What happened in Vietnam shortly before the assassination of John ...

[burchfield96]

Question 1

The scale in the cartoon The Great Financier is out of balance because __________.
 
  A) people in Britain were paying heavier taxes than Americans to manage their country's debt
  B) Britain's debts far outweighed its profits in administering the American colonies
  C) most of the taxes imposed by Britain were on the shipping industry
  D) Native Americans were required to pay more taxes than white colonists

Question 2

Even though the Union poster The Eagle's Nest and the Confederate song sheet Secession Quick Step sent different messages to the public in order to boost morale at the beginning of the Civil War, they both __________.
 
  A) used patriotic symbols and themes associated with the American Revolution
  B) upheld the values found in the United States Constitution
  C) emphasized the importance of states' rights over a strong central government
  D) utilized quotes made by Andrew Jackson during his presidency

Question 3

Why did political cartoonist Ira Levine draw President Johnson's gallbladder incision in the shape of South Vietnam in his political cartoon Johnson's Scar?
 
  A) to imply that U.S. involvement there was a scar on the Johnson administration
  B) to symbolize the damage done to U.S. forces by Vietcong guerillas
  C) to garner U.S. support for Johnson's leadership in fighting there
  D) to underscore the idea that fighting communism in Asia was a core U.S. interest

Question 4

What was the purpose of the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
 
  A) It declared that the United States would act as an international police power in Latin America
  so that Europeans would not intervene.
  B) It was an important step in making the United States more isolated from the rest of the world.
  C) It announced that the United States would play an economic role in China.
  D) It specifically set up an economic plan where the United States would establish American
  banks in Latin America.

Question 5

How does First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's personal story reflect the peculiar nature of the Civil War?
 
  A) Both she and her husband were born in Confederate states.
  B) Two of her sons served as generals on opposite sides of the war.
  C) She was charged by federal officials of spying for the Confederacy.
  D) She lost three brothers who were killed while fighting for the Confederacy.

Question 6

What happened in Vietnam shortly before the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963?
 
  A) a withdrawal of U.S. forces in South Vietnam
  B) a Kennedy-supported military coup resulting in Ngo Dinh Diem's murder
  C) an attempt by Ngo Dinh Diem to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
  D) a decision by the Kennedy administration to turn to diplomacy in Vietnam

[6ana001]

Answer 1

B

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

A

Answer 4

A

Answer 5

D

Answer 6

B

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