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With the passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution,
the military could use nuclear weapons.
Congress maintained its war-declaring power.
the United States declared war on Vietnam.
the president could use further force in Vietnam.
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Who was Ho Chi Min?
The leader of North Korea
The leader of South Vietnam
The leader of North Vietnam
The leader of South Korea
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Detente refers to the...
Relaxation of tension
Absence of tension
None of the above
Increase of tension
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What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
if two or more opposing sides used nuclear weapons, both sides perish
if four opposing sides used nuclear weapons, both sides perish
if one nation used a nuclear weapon on another country, the world would end
if you eat too much, u dead
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Brinkmanship is defined as:
One country helping another country
Pursuing dangerous political policy and becoming violent
Dangerous political policy, but stopping before violence
One country collectively working with another country
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What was the Marshall plan
National Housing Act of 1949
McCarthyism- attacks on suspected communist within the US government
program to aid devastated countries in europe
said that US would defend the Middle East
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What was the policy of brinkmanship?
Destroying ships in the Suez Canal
Carrying nuclear weapons while in enemy territory
Always remaining on the verge of war
U.S. battleships from Brinksmanville
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Name the mutual defense pact signed in 1949 to keep communism out of Western Europe and the US
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
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Why was NATO formed?
To protect countries from communism.
To have an alliance.
To fight Russsia
To fight terrorists.
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11. The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) prevented nuclear war. How?
The USSR won the arms race, ending the need for more weapons
America & the USSR both destroyed all their nuclear weapons
US and USSR formed an alliance to destroy Communist China.
Both knew if they used nukes they too would be destroyed
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Oct 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union (13 days)
Operation Mongoose
Cuban Missile Crisis
Operation Thunderbolt
Bay of Pigs
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What was the result of the Geneva Accords?
Vietnam would be divided
None of the above
French would continue to control Vietnam
Vietnam War ended
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HUAC stands for
House Un-American Activities Committee
Huey Lewis and the News
House Under Assassination of Character
House of United Americans Committee
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Define 'McCarthyism'
Anti-Communist Propaganda
All of the above
Anti-Communist Hysteria
Communist 'Witch Hunting'
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What is Vietnamization?
U.S troops withdrawing while SV fights
Vietnam taking over
Destroying Vietnam
U.S troops withdrawing while NV fights
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The HUAC investigated potential _____?
Communists
Politicians
Actors
Democrats
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What is a Blacklist?
A list of names made to keep people from getting hired
A list made by presidents of people they should parden
A list made of bad business deals
A list made to opress black freed slaves
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Who was William Westmoreland?
A police officer
The American commander in South Vietnam
The President
A novelist
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What was the bay of pigs?
, an successful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles,
Bay of Pigs) on the east coast of Cuba.
1961, a successful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles,
1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
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The Domino Theory was what?
Giving aid to countries broken from war
A belief that communism was going EXTINCT
When 1 country falls to communism, other countries will begin to fall too
Giving aid to communist threaten countries
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The INF treaty was the...
Was a failure
Was signed in Reykjavik
Treaty that reduced nuclear missiles
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
U.S. policy to support any country at risk of communist take over
U.S. policy to declare nuclear war on USSR
money to support any country at risk of capitalist take over
militia to support any country at risk of communist take over
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What was McCarthyism?
A different name for communism
A name for the new political party that was anti-communist.
A cult that did not accept communism
A campaign to find and mark all the communists in the government.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
Provided the Americans with military secrets
Provided the Soviets with military secrets
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William Westmoreland
Vice President to JFK
Commander in Vietnam and Chief of Staff
An officer in WWII
Vice President to Woodrow Wilson
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what was the domino theory?
one country becomes communist, a nearby one will as well!
all countries become communist over time
one of Shane Dawson's conspiracy theories
the theory of dominos
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who was Joseph McCarthy?
my dad
he was a US senator in the cold war
some random guy
the president in the cold war
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In 1954, the Geneva Accords - did this.
created one unified Vietnam
punished Richard Nixon
ended the war between US and Vietnam
divided Vietnam into North and South
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What did the Marshall Plan do?
Built a wall in Berlin
broke apart Germany
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
Allowed all refugees to live in America
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What was the red scare?
Hysteria over the perceived threat posed by communists
A time when people were scared of the color red
The domino effect
The fear of communism in America
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Nikita Kruschev was the leader of the _________________
Soviet Union
USA
Cuba
USSR
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What is the definition of Blacklist?
A person who supports something they believe in.
A total number that is required
Organization or establishment devoted to a certain purpose
A list of people or products viewed with disapproval.
