US_Ch11_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 11 Homework #2**= Answer the following questions on notebook paper:

1. President Kennedy prevented nuclear war in the (A) Bay of Pigs Invasion (B) Peace Corps (C) Cuban Missile Crisis (D) coup to oust Diem in South Vietnam (E) all (F) none

2. Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall? (A) to have a Cold War symbol (B) to keep East Berliners from escaping communism to go to capitalist West Berlin (C) they thought JFK was too weak to respond (D) wanted to show dominance in Eastern Europe (E) all (F) none

3. What began in Greensboro, NC at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s? (A) sit-in movement (B) freedom rides (C) Civil Rights Movement (D) Greensboro Lunch Counter Boycott (E) all (F) none

4. Who was the Mississippi civil rights leader who helped get James Meredith into Ole Miss? (A) Martin Luther King Jr. (B) Malcolm X (C) Medgar Evers (D) Eugene Connor (E) all (F) none

5. Why is King’s //Letter from a Birmingham Jail// considered the movement’s best statement? (A) stated they favored breaking unjust segregation laws, since they weren’t in accordance with God’s law (B) showed that blacks could learn skills and be productive (C) stated the voting power of blacks (D) compared the Jim Crow Laws to the Nazi Holocaust (E) all (F) none

6. According to the “I have a dream” speech, how does King want to be judged? (A) his job income (B) his education (C) the color of his skin (D) the content of his character (E) all (F) none

7. What does that (#6) mean?

8. The Democrat Party gets the credit and support from blacks for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, how is this perhaps wrong? (A) LBJ a Democrat opposed Eisenhower (a Republican) on his civil rights proposal (B) a larger percentage of Republicans (C) LBJ’s law needed Republican support since opposed by Southern Democrats (D) largest school integration was under Nixon (a Republican (E) all (F) none

9. Three of the names below were/are part of the violent Black Muslims. The other began the black power movement that led to the hate group Black Panthers. Who is the one that began black power? (A) Malcolm X (B) Elijah Mohammad (C) Louis Farrakhan (D) Stokely Carmichael

10. Victory in Vietnam would have been immediate if the U.S. would have (A) bombed the right targets (B) cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail (C) assassinated Ho Chi Minh (D) put in more troops (E) all

11. The Great Society was to solve poverty, but had a negative effect of (A) creating dependency on the government and destroying marriage with welfare expansion (B) taking funds away from Vietnam (C) wiretapping suspected Communists (D) not spending enough (E) all (F) none

12. How did LBJ’s power increase against intentions of the Constitution? (A) war making ability with the Tonkin Resolutions (B) spending power in Great Society (C) signing the Civil Rights Act (D) providing health care for the elder in Medicare (E) all (F) none

13. Who reported that the war was unwinnable putting the media against the war? (A) Tom Hayden (B) Robert McNamara (C) Walter Cronkite (D) Walter Lippman (E) all (F) none

14. What was really the goal of radical anti-war protesters? (A) peace (B) help Vietnam win (C) show problems with the “establishment” (D) overthrow capitalism (E) all (F) none

15. How were college campuses changing? (A) more left-wing radical professors (B) more courses (C) more baby boom professors (D) allowing more students (E) all (F) none

16. What was a common trait of all radical protesters that was encouraged by music of the day? (A) peace (B) drug use (C) drop outs (D) lazy (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">17. How does the War Powers Act impact the president? (A) must consult Congress on using troops (B) says Congress declares war (C) Congress determines the cost (D) it doesn’t impact

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">18. Where did Nixon order bombing to end North Vietnamese sanctuaries, which led to some protests? (A) Hanoi (B) Laos (C) China (D) Cambodia (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">19. Which agency was set up by Nixon, which would put in tough regulations on businesses, which limited business growth? (A) IRS (B) FBI (C) EPA (D) CIA (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">20. How did Watergate impact Nixon? (A) he was impeached (B) he ended up going to jail (C) resigned (D) he didn’t win re-election (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">21. Which President suggested tax cuts (opposite of New Deal and Keynesian economics), which boosted the economy? (A) Eisenhower (B) JFK (C) LBJ (D) Nixon (E) Ford (F) all (G) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">22. Which President committed the U.S. to Vietnam and escalated the war? (A) Eisenhower (B) JFK (C) LBJ (D) Nixon (E) Ford (F) all (G) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">23. Which President committed the first soldiers (not just military advisors) to Vietnam? (A) Eisenhower (B) JFK (C) LBJ (D) Nixon (E) Ford (F) all (G) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">24. Which President removed troops, turned over fighting to South Vietnam, and aided with more bombings ending in victory? (A) Eisenhower (B) JFK (C) LBJ (D) Nixon (E) Ford (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">25. Which President eased Cold War tensions with détente? (A) Eisenhower (B) JFK (C) LBJ (D) Nixon (E) Ford (F) all (G) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">As best as you can, draw the map you see below. You only need to label the nations listed, not the cities. Use the map to answer the following: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">26. Put an “X” where Nixon ordered bombings to cut out North Vietnamese safe sanctuaries.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">27. Draw the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">28. Put a “VC” in the area where the Viet Cong were strong.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">29. Put an “H” in the nation of Ho Chi Minh.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">30. Put a “D” in one of the nations where détente was reached…the nation of Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai.

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