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What alliance created a democratic union of European nations and the United States?
SEATO
CENTO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
2
Under the Kennedy administration, how was the US involved in Vietnam?
Military advisers
Financial funding to stabilize the region
Military Support
Vietnamization of the War
3
Which leader's policies included glasnost and perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbechev
Fidel Castro
Deng Xiaoping
Nikita Krushchev
4
What year was the Soviet Union dissolved?
1963
1991
1919
1989
5
What did the Geneva Accords stipulate?
unifying elections would be held within two years
the French would gain control of all of Vietnam
Vietnam would be permanently split along the 17th parallel
Ho Chi Minh would gain control of a unified Vietnam
6
What was Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos called while under French colonial rule?
French Indochina
French India
French Mekong Basin
French Guiana
7
How did Khrushchev isolate West Berlin from East Germany?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
German Blockade
Berlin Blockade
8
How did the Vietnam War effect the United States?
Lenghty
Anti-War Protests
Enforced SEATO
Costly
9
Who Printed the Pentagon Papers?
New York Journal
New York Times
New York Magazine
New York World
10
President Lyndon Johnson received authorization for the use of force in Vietnam through
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
the Truman Doctrine
the United Nations Security Council
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
11
When communist nations gained a little freedom what was their response?
Celebration
Indifference
Revolution
Support
12
What other countries were bombed during the Vietnam War, other than Vietnam?
China and North Korea
Thailand and Malaysia
Cambodia and L:aos
Soviet Union and India
13
Whatwas the effect of the Tet Offensive?
Despite high causalities, Americans believed US was winning
Americansincreased their support of Johnson Administration
Americansbegan to truly support the war effort.
turning point- Americans began to doubt that U.S. would win
14
What was NOT one action of detente?
Helsinki Agreements
SALT II
Arms Race
SALT I
15
What was symbolic division between communism and democracy in Europe?
Eastern Bloc
Soviet Bloc
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
16
What was the name of the communist nations in Eastern Europe under Soviet control?
Soviet Bloc
Eastern Bloc
Warsaw Pact
Cominform
17
Under the Nixon administration, how was the US involved in Vietnam?
Vietnamization of the War
Military advisers
Financial funding to stabilize the region
Military Support
18
How did the Allied Powers respond to the Berlin Blockade?
German Airlift
Berlin Blockade
German Blockade
Berlin Airlift
19
Who was Alger Hiss?
A soviet spy that went by Alger Hiss, he directed movies.
A snake that had a TV show, it was anti-communist propaganda
Someone who interrogated suspects with McCarthy
Former, high-ranking State Department official, accused spy.
20
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
archaic, stone-age warfare
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
modern, mechanized warfare
21
The "supply-side" economic theory that President Reagan implemented called for
all of the above
maintaining high interest rates to control inflation
increasing government spending to stimulate consumption
cutting taxes to encourage new investment
22
The so-called Iran Contra Scandal involved the Reagan administration in
planting misleading intelligence between Iraq and Iran
selling weapons to Anti-American government in Iran
a secret CIA effort to arm Iranian exiles
23
Which Cold War event occurred last?
fall of the Berlin Wall
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
24
What was the period of cooling off, arms reduction, normal relations between the USA and USSR?
Arms Race
Detente
SALT
Deterrent
25
What was Kennan's Long Telegram?
Outlined why US needs aggressive foreign policy w/ USSR
Outlined why US needs to protect Greece & Turkey
Outlined US plan to help economies of non-communist Europe
Outlined US plan to hold democratic elections in Poland
26
The First Indochina War was:
was a victory for South Vietnam
was a war fought between North and South Vietnam
a victory for the French
was a war fought by Vietnamese against French colonialism
27
Who was the leader of communist North Korea during the Korean War?
Kim Il Jun
Kim Sung Jun
Kim Jun Il
Kim Il Sung
28
Daniel Ellsberg became an important figure to the anti-Vietnam War movement after he
founded Vietnam Veterans for Peace
reported on the My Lai massacre
leaked a secret study of the war written by the Pentagon
went to North Vietnam to negotiate the release of prisoners of war
29
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin?
