The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 16

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Why are we in South Viet-Nam? We are there because we have a promise to keep. Since 1954 every American President has offered support to the people of South Viet-Nam. We have helped to build,and we have helped to defend. Thus,over many years,we have made a national pledge to help South Viet-Nam defend its independence…We are also there because there are great stakes in the balance. Let no one think for a moment that retreat from Viet-Nam would bring an end to conflict. The battle would be renewed in one country and then another."
President Lyndon B.Johnson,Speech at Johns Hopkins University,1965
-Which of the following best characterizes the public response to Johnson's statements?

• A) Widespread antiwar protests
• B) Broad consensus over the nation's Cold War strategy of containment
• C) Outcry against the nation's failure to support democracy
• D) Open debate about collective security

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Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, showing the frequency of data within specified intervals.

Symmetric

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Unimodal

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