1) Sending Federal Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, Was an Example of the Federal Government

1) Sending federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, was an example of the federal government enforcing the Brown decision.
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
True
False
2) Which of the following statements do NOT apply to Senator Joseph McCarthy?
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) He died of alcoholism
B) He made charges against many people in the federal government
C) He caught spies in government and proved his charges with evidence
D) He gave his name to the already functioning anti-communist movement
3) Which of the following was the U.S. role in Vietnam between 1946 and 1960?
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) a strict hands-off policy
B) sending in combat troops
C) reluctantly accepting a Vietnam ruled by a communist government
D) helping the French financially and sending advisors to the new Vietnamese government in the south of the country
4) As a military officer, Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower had a great talent for:
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) leading troops in battle
B) teaching marksmanship to soldiers in basic training
C) mentoring Douglas MacArthur on how to be a good military officer
D) planning and organizing large-scale troop movements and battles
5) In World War II, Ike was famous for victory in/on:
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) Guadalcanal
B) the coastal invasion of France
C) England
D) the Russian front
6) Which statement about the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education is true?
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) It desegregated bus stations in the south
B) It ended racial segregation forever
C) It was directed against the Ku Klux Klan
D) It ordered that all school districts desegregate schools that had been separated along racial lines
7) Ike repudiated (denounced and got rid of) the New Deal programs left and did not do anything that added to the size and cost of the federal government.
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
True
False
8) The shooting down of an American spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 led the Soviets to develop a rocket-satellite program so they could spy on America.
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
True
False
9) "Covert activities" for the CIA meant:
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) gathering intelligence only
B) acting upon intelligence gathered and publishing a book to be read by the president
C) acting upon intelligence gathered and attempting to influence governments of other nations to move away from communism
D) gathering intelligence and sharing it with all other government agencies
10) Ike was all of the following EXCEPT:
For 1 Point(s)
Answer:
A) a career military officer
B) a liberal politically
C) moderately conservative politically
D) a Republican