Truman
Khrushchev
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
30
Satellite States are...
An independent Country
Countries that got Marshall Plan money
Countries with Satellites
Economically and politically controlled by another country
31
Nightly new coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped. . .
Create a credibility gap
Unify American's behind the war effort
Raise LBJ's ratings in the polls
Support the nation's hawks
32
The 'Long' Telegram was written by...
John Craven
George Kennan
George Long
John Kennan
33
Define: If one nation becomes communist the bordering nations will become communist.
Domino Theory
Proxy War
M&M Theory
Eastern Bloc
34
Which of the following is regarded as THE major accomplishment of the Nixon administration?
detente with the USSR and China
economic reforms
environment regulations
new social programs
35
In both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the...
lack of U.S. success led to growing anti-war sentiment
U.S. managed a stalemate with communist forces
United Nations sanctioned the U.S. to stop
U.S. fought for years without formal declaration of war
36
Who were the Viet Minh?
protesters who used protests to fight for Vietnamese rights
Vietnamese people who supported French rule
French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
a group by Ho Chi Minh during WWII to resist the Japanese
37
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
was not a vital American interest.
should be limited to Korea.
should be extended into a war against China.
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
38
What conference led to a division of Europe and start of the Cold War?
Potsdam
Yalta
Tehran
Morocco
39
Bay of pigs was
failed take over of cuba
failed take over of Israel
failed take over of America
failed take over of Haiti
40
What was a common criticism of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
It allowed the U.S. executive branch too much power.
It encouraged the use of guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.
It reduced the freedom of the American press.
Made the S. Vietnamese more vulnerable to commie aggression
41
Levittowns are most associated with:
Harlem Renaissance
Baby Boom
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
42
What alliance created a democratic union of Southeast Asian countries and the United States?
SEATO
CENTO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
43
What was the main American military strategy in Vietnam?
Massive Bombing Raids
Espionage & Sneak Attacks
Hand to Hand Combat
Guerilla Warfare
44
Under the Johnson administration, how was the US involved in Vietnam?
Vietnamization of the War
Financial funding to stabilize the region
Military Support
Military advisers
45
What was the name of the financial aid given to democratic European countries by the USA?
NATO
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
COMECON
46
The highly criticized Reagan program known as Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars" proposed
place Marines in the Middle East to defend oil reserves
to arm the Contras in Nicaragua
build a massive Death Star
create a defensive missile system in space to shield the US
47
What was the major symbol of the end of the Cold War?
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Hungarian Revolution
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Prague SPring
48
What is the name of the South Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh and the communist North?
NVA
Vietcong
Viet communists
Vietminh
49
Which president warned of the military industrial complex?
Eisenhower
Truman
Nixon
Carter
50
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during its dissolution?
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Brezhnev
51
What was the name of a leveling off of the Soviet economy?
Leveling
Evening
Stagnation
Stoppage
52
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev?
Brezhnev
Truman
Gorbachev
Stalin
53
Which theory justified the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war?
Containment Theory
Devolution
Colonialism
Heartland Theory
54
Eisenhower Doctrine is Eisenhower's promise to...?
All answers are Correct
Use Nuclear weapons to help nations against communism
Use force to help nations struggling against communism
give economic aid to nations struggling against communism
55
Who was the leader of communist China for most of World War II?
Kim
Stalin
Minh
Mao
56
What type of war was fought between two nations through other countries?
Side
Proxy
Satellite
Cold
57
Which was the most significant foreign policy accomplishment of President Carter?
SALT II Treaty
Paris Peace Accords
Camp David Accords
Panama Canal Treaties
58
After the Cuban Missile Crisis from where did the USA have to remove its nuclear missiles?
Turkey
Egypt
China
Greece
59
What event led to the creation of more and more weapons?
Deterrent
Detente
Nuclear Race
Arms Race
60
What was the alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe?
Warsaw Pact
Comecon
NATO
Soviet Union
61
What parallel divided communism and democracy in Vietnam?
17
19
38
37
62
What was the name of the group that created the first atomic bomb?
