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The Cold War and the Americas
The Cold War and the Americas
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1
How do most historians view the impact of the Alliance for Progress?
All of the above
A failure
A success
A mixture of success and failure
2
Put these Cold War Presidencies in correct chronological order.
Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, JFK, LBJ
Eisenhower, Truman, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ, JFK, Nixon
Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
3
Who said this?
Truman
Nixon
Eisenhower
McCarthy
4
Which event is considered the best example of Brinkmanship?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Tet Offensive
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Cuban Missile Crisis
5
How did McCarthyism contribute to US foreign policy?
The Red Scare made people scared to dissent from party lines
Paranoia contributed to US resolve to fight in Korea.
Theatre and film actors and directors lost their jobs.
Latin American countries were given more US aid.
6
In which year was Vietnam partitioned into Communist North and US-backed South?
1954
1949
1957
1945
7
Which phrase applies to the activity of the CIA in Latin American during the Cold War?
Protect and Serve
Mutually Assured Destruction
Plausible Deniability
We're Here to Help
8
What is the missing word: "_______, not democracy became a goal in the fight against Communism"
Capitalism
Socialism
Domination
Stability
9
Which president was responsible for the Domino Theory speech?
Nixon
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
10
Who is this?
President Allende
President Arbenz
General Pinochet
Fidel Castro
11
What year was the Guatemalan Coup?
1953
1955
1954
1956
12
Eisenhower's 'New Look' policy led to the development of...
Brinkmanship
all of the above
Mutually Assured Destruction
larger nuclear arsenals
13
Under whose presidency did the US-backed Guatemalan coup d'etat take place?
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Nixon
14
What is the name of this President's major Cold War policy?
Constriction
Containment
Confinement
Complaining
15
What change in policy towards Latin American featured in Kennedy's 'Alliance for Progress'?
Greater economic aid
Greater military support
More coup d'etats
More sporting exchanges
16
Who were Eisenhower's Vice President and Secretary of State?
Truman and Nixon
Dulles and McNamara
Nixon and Dulles
Dulles and McCarthy
17
Under Truman and Eisenhower, aid to Latin America was mainly for...
Military purposes
Health and education
Economic development
Promoting dictatorships
18
Which conflict does this cartoon relate to?
The Iraq War
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
World War II
19
In what year was Allende overthrown by a CIA-backed coup d'etat?
1977
1971
1975
1973
20
The 'Escalation' phase of the US War in Vietnam took place from...
1968-1972
1964-1968
1960-1964
1954-1960