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Quiz on the Cold War
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1
Who was the Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson?
Spiro Agnew
McNamara
Westmoreland
Eisenhower
2
What was perestroika?
opening of communication in and out of the USSR
Reform of USSR's economy
Increasing economic restrictions in the USSR
Stabilized the USSR
3
Which of the following Presidents' expanded to the US defense budget to over $2 Trillion
Reagan
Carter
Clinton
G.H. Bush
4
Who was President when the final US troops were withdrawn from Vietnam?
Carter
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
5
What is the US Foreign Policy throughout the Cold War?
Massive Retaliation
Neutrality
Containment
Flexible Response
6
Glasnost was
a successful policy used to stabilize the USSR
improved the communist hold on the USSR
increase of information in and out of the USSR
economic reform in the USSR
7
The reduction of Nuclear Weapons began with talks initiated by which President?
Carter
Johnson
Reagan
Nixon
8
Which of the following was not part of the Ideological explanation for the end of the Cold War?
It didn't reward creativity
It lacked incentive
It was devoid of Competition
Gorbachev
9
The US Congress refused to ratify SALT II because
The US was boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics
The USSR invaded Afghanistan
The Taliban had taken power in Afghanistan
Reagan was a strong opponent to SALT
10
How did Eisenhower facilitate the end of the Korean War?
Surrender
Threat of Massive Retaliation
He didn't the UN did
Negotiations
11
The United States' involvement in Vietnam started under which President?
Eisenhower
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
12
Which of the following Afghan organizations/governments was NEVER supported by the USSR?
The Taliban
Taraki
Daoud
Babrak Karmal
13
Johnson initiated SALT in response to
The USSRs ABM program
The pressure from the Vietnam War
The launch of Sputnik
The USSRs SDI
14
Which of the following is not a cause of the Cold War?
Nuclear Proliferation
The US refusal to recognize the Bolshevik Government in 1917
The Cuban Missile
Mirror Imaging
15
Who was the first President of Russia after the collapse of the USSR?
Yeltsin
Gorbachev
Putin
Kruschev
16
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim il Sung
Diem
Mao Zedong
17
Who won the war in Vietam?
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
The United States
Stalemate - Vietnam is divided in 1/2
18
Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
19
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in "ending" the Vietnam War?
Westmoreland
Kissinger
Johnson
Nixon
20
The Carter Doctrine
Help defend democracy in the Middle East
vowed to protect Middle Eastern Oil Reserves from the USSR
vowed that the US would protect Afghanistan
Promised to promote peace throughout the Middle East
21
Which of the following Presidents was elected on the notion he would get the US out of Vietnam?
Ford
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
22
ABM stands for
Anti Barbaric Missiles
Anti-Ballistic Missiles
Auditory Based Missile
Auxiliary Ballistic Missiles
23
Whose relationship with Soviet Premier Khrushchev was seen as a threat to US security?
Battista
Castro
Kennedy
Ho Chi Min
24
What is MAD?
Massive Assured Destruction
Minimum Assured Destruction
Mutually Agreed Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction
25
Whose plan was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
26
When Johnson first met with the USSR to discuss SALT it was in
South Jersey
Camp David
Washington DC
Moscow
27
Which President brought the US into a full-scale war in Vietnam?
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Johnson
28
New START was negotiated by
President Obama
President Reagan
President Clinton
George W. Bush
