U8L3: Escalation of the Cold War Quiz
1)Use the excerpt from Ella Fitzgerald's complaint against Pan American World Airlines to answer the question. Which was the basis for Fitzgerald's removal from the airplane? Race
2)Which example do both Khrushchev and Nixon use to make opposing points about the social benefits of their political positions? Workers
3)Use the excerpt from Johnson's defense of the U.S. presence in Vietnam to answer the question. Which of the following BEST characterizes the conflict Johnson describes? multi-national, well-organized, with far-reaching goals.
4)Use the excerpt from Kennedy's inaugural address to answer the question. Which of the following principles does Kennedy purport to support in this excerpt? self-determination
5) Which does Stockdale present as an important motivation for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War? the potential fall of other countries to communism
6)Use the excerpt from Kennedy's Berlin speech to answer the question. How does Kennedy address the claim that communism leads to prosperity? He invites those with this belief to view communism in Berlin.
7) Use the excerpt from Johnson's defense of the U.S. presence in Vietnam to answer the question. Which North Vietnamese actions does Johnson reference as a reason for American intervention? takeover of other regions and countries
8)Use the excerpt from Eisenhower's farewell address to answer the question. Eisenhower's speech reflects which of the following trends in American foreign policy in the postwar years? containment of communism
9) Use the excerpt from the Senate hearings to answer the question. Which of the following best describes the cause of this hearing? the Red Scare
10) Use the excerpt from A Vietnam Experience to answer the question. According to Stockdale, the slow escalation of U.S. army forces in Vietnam was? misguided
Your welcome!