History 175 Quiz 4
1. That Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms switched their party affiliation was an indication that | Democrats were losing the solid South. | | African Americans in the South would be voting in growing numbers. | | Republicans were going to have a difficult time winning elections in the South. | | Democratic politicians in the South were solidly behind federal civil rights legislation. |
2. One surprising development in the 1972 presidential election was | strong conservative support for Richard Nixon. | | Richard Nixon's strength among southern, Catholic, urban, and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern's strength among southern, Catholic, urban, and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern's winning more electoral votes than Richard Nixon did. |
3. The bloody civil war that ended with the Khmer Rouge in power occurred in which Southeast Asian Country? | Vietnam | | Laos | | Cambodia | | Thailand |
4. President Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, believed the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations | was a step toward global warfare. | | would reduce the threat the Soviets and Chinese posed to the United States. | | gave them a convenient excuse for abandoning the longstanding policy of containment. | | could well impede the larger effort to achieve d�tente with the Soviet Union. |
5. The Tet Offensive was an important turning point for President Lyndon Johnson because | the president had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent. | | military leaders refused to act on intelligence that the attack was imminent. | | it underscored the credibility gap between official statements and the war's actual progress. | | he was forced to cancel a planned visit to South Vietnam. |
6. The movement in the United States to stop the Vietnam War was important primarily because | most Americans got involved in it. |
2. One surprising development in the 1972 presidential election was | strong conservative support for Richard Nixon. | | Richard Nixon's strength among southern, Catholic, urban, and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern's strength among southern, Catholic, urban, and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern's winning more electoral votes than Richard Nixon did. |
3. The bloody civil war that ended with the Khmer Rouge in power occurred in which Southeast Asian Country? | Vietnam | | Laos | | Cambodia | | Thailand |
4. President Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, believed the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations | was a step toward global warfare. | | would reduce the threat the Soviets and Chinese posed to the United States. | | gave them a convenient excuse for abandoning the longstanding policy of containment. | | could well impede the larger effort to achieve d�tente with the Soviet Union. |
5. The Tet Offensive was an important turning point for President Lyndon Johnson because | the president had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent. | | military leaders refused to act on intelligence that the attack was imminent. | | it underscored the credibility gap between official statements and the war's actual progress. | | he was forced to cancel a planned visit to South Vietnam. |
6. The movement in the United States to stop the Vietnam War was important primarily because | most Americans got involved in it. |