Post Test: A Time of Upheaval

Which is a symbol of deindustrialization?

Rust Belt

Which were newly created Cabinet-level departments in the Johnson administration?

-Dept. of Housing and Urban Development & Dept. of Transportation

Imagine you are doing an interview with a former Viet Cong fighter. What might he say about his interest in fighting the war?

-He fought to unify Vietnam under a communist system.

Why did the US civil rights movement gain new momentum after World War II?

-The booming economy had created a larger Black middle class.

Which organization worked for the rights of migrant farm workers?

-UFW

Which piece of legislation signed by Lyndon Johnson brought an end to barriers preventing minorities from participating in elections?

-Voting Rights Act

What US foreign policy issue was a motivation for American intervention in Vietnam?

-containment

What did Malcolm X promote as the answer to the race problem in the United States?

-having total separation of Black people and white people

After President Nixon's resignation, who became president of the United States?

Gerald Ford

Who formally pardoned Richard Nixon?

Gerald Ford

Which company was responsible for Love Canal?

Hooker Chemical and Plastics

Who was a major influence of King's non-violent approach to protest?

Mahatma Gandhi

What does OPEC stand for?

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Why was the Ho Chi Minh Trail important to the North Vietnamese and the NLF?

The trail was a route for moving goods to allies in South Vietnam.

Richard Nixon did ALL of the following as president EXCEPT:

be impeached

President Nixon began a policy of measured troop withdrawals from Vietnam. What was this policy called?

de-escalation