gary Powers Name of governor of Arkansas when they were integrating Little Rock Central High School. - ANS - Orville Faubus JFK's domestic agenda - ANS - The New Frontier 1962 confrontation with the Soviets under JFK - ANS - Cuban Missile Crisis The name associated with LBJ's presidency. - ANS - The Great Society The name of the 1968 military offensive by the North Vietnamese communists- led to LBJ not running for reelection - ANS - The Tet Offensive The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (first black cabinet member) - ANS - Robert C. Weaver Name of the official in Birmingham responsible for excessive force against peaceful demonstrators. - ANS - Eugene Bull Connor The name of the 1961 attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro. - ANS - Bay of Pigs Invasion LBJ's policy in Vietnam - ANS - Operation Rolling Thunder, use of chemical weapons like napalm, & showed body counts of tv to demonstrate progress LBJ's strategy for fighting the Vietnamese war goes by what name? - ANS - Graduated pressure (causes draft dodgers) Nixon's strategy for ending the war was called... - ANS - Vietnamization The university in 1970 where student protestors were killed. - ANS - Kenn State Name of judge during Watergate break-in trial. - ANS - John Sirica Saturday night massacre refers to what event? - ANS - U.S. President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973 during the Watergate scandal (got this off of wiki) What is Nixon the only American president to do? - ANS - resign Who was Nikita Khrushchev? - ANS - communist leader of the Soviet Union- Berlin Wall & Cuban Missile Crisis The congressional act that was the equivalent to a declaration of war against Vietnam. - ANS - The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution During the Vietnam War how did the LBJ administration evaluate success? - ANS - by the body count/number of casualties Loyalty Program - ANS - was used for intimidation during the 2nd Red Scare Trend seen from 1946-1950 - ANS - baby boom CIA - ANS - Intelligence-gathering, or spy, agency of the United States government Reason MacArthur was fired - ANS - criticized Truman's containment policy Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka - ANS - ruled separate was NOT equal, Chief Justice Warren wrote the decision, led to "massive resistance" in the south JFK's foreign policy - ANS - Flexible Response; also created the peace corps communist leader of Vietnam - ANS - Ho Chi Minh Eisenhower's response to the civil rights movement - ANS - inconsistent; passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 JFK's response during the Cuban Missile Crisis - ANS - quarantine of Cuba reason US troops were sent to Vietnam - ANS - it was crucial to protecting the Philippines Nixon escalated the conflict in Vietnam by... - ANS - invading Cambodia Presidential candidate assassinated in 1968 (his bro was in 1964) - ANS - Robert Kennedy Nixon's policy to ease tensions with the Soviet Union & China - ANS - detente Person to become president without being elected to the office (or as vice president) - ANS - Gerald Ford Capitalist leader of China supported by the US against Communist Mao - ANS - Chiang Kai Shek