The essential element of the policy of containment was

a commitment to holding communism to the USSR

Cuban dictator overthrown by communists

A competition to build more powerful nuclear weapons

Communist leader of North Vietnam

The Warsaw Pact was between what two groups?

Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Nations

Who was Fidel Castro?

Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959

What was true about the "Vietnamization" of the War?

That South Vietnam's forces would take over

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The essential element of the policy of containment was
a rejection of involvement in the United Nations
a commitment to working with the USSR
a commitment to rolling back communism
a commitment to holding communism to the USSR
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Fulgencio Batista
leader of communist revolutionaries
Cuban dictator overthrown by communists
Cuban trade minister
Cuban attorney general
3
Who was the leader of the USSR during the end of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikitra Khruschev
Leonid Brezhnev
4
Policy of lessening Cold War tensions
containment
SALT
detente
domino theory
5
Policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism
Democratization
Appeasement
Aggression
Containment
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the Chinese nationalist leader that fought against Mao
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)
Yuan Shikai
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President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Alan Shepard
John F Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Jonas Stalk
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Name of the border between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Siegfried Line
Western Front
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Arms Race
Public accusation of disloyalty, often without evidence
promoting science & technology to improve space travel
A competition to build more powerful nuclear weapons
disarmament of conventional weapons
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Ho Chi Minh
Leader of South Vietnam
LBJ's advisor on Vietnamese foreign affairs
Nixon's advisor on Vietnamese foreign affairs
Communist leader of North Vietnam
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The Warsaw Pact was between what two groups?
Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Nations
Soviet Union and Sweden
North America and Warsaw
Germany and Spain
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Willingness to go to the edge of war
Cliffmanship
Brinkmanship
Berlin Wall
Border Wall
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An assistance program to provide food,machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe
United Nations
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Marshall Plan
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Who was Fidel Castro?
President of South Korea
Communist dictator of the USA
Leader of the USSR
Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959
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What was true about the "Vietnamization" of the War?
That Ho Chi Minh would move to America
That US Soldier #'s would be increased
That South Vietnam's forces would take over
That North Vietnam would quit fighting
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First leader of the Chinese Communist Part - dictator of China for over 20 years
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaopeng
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-shek

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