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Cold War and Vietnam
Cold War and Vietnam
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A Quiz over the TEKS for U.S. history on the subjects Cold War and Vietnam
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1
Which policy guided U.S. opposition to this declaration?
Constructive engagement
Containment
Deterrence
Peaceful coexistence
2
Educational initiatives, especially emphasis on mathematics, came about b/c the U.S was losing?
The Arms Race
The Space Race
Vietnam War
The Cold War
3
The Berlin Wall was built in order to
Prevent food from entering Poland
Stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin.
Prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany
Prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces
4
An example of how car culture began to affect American Life was
The development of the Interstate Highway System
The Silent Majority
The Baby Boom
The growth of the Beat Generation
5
What was Khrushchev building on Cuba that caused the Kennedy administration concern?
Missile sites
Aircraft carriers
Strategic targets
Naval blockades
6
This political cartoon is most likely in reference to which event?
World War II
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Space Race
The Bay of Pigs
7
Often called "The Forgotten War" this conflict ended with a cease-fire and a demilitarized zone
The Soviet-Afghan Conflict
The Yom-Kippur War
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
8
Site where anti-Castro guerrilla forces failed in their U.S-sponsored invasion
Florida
Soviet Union
Strait of Gibraltar
Bay of Pigs
9
This granted the U.S. president broad military powers in Vietnam.
The 26th Amendment
The Tet Offensive
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
10
Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?
Implementation of isolationist policy in Great Britain&China
Expansion of national borders by imperial European countries
Growth of nuclear arsenals in United States and Soviet Union
Rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries
11
Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities were searching for _____ in the U.S?
Vietcong Sympathizers
Communists
Demonstrations
Draft Dodgers
12
The Kennedy program that sent young American volunteers to work in underdeveloped countries
GI Bill
the Draft
Green Berets
Peace Corps
13
Which region was Eisenhower most concerned with when he established the Domino Theory?
Africa
Eastern Asia
the Middle East
Western Europe
14
The Supreme Court case dealing with students freedom of speech in schools?
Nixon v United States
Tinker v Des Moines
Brown v Board of Education
Johnson v Texas
15
The ________ stated that the U.S. would provide finances to anyone who fought against Communism
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
16
Sputnik sparked the beginning of...
The Arms Race
The Cold War
The Space Race
The House of Un-American Activities
17
The 26th Amendment was passed in reaction to which event?
Racial Tension in the South
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Incident
The Vietnam War
18
Truman wanted to block the spread of Communism through the policy of
Aggression
Quarantine
Containment
Isolationism
19
U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ? became Communist nation in 1949
Soviet Union
China
Yugoslavia
South Korea
20
As the violence in Vietnam escalated, how did many people show their disapproval?
Supporting military spending
Protesting
Signing up for the draft
forming the silent majority