Heritage Semester Test 25

Which of the following was an international peace organization established after WWII?

United Nations

Which of the following was the plan to contain communism where it already existed?

The Truman Doctrine

Which of the following was the first satellite in space?

Sputnik

Which of the following forbid the above ground and under water testing of weapons of mass destruction?

The Partial Test Ban Treaty

Which of the following was a movement to encourage African – Americans to register to vote throughout the South?

Voter Education Project

Which of the following was caused by Rosa Parks refusing to give her seat up on a bus?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Which of the following outlawed the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which of the following divided Vietnam at the 17^th parallel and called for free elections?

Geneva Accords

Which of the following was the belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, then the rest of Southeast Asia would follow? 

Domino Theory

Which of the following was the simultaneous attack by the Vietcong on targets in the South, during the Vietnamese new year?

Tet Offensive

Which of the following was the gradual turning over of the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese?

Vietnamization

Which of the following was the bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S., from 1965 to 1968?

Operation Rolling Thunder

Which of the following was the French fort attacked by the Vietmihn, ending French efforts in Vietnam?

Dien Bien Phu

The leader of North Vietnam was

Ho Chi Minh

The struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for global dominance was known as

Cold War

Where was the U.S. at war from 1950 to 1953?

Korea

Who was JFK's Republican opponent in 1960?

Richard Nixon

The leader of the U.S.S.R. during JFK's presidency was

Nikita Khrushchev

How faithful was JFK to his wife, Jackie?

Not Very

Where does the word Watergate come from?

Watergate Hotel in Washington DC that is the Democratic Headquarters

What newspaper did reporters Woodward and Bernstein work for?

The Washington Post

What evidence ended up being the smoking gun that proved the president was involved?

Audio recording of Nixon in the Oval Office talking about the Watergate

Who became president after Richard Nixon?

Gerald Ford

What government agency did Deep Throat belong to?

FBI