HIS 122 Chapter 29 Questions

The Cuban missile crisis:

brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war

The strongest and most visible opposition to Diem's government was led by:

buddhists

The Tet offensive of early 1968:

dramatically affected public support for Johnson's war policy

In 1961, Khrushchev escalated tensions over Berlin by:

erecting the Berlin Wall

Kennedy's successor as president, Lyndon Johnson:

genuinely cared about the disadvantaged in society

Changes in immigration law in 1965:

removed quotas based upon national origin

In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court:

required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights

Malcolm X:

said blacks should be proud of their African heritage

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was:

the sit-in

The Tonkin Gulf resolution:

was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war