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Cold War extended
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1
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for this long in 1962
13 days
12 hours
almost a full month
5 days
2
As a result of this near nuclear war, the US/USSR created this for future direct communication
flexible response proposal
none of these
a phone hot line between the White House & Kremlin
a cooling down/non-communication period
3
Lyndon Johnson declared a war on
poverty
drugs
education
terrorism
4
The first man to step on the moon was
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shappard
5
The US used this tactic to stop the USSR from putting nuclear missiles in Cuba
an equal invasion of East Germany and in East Berlin
A quarantine of Cuba
Threat of retaliation vs USSR
none of these
6
The Berlin Wall was built while this president was in charge
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
7
This Russian leader ordered the building of the Berlin Wall
Joseph Stalin
Ivan Drago
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Kruschev
8
This state's voters provided the margin of victory in the electoral college for John F. Kennedy
Illinois
Florida
Massachusetts
California
9
Lyndon Johnson defeated this man in a landslide in the 1964 election
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Barry Goldwater
10
What form of media helped influence the 1960 election between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
Radio
Mobile/Cellular devices
Computers
Television
11
The Cuban leader who the US wanted to overthrow at the Bay of Pigs was
Raul Castro
Mikhail Gorbechev
Sterling Castro
Fidel Castro
12
This country tried to build nuclear launch sites in Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
East Germany
China
USSR
North Korea
13
Which of the following statements is true
West Berlin was supported by the US
East Germany was a communist country
The Berlin Wall stood until 1989
West Berlin was located in East Germany
14
The Bay of Pigs invasion centered on which country?
Japan
Panama
Cuba
Russia
15
The ______ Commission made the determination that JFK was killed by only 1 man
Thomas
9/11
Scalia
Warren