Cold War and Vietnam Review

The Vietnamese shocked the French in winning a huge victory at:

The U.S. joined which alliance in 1949?

Anti-war sentiment and polarization reached new levels after the:

Who was the leader of the USSR during JFK's presidency?

The adviser pushing JFK to bomb Cuba was:

Why did the USSR want to create a communist buffer between themselves and Germany?

The leader of the Vietnamese Independence Movement was:

After World War II why did the US want a strong free market Europe?

The well-coordinated attack on the Vietnamese New Year in 1968 was called:

Who said it and why? "I felt like a jackrabbit in a hailstorm, hunkering up and taking it"?

After WWII an International Body was created to help avoid future wars; it was called:

The Bay of Pigs invasion was:

In October of 1962, JFK and Khrushchev had a standoff over:

The U.S. backed Ngo Din Diem in South Vietnam as he was:

LBJ was to Escalation as Richard Nixon was to ___________?

Which two concerning events occurred in 1949?

The Geneva Peace Conference of 1954 ended the war between France and Vietnam and led to:

Ironically, despite the claim of wanting to keep out of Vietnam, LBJ is associated with:

The U.S. fought two enemies in Vietnam, the NVA and the:

Nixon drew extensive criticism for his authorization of:

Lyndon Johnson ran for President on a "peace platform" facing off against:

McNamara learned, thirty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, that:

U.S. Military Leaders were frustrated by the VC's ability to stay supplied through the:

Who became president in 1968?

In the 1950's Ho Chi Minh was leading a revolution against:

JFK, sensing that we would lose South Vietnam if Diem continued to lead, signaled that:

In 1973 the U.S. and North Vietnam:

LBJ was able to escalate military action in Vietnam without officially declaring war due to:

In 1948 the U.S. and Britain prevented Soviet takeover of West Berlin through carrying out:

During the Cold War, fear of the spread of communism was referred to as:

Public sentiment toward the war greatly decreased after news of the:

Why were the Soviets able to develop an atomic weapon so quickly after WWII?

Which American was basically the dictator of Japan after WWII?

The Foreign Policy Option pursued by the U.S. after WWII was:

In 1975:

The adviser urging JFK to be use restraint and respond only to Khrushchev's soft message was:

Define the Marshall Plan in the simplest terms

Why was the US so concerned with communism spreading to Greece and Turkey?

Diem was hugely unpopular in Vietnam for:

Why didn't Eisenhower intervene when the Soviets crushed democratic uprisings in Hungary?

How did the Cold War contribute to the construction of our interstate highway system?