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Unit 8 - Cold War
Who was president when the Marshall Plan was used?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
Unit 8 - Cold War
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
was denied by Congress
ended the Vietnam war
allowed the President to exercise war powers
pulled the U.S. out of Vietnam before it ended
2
Who was president when the Marshall Plan was used?
Trump
Eisenhower
Truman
JFK
3
Which of the following did NOT happen when Truman was president?
The Korean War
Marshall Plan
Interstate Highway Act
China falling to communism
4
This US foregin policy promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements
New Deal
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Democratic Doctrine
5
The television had the largest impact on which presidential election?
Reagan vs Carter
Eisenhower vs. Truman
Nixon vs Kennedy
Gore vs Bush
6
Which president was involved in Interstate Highway Act?
JFK
Trump
Truman
Einsenhower
7
Which of the following did NOT happen when Eisenhower was President?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Interstate Highway Act
Baby boom
Soviet's launching of Sputnik
8
Which of these was an outcome of the “Army-McCarthy Hearings” in early 1954?
McCarthy’s red scare of the military were discredited
The Army continued to send troops to Asia
MCarthy went to jail
McCarthy was Court Marshaled for treason
9
What Communist ally in Asia supplied communist revolutionaries with support in Korea?
Vietnam
China
Japan
Germany
10
This map best portrays...
The effect of the Tet Offensive
The policy of democracy
The policy of containment
The impact of WWI
11
In which conflict was
containment
successful?
Cuba Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Communist revolution
12
Communist assault campaign on 36 capitals and 5 major cities
Tet Offensvie
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Korean Stalemate
Viet Cong
13
Which president was involved in Bay of Pigs invasion?
Eisenhower
Truman
Trump
JFK
14
Why did the US establish a naval blockade in the Caribbean?
The Bay of Pigs was successful
Soviets set up missiles in Cuba
The Cubans did the same
Khrushchev wouldn't pick up the hotline telephone
15
Who was involved with the first televised debate?
Truman
JFK
Trump
Eisenhower
16
All economic industry is owned by private individuals; free market economy
communism
capitalism
democracy
autocracy
17
Which president was involved in the beginning of the Korean War?
Eisenhower
JFK
Trump
Truman
18
1st two countries to receive economic aid from the Truman Doctrine
France and Germany
Greece and Turkey
Greece and Italy
Turkey and France
19
Competition between US and Soviet Union for control and influence in the world
NATO
Cold War
Warsaw Pact
Capitalism
20
Which president was involved with the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Truman
Trump
JFK
Eisenhower
21
The U.S. agreed to loan money to western Europe to help them rebuild after WWII
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Plan
New Frontier
22
What brought the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Levittown
23
Figurative separation between East and West Europe
Berlin Wall
Stalin Curtain
iron curtain
Turkey
24
Who led a communist revolution to get rid of French colonizers in Vietnam?
Kim Jung Un
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
25
What was the turning point in the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Offensive
There wasn't one
Tet Offensive
Battle of Midway
26
Soviet military alliance with satellite states throughout Eastern Europe
UN
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
NATO
27
Who was president during the rebuilding of Europe after WWII
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Johnson
28
US and their allies military alliance
NATO
UN
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
29
Who was
NOT
involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
JFK
Eisenhouser
Fidel Castro
30
MOST likely to have the greatest impact on the population of the Sunbelt (S & SW states)?
invention of solar power
better Mass Transit
personal computers
invention of air conditioning
31
Failed CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba
Tet Offensive
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Havana Invasion
32
Economy is run by the government on behalf of the people; intention is fairness and equality
capitalism
communism
dictatorship
democracy
33
Who was president when China was falling to communism?
Truman
Eisenhower
Trump
JFK
34
The Vietnam War ended with....
the country being divided into 2 nations
the Tet Offensive
the country being united under communism
the Soviet Union collapsing
35
Which president was affected most by the Soviet’s launching of Sputnik?
Trump
Eisenhower
JFK
Truman
36
Fear that if one country falls to communism, the others surrounding it will to
Red Scare
propaganda
Containment policy
domino theory
37
Which of the following is NOT associated with President Kennedy?
Marshall Plan
Cuban missile Crisis
1st televised Presidential debate
Bay of Pigs invasion
38
One rule of the Marshall Plan was that European nations must...
Keep Germany from ever electing a leader
use the money to buy American products
Cut off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
Never ask the U.S. for money again
39
U.S. troops were first sent to Vietnam as a result of the
My Lai Massacre
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Bay of Pigs
Formation of the Viet Cong
40
Who came to power in Cuba after a communist revolution in 1959?
Cesar Chavez
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
