History final

In 1951, a jury convicted this couple of conspiracy to pass secrets concerning the atomic bomb to Soviet agents during World War II.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

At the nationally televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, it was revealed that

McCarthy was a bully who browbeat witnesses and made sweeping accusations with no basis in fact

Why did the United States continue to support South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem's corrupt and weak regime?

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson feared losing Vietnam to communism.

Which statement accurately describes what NSC-68 called for?

a permanent military buildup to fight communism

The Black panther party

advocated armed self-defense

In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he

combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism

As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

human rights

All of the following statements regarding the 1968 Tet offensive are true EXCEPT that it

involved the fall of sagion to the communists

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech

n front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

the army

With the sit-ins, college students stepped onto the stage of American history as a leading force for social change.

true

What was the April 1961 CIA-led invasion of Cuba to topple Fidel Castro that proved to be a total failure when, of the invading force of 1,400, most were captured and more than 100 killed?

Bay of Pigs

With which communist country did President Nixon reopen diplomatic relations?

China