Describe the fundamental Cold War beliefs and commitments held by presidents Kennedy and Johnson that compelled them to involve the United States in a war in Vietnam
What will be an ideal response?
Kennedy and Johnson saw themselves as merely keeping the commitments to South Vietnam made by their predecessors. Both were Cold Warriors who believed in monolithic communism and the domino theory, and they believed America's "credibility" as the leader of the free world was at stake in Vietnam. Both feared the domestic political consequences of "losing" Vietnam to Communism.
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A) the indifference of English monarchs to the problem B) widespread corruption among government agents C) the refusal of juries to convict offenders D) the mercantile policies of the government in matters of foreign trade E) low profits and volume of trade
The leader who effectively assisted Mao in the 1970s was
A) Deng Xiaoping. B) Sun Yat-sen. C) Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek). D) Zhou Enlai. E) Jing Qing.
During the First World War, the American Federation of Labor
A. languished and barely survived the wartime period. B. None of these answers is correct. C. grew exponentially, due in part to its cooperation with government and business. D. sustained its membership at nearly prewar levels throughout.
The Jesuits were
A) an order of Dominican Friars set upon the need to educate and be educated. B) the Society of Jesus, a Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola with the mission to defend the Catholic faith. C) an order of Franciscan monks determined to establish a pattern of worship that suited both the Catholics and the Protestants. D) the Cistercians that evolved into pacifists, even in the name of the Catholic Church facing heretics. E) a combination of Lutheran monks and Dominicans working together to educate the masses.