Domain 5 Test

As part of the Great Society, President Lyndon Johnson created programs to reduce the costs of healthcare, improve education and living conditions, and provide job training. These actions indicated that one of the main goals of the Great Society was to

• reduce poverty rates in the United States.

• eliminate communism in the United States.

• reduce government regulation of business.

• eliminate wasteful government programs.

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by

• weakening many of the terms of the bill.

• promising to end costly national boycotts.

• encouraging its passage as a tribute to the fallen president.

• allowing states to choose which parts of the bill they adopted.

In the minds of many Americans, the Marshall Plan pitted capitalism against which of the following?

• Agrarianism

• Anarchism

• Communism

• Libertarianism

Which of the following was the root cause of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

• The Soviet Union tried to incorporate new territories.

• Communist militaries attacked US peacekeeping forces.

• The United States feared the spread of communism in Asia.

• The United Nations sought to stop the actions of aggressors.

Which reason did President Harry Truman give for the United States providing financial and economic aid to nations under the Truman Doctrine?

• to help them prepare for war

• to help them develop economical

• to help them gain stability and resist communism

• to help them join military forces with other nations

In the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), what did the United States Supreme Court decide?

• The use of civil disobedience to achieve legal rights is unconstitutional.

• Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and unconstitutional.

• Busing children across school districts to overcome segregation is constitutional.

• Closing public schools to avoid integration is unconstitutional.

In the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy capitalized upon Cold War fears by promising to address which threat to US security?

• the perceived superiority of the missiles of the USSR

• unrestricted Russian immigration to the United States

• communist sympathizers living in the United States

• the USSR's technological superiority in the space race

What was the relationship between the Supreme Court decisions in Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?

• The Supreme Court's decision in Brown overturned the court's decision in Plessy.

• The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy overturned the court's decision in Brown.

• . The Supreme Court's decision in Brown affirmed the court's decision in Plessy.

• The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy affirmed the court's decision in Brown.

How did the Montgomery GI Bill benefit soldiers who had served in World War II?

• It provided low-interest housing loans.

• It helped veterans afford higher education.

• It created white-collar jobs for servicemen.

• It extended peacetime military employment.

How did the US government respond to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1?

• by forming the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

• by escalating US involvement in the Vietnam conflict

• by increasing funding for science and math education

• by conducting a test of the first hydrogen bomb