Nuclear Project
New Deal Project
Manhattan Project
New York Project
63
How did Stalin try to remove the Allied powers from Western Berlin?
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
German Airlift
German Blockade
64
What conference at the end of World War II was overshadowed by the atomic bomb?
Potsdam
Yalta
Moroccan
Tehran
65
What parallel divided communism and democracy in Korea?
37
19
38
17
66
Operation Ranch Hand was...
A failed attempt to invade Cuba
A plan to give fighting back to the South Vietnamese
A plan to use chemicals (agent Orange) to de-forest South Vietnam
A plan to continually bomb Laos
67
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
68
What country occupied Vietnam before the Vietnam War involving the US?
Dutch
England
Spain
France
69
Define: Paris Peace Accords
agreement that ended the Vietnam War
agreement that ended the Korean War
agreement that resulted in the Soviets leaving Afghanistan
agreement that ended US involvement in Vietnam
70
Who was the leader of Soviet Union after Brezhnev?
Khrushchev
Truman
Stalin
Gorbachev
71
In 1944, Congress passed the GI Bill in order to...
ban racial segregation in the Armed Forces
reduce military expenditures
create government jobs for returning soldiers
provide economic aid to returning American veterans
72
Operation Rolling Thunder
American troops on the ground
end Cold War
increased the number of American advisers in S. Vietnam
began a sustained bombing campaign
73
The name of the Soviet satellite that scared Americans: we were "losing" the space race?
Sputnik
Fat Man
Gemini
Apollo
74
The tense 13 day standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States over missiles in Cuba was known as the...
Bay of Pigs
Eisenhower Doctrine
Soviet Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
75
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during detente?
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Stalin
76
The Pentagon Papers (1971) revealed that...
U.S. soldiers had murdered Vietnamese civilians at My Lai
U.S. prisoners of war were being tortured in Vietnam prisons
U.S. gov't had not been honest with the public about Vietnam
many more Americans had died in Vietnam
77
Who gave the Iron Curtain speech?
Nikita Khrushchev
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
78
After the Tet Offensive, how did Americans at home respond to the Vietnam War?
Made bomb shelters
Planted gardens
Volunteered to Fight
Anti-War Protests
79
Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in-
the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
the war effort of the 1940s
the political scandals of the 1970s
the Red Scare of the 1950s
80
What was the actual name of the Cold War "Star Wars" Operation?
Strategic Defense Initiative
Operation Flying Eagle
Operation Overlord
Operation Caw Caw
81
What were the results of the Vietnam War?
The US made South Vietnam a U. S. territory
The Soviet Union made South Vietnam a colony
All of Vietnam became communist.
All of Vietnam became non-communist
82
Under the Eisenhower administration, how was the US involved in Vietnam?
Financial funding to stabilize the region
Vietnamization of the War
Military Support
Military advisers
83
Who called the Soviet Union an "evil empire"?
Kennedy
Reagan
Carter
Thatcher
84
What was the outcome of Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965?
It broke the war open for the US, South Vietnamese allies
It severely limited the Vietcong's ability to wage war
It allowed the US to reduce the number of troops in Vietnam
It intensified N. Vietnamese nationalism, will to fight
85
War Powers Act established...
President is officially reprimanded for abusing power
Congressional support of the Presidents war powers
Congressional limit on the Presidents war powers
The President can send troops anywhere without approval
86
What did Gorbachev's plans of glasnost and perestroika mean?
closed and maintainence
good food and good fun
get lost or paranoia strikes
openness and restructuring
87
Which event brought the US and USSR closest to the brink of nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Korean War
The Suez Crisis
The Berlin Airlift
88
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Kim Sung Il
89
What is the credibility gap?
during the Cold War era the government could not be trusted
during the WWI era the government could not be trusted
during the Vietnam era the government could not be trusted
during the WWII era the government could not be trusted
90
What is NOT example of a proxy war?
Vietnam
Soviet Afghan
Korea
Prague Spring
91
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
Recuritment procedures for the US military branches reformed
U.S. diplomats began to express political viewpoints freely.
U.S citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.
Membership in the U.S Communist Party increased.
