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1
Who won the presidential election of 1972?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
2
Name of peace-keeping organization that stepped in to assist in the Korean War?
United Nations
Red Cross
NATO
European Union
3
What did an American spy plane discover in Cuba?
Cases of cigars
Nothing
Nuclear missile sites
Groups of USSR soldiers
4
Germany and the city of Berlin were separated into _______ sections
5
2
4
3
5
What was Kennedy's solution to the problem in Cuba?
Diplomatic pressure
Air attack
Blockade
Invasion
6
What was the deliberate easing and reduction of Cold War tensions?
Deterrence
Detente
Containment
Peaceful Co-Existence
7
Which legislation forced the President to inform Congress of sending troops within 48 hours?
26th Amendment
Vietnam Bill
War Powers Act
8
U.S., Britain, and ____________ were part of the Yalta Conference
USSR
France
Germany
Canada
9
T or F: Truman Doctrine provided aid to all Communist countries
True
False
10
Name of U.S. policy of creating so many nuclear weapons that the other side would not attack?
Deterrence
Co-Existence
Containment
Liberation
11
What was the boundary separating North and South Vietnam?
40th
38th
52nd
17th
12
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
My Lai
Ho Chi Minh
Diem
Dien Bien Phu
13
Name of U.S. method of directing citizens to protect themselves from nuclear attack?
Duck and cover
Duck and hide
Duck and lay
Duck and turtle
14
Name of band and plane that flew secret missions over the USSR?
Alt-J
311
U2
B-52
15
What was the name of the incident in which two U.S. destroyers were attacked?
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Thailand
Philippines Bay
South China Sea
16
After being charged with conspiracy to commit espionage, the Rosenburg's were...
released
imprisoned
executed
reprimanded
17
Hypothetical boundary termed by Churchill, referring to USSR's protection from Western ideas
Buffer Zone
Red Scare
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
18
Cap. or Comm.: Wealthiest country but there were extremes of great wealth and great poverty
Communism
Capitalism
Both
19
Cap. or Comm.: Businesses and private property are privately owned
Communism
Capitalism
Both
20
Jelly-like substance used by the U.S. forces in Vietnam
Pesticide
Goobers
Agent Orange
Napalm
21
Name of the alliance between USSR and its satellite nations?
NAFTA
NATO
Axis powers
Warsaw Pact
22
What was the solution to the problem in Berlin?
Blockade
Diplomatic Negotiations
Propaganda
Airlift
23
T or F: Newspapers, books, films, and radio were free from state control in the USSR
True
False
24
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
My Lai
Diem
Dien Bien Phu
25
Which South Vietnamese city fell to Communism?
Da Nang
Tonkin
Hanoi
Saigon
26
T or F: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was not a declaration of war
True
False
27
Name of the fear of communism in the 1950s?
Blue Scare
Orange Scare
Red Scare
Black Scare
28
Cuban missile crisis ended with a deal that USSR remove missiles and U.S. promised...
not to invade Soviet Union
to ignore the USSR
to invade Cuba
not to invade Cuba
29
Cap. or Comm.: Standard of living isn't high, but poverty and unemployment is rare
Both
Capitalism
Communism
30
What was the result of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
uprising easily defeated, JFK humiliated
uprising was a success, JFK very pleased
31
General Douglas MacArthur was removed from his position by Truman because he...
threatened to use atomic weapons on Korea
threatened an attack on China
evacuated all U.S. troops
allied himself with China
32
Hundreds of __________ in ______________ were blacklisted during the Red Scare
politicans, America
actors, Hollywood
Democrats, America
Russians, USSR
33
Cap. or Comm.: Many of its citizens were opposed to the other system
Communism
Capitalism
Both
34
Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?
JFK
Fulgencio Batista
Kruschev
Fidel Castro
35
The Korean War is known as the ________________ War
Tragic
Forgotten
Stalemate
Winning
36
Name of the event where four people were killed by the National Guard
Maryland University
Ohio State
Kent State
37
Name of the American politician and leader of the Red Scare?
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Joseph McCarthy
J. Edgar Hoover
38
What was the greatest strength of the Viet Cong fighters?
Guerilla warfare
Refusal to give in
Easily able to give up
Strategic bombing