Day 3 EOC Practice Quiz

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To help rebuild Europe after WWII

• To contain the spread of communism

• To create a military alliance

• To reduce military spending

What event marked the beginning of direct U.S. involvement in the Korean War?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• North Korea invaded South Korea

• Fall of Saigon

• Vietnam War protests

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The U.S. invaded Cuba

• The U.S. and USSR avoided nuclear war and agreed to de-escalate

• Cuba became a U.S. ally

• JFK was removed from office

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow the U.S. president to do?

• End the Vietnam War

• Expand U.S. military involvement in Vietnam

• Withdraw all troops

• Sign a peace treaty

Why did public support for the Vietnam War decline after the Tet Offensive?

• It showed communism was defeated

• It showed the enemy was stronger than expected

• It was a small and quick conflict

• The media stopped covering it

What did Brown v. Board of Education rule?

• Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

• Affirmative action is illegal

• Women have equal pay rights

• School prayer is mandatory

What was the goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Ban school prayer

• Promote Prohibition

• End segregation and job discrimination

• Begin Reconstruction

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminate?

• Segregated schools

• The draft

• Literacy tests and voting barriers

• Prohibition laws

How did Malcolm X’s philosophy differ from Martin Luther King Jr.’s?

• Malcolm X promoted self-defense and Black nationalism

• Malcolm X was a pacifist

• They both used only legal strategies

• Malcolm X focused on women's rights

What organization aimed to advance civil rights through court cases?

• Black Panthers

• NAACP

• HUAC

• NATO