What was the main purpose of the American policy of containment?

Restrict the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

What was the CIA plan in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion?

Arming Cuban exiles to start a revolution

What was the primary cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

U.S. found secret missile bases in Cuba

Which of the following was a major consequence of the Vietnam War?

Americans lost faith in their nation's leadership.

How did the U.S. and England respond to the Soviet blockade of Western Germany?

They used airlifts to drop supplies in Berlin.

Why was the conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union called the Cold War?

It never resulted in any direct military combat.

Why did the U.S. military adopt the policy of mutually assured destruction?

They new both superpowers could destroy each other

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A political agreement between U.S. and Soviet Union

How did Lyndon B. Johnson lead the military during the Vietnam War?

He Increased the number of troops to 500,000

How did the U.S. plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?

Offering international loans that could buy only U.S. goods.

Why did JFK choose to deploy the U.S. military in Vietnam?

He was afraid that Vietnam would fall to communism

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1
What led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
NATO Invasion of Eastern Europe
Betrayal by communist China
nations declaring independence
Violent revolts throughout Russia
2
The German philosopher Karl Marx advocated what type of economic system?
barter system
communism
free markets
capitalism
3
What was significant about the United States' membership in NATO?
An attack against any member was an attack against NATO
It changed U.S. role from economic to military assistance
All the above
It became the first permanent military alliance in U.S. hist
4
What was the main purpose of the American policy of containment?
Reducing the # of nuclear missiles in the Soviet arsenal.
Developing strict boundaries for new European Nations
Restrict the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders
Establish a military presence to respond to Soviet advances
5
What was the CIA plan in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion?
Bombarding Cuba from afar with warships
Arming Cuban exiles to start a revolution
Using Spies to overthrow the government
Disguising the U.S. Marines as Cuban Soldiers
6
What was the name of the Soviet Union's competing alliance to NATO?
The Communist Pact
The Iron Curtain
The Warsaw Pact
The Eastern Alliance
7
What was the primary cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
U.S. found secret missile bases in Cuba
Soviets wanted to get rid of Fidel Castro in Cuba
U.S. threatened to nuke Cuba
Soviet Union discovered U.S. forces in Cuba
8
What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
Containment Plan
Truman Doctrine
9
The practice of publicly accusing people of being Communists without evidence became known as .
McCarthyism
Trumanism
Stalinism
Atomism
10
Nations that influence or control less powerful states are known as . . .
Proletariat
Atomic Nations
Sovereign states
Superpowers
11
Which of the following was a major consequence of the Vietnam War?
Americans felt very patriotic about their military
Americans lost faith in their nation's leadership.
Americans began to support communist causes.
Americans wanted to fight communism in China
12
How did the U.S. and England respond to the Soviet blockade of Western Germany?
They used airlifts to drop supplies in Berlin.
They negotiated with Stalin to lift the blockade.
They broke through the Soviet blockade
They let the Soviets occupy West Berlin
13
What Russian leader was responsible for many of the reforms which ended the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
14
Why was the conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union called the Cold War?
It posed the threat of global nuclear winters
It only saw military operations in cool regions
It never resulted in any direct military combat.
It was named after the freezing Russian winters.
15
Why did the U.S. military adopt the policy of mutually assured destruction?
The U.S. has a superior arsenal of nuclear weapons
They believed the Russians were lying about their arsenal.
They new both superpowers could destroy each other
They believed the Soviets must be destroyed
16
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A political agreement between U.S. and Soviet Union
An agreement where both sides got rid of all nuclear weapons
A naval battle in which the U.S. defeats the Soviets
Surrender of Soviet nuclear missiles by Cuba
17
The military relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War.
all out war
open borders
arms race
all of the above
18
The U.S. and Russia fought each other indirectly through __________ wars.
Radioactive
Digital
Containment
Proxy
19
How did Lyndon B. Johnson lead the military during the Vietnam War?
He decided to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam
He withdrew all American troops from combat
He Increased the number of troops to 500,000
He decreased the number of troops to 50,000
20
How did the U.S. plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?
Impose economic sanctions on any communist based economy
Threatening to use its nuclear arsenal
Offering international loans that could buy only U.S. goods.
Increase military presence across the Iron Curtain in Europe
21
Why did JFK choose to deploy the U.S. military in Vietnam?
To build a base of operations for invading communist China
He was afraid that Vietnam would fall to communism
He hoped to construct a missile defense system there.
JFK thought Soviets were hiding missiles in Vietnam.

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