Cold War Begins, JFK/LBJ, Vietnam War

Question 1

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended when Khrushchev promised to remove missiles from Cuba if the US did not invade Cuba and..

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Removed missiles from Turkey

Question 2

By keeping communism from spreading, it would eventually die out.

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Containment

Question 3

The Iron Curtain divided what?

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Democratic and Communist Europe

Question 4

Nixon won the election of 1968 thanks to heavily campaigning in northern states.

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False

Question 5

This was used to clear away the jungle in Vietnam

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Agent Orange

Question 6

Being willing to go to the edge of nuclear war.

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brinkmanship

Question 7

The election of 1960 featured the first televised...

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Presidential Debate

Question 8

The Immigration and Nationality Act made entering the USA much easier.

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True

Question 9

Perhaps the most violent year of the Vietnam War, 1968 also included the assassinations of MLK, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.

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True

Question 10

What happened at Kent State?

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National guardsmen fired at and killed student protesters

Question 11

Americans were shocked in 1953 when the Soviets tested the first...

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Hydrogen Bomb

Question 12

Among major causes of the Cold War were arguments over reparations and...

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Free elections in Eastern Europe

Question 13

The USA was the first nation to send a satellite to space.

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False

Question 14

Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur because he...

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Publically criticized the President's limited war policy.

Question 15

LBJ worked to distance himself from JFK, refusing to pass practically anything similar to JFK's ideas.

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False

Question 16

East Germany was a member of NATO.

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False

Question 17

JFK's domestic program was called the New Frontier.

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True

Question 18

Which would not be an example of the Truman Doctrine?

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The Suez Crisis

Question 19

FDR, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into zones controlled by the US, UK, USSR and...

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France

Question 20

Which one does not belong with the others?

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Western Europe

Question 21

All these are related to the Red Scare EXCEPT...

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Sputnik

Question 22

Joseph McCarthy was proven a fraud after he accused leader in the army of being communist.

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True

Question 23

With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress essentially...

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handed war powers to the President

Question 24

Both the US and USSR feared warfare with each other causing tense peace

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 25

Reapportionment as required by the Warren Court shifted more political power to rural whites.

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False

Question 26

The Pentagon Papers further increased the antiwar movement.

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True

Question 27

If one nation fell to communism, surrounding countries would as well.

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Domino Theory

Question 28

The Tet Offensive was a disaster for US troops who lost multiple battles throughout South Vietnam.

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False

Question 29

The USA would be the first to...

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Put aman on the moon

Question 30

The credibility gap was between...

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New reports and government statements

Question 31

Miranda v. Arizona ruled that...

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Those arrested must be read their rights immediately.

Question 32

Doves were against involvement in the war in Vietnam.

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True

Question 33

What troops landed at the Bay of Pigs?

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Cuban refugees

Question 34

The 14th Amendment guarantees what?

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Due Process of Law

Question 35

The Cold War between the USSR and USA featured many direct military battles.

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False

Question 36

The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961 to

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keep East Berliners from leaving

Question 37

The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

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False

Question 38

Which nation was involved in Vietnam shortly before the USA?

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France

Question 39

Medicare insured whom?

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the elderly

Question 40

President Eisenhower wanted Britain and France to leave Egypt so Communism would not spread to that area.

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False

Cold War Begins, JFK/LBJ, Vietnam War

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