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1
What was the goal of SALT
to work to build up more nuclear weapons
to raise peoples blood pressure
to create an alliance of nuclear powers
to limit/reduce nuclear weapons
2
The United Nations is
an Pro-Communist group
a Group of Soccer teams that compete for the World Cup
a Group created after WWII to help keep world peace
an Anti-communist group
3
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
was a declaration of war against China
gave the president the power to do what he needed to win in Vietnam
sanctioned the president over Watergate
established our dominance of the Soviet Union
4
The name of the spies that were sent to the electric chair were
The Fritz's
The McCarthy's
The Rosenberg's
The Nixon's
5
Which was the alliance of
communist
countries?
NATO
The Axis Powers
The Allies
The Warsaw Pact
6
What incident got us more directly involved in the war in Vietnam?
The bombing of Pear Harbor
The bombing of our ship in the Gulf of Tonkin
The invasion of the Bay of Pigs
The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
7
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, we responded to the coming missiles by
Invaded Russia
Invading Cuba at the Bay of Pigs
We assassinated their leader
Blockading Cuba with our Navy
8
The launch of Sputnik lead us to create
SALT
NATO
START
NASA
9
Our foreign policy for dealing with the Soviet Union and communism during the Cold War was
Containment
Search and Destroy
Total Destruction
Watchful Waiting
10
Sputnik was a Russian
Bomb
Dog
Satellite
Spaceship
11
The Pentagon Papers showed
The government had misled us in our intentions in Vietnam
That the Soviets were losing the Cold War
How the Pentagon needed major renovations
That Nixon had helped cover up the Watergate Scandal
12
What event signaled the end of the cold war?
The fall of the Iron Curtain
The unification of Vietnam
The bombing if Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The fall of the Berlin Wall
13
Fidel Castro was the leader of what country
Germany
Soviet Union
Cuba
Afghanistan
14
Why did we need the Berlin Airlift?
We wanted a good air show
Stalin had blocked goods from going into West Berlin
We needed to get more missiles to overseas countries
Stalin had bombed the US
15
What does the Domino Theory have to do with the Vietnam War
Don't just bomb Vietnam, bomb all the surrounding countries
We worried that if Vietnam fell to communism other countries would fall.
We needed to make sure we were not fighting the Viet Cong Alone
Soldiers really liked playing dominoes
16
The event where we sent in Cuban exiles to free Cuba from communists was known as
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
Iran Contra Scandal
Bay of Pigs Invasion
17
The Truman Plan and Marshall Doctrine
Gave money to countries to help them not become communist
Was set up to help take over China
Gave the American Military money in order to buy bigger weapons
were never passed
18
The domino theory states that...
People in communists countries will want democracy once exposed to it.
If one country falls to communism many will fall to communism
We have to expand democracy at all costs
Domino's pizza must deliver in 30 minutes or less
19
The Korean War started when
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
North Korean troops invaded South Korea
Soviet troops invaded South Korea
North Korea was invaded by South Korean troops
20
Which was the alliance of
non-communist
countries?
The Allies
NATO
The Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
21
Set up after WWII the United Nations is good at all the following except
Keeping world peace
Helping people get educations
Helping feed people
22
Which of these is an example of Detente?
SALT
NATO
Warsaw Pact
NASA
23
Détente, besides being an awkward French word means...
Give money to solve a problem
I have no idea
Creating more opportunity for conflict
Easing of Cold War Tensions
24
Why were the US and Soviet Union reluctant to fight each other directly
pressure from non aligned countries stopped us
The United Nations was doing such a good job
we were more worried about tensions in the middle east
the potential for global nuclear war scared us
25
The result of the Watergate Scandal was
Nixon was sent to jail
the Rosenberg's were sent to the electric chair
Nixon resigned from office
Congressional power was reduced
26
Why do we even become involved in Vietnam
We don't want Communist North Vietnam to take over South Vietnam
They owe us money
We get lots of oil from them
They bombed us
27
The Berlin Wall was built to
help create jobs for construction workers
keep East Germans from fleeing to free West Germany/Berlin
stop supplies from being shipped into East Berlin
stop Mexicans from illegally coming into the US
28
What was the name of the
IMAGINARY
line that separated the communist from non-communist countries in Europe?
Berlin Wall
38th Parallel
Iron Curtain
Cuban Blockade
