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Chapter 18, Section 1 US History
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1
United States gathered United Nations forces to fight on behalf of the...
South Koreans
Russians
Chinese
North Koreans
2
What group is Kennedy noted to start and support in 1961?
Socialist Party
Bay of Pigs
Peace Corps
American Communist Party
3
The Smith Act was designed to
attack the American Communist Party
attack Eugene V. DuBois
Overthrow the Russian Government
attack Joseph McCarthy
4
What group in particular did the HUAC investigate?
Government Spies
Hollywood
Armed Forces
Mothers of Babies
5
Who was the United States President who met at Potsdam with Stalin and Churchhill?
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
Reagan
6
After World War II, America became afraid of Communism in America. This was called the
2nd Red Scar
2nd Red Scare
1st Red Scare
Berlin Airlift
7
Name of the Trail where the Communist forces traveled through Cambodia to resupply?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Diem Phi Bu
Rolling Thunder
Agent Orange
8
Two leaders of divided Vietnam - last names (respectively) were?
Minh and Diem
Il and Kong
Diem and Il
Minh and Il
9
Policy that the U.S. created to keep Communism from spreading in Europe and S.E. Asia?
Container
Communism
Containment
Marshall Plan
10
In 1959, Cuban revolutioniary who succeeded in overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista?
Nikita Kruschev
Fidel Castro
Pancho Villa
George Bush
11
Previous State Department employee jailed and convicted for being Communist and for perjury.
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel Rosenberg
12
What year did Nixon bring the final troops home?
1973
1975
1969
1968
13
What President sent over 15,000 troops to Vietnam in the early part of the conflict?
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
14
HUAC stands for
House Un-American Commission
Home Un-American Committee
House UnAmerican Committee
House Un-Alligator Committee
15
The first steps towards containment in the Vietnam War included what first?
Sending aid
Sending tanks
Sending soldiers
Sending ammunition
16
What is the name of the Pact created between the Soviet Union and it's allies?
United Nations
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
17
Name of the US Ship that was "attacked" in the waters East of Vietnam?
USS Chuckaluski
USS Maine
USS Rockefeller
USS Lusitania
18
The CIA led force of Cuban exiles that failed to oust Fidel Castro from the Cuban government?
Bay of Rigs
Bay of Bigs
Bay of Figs
Bay of Pigs
19
Josef Stalin was the Communist leader of what country?
Germany
United States
Romania
Russia
20
The dividing line between Communist Eastern Europe and Democratic Western Europe was called...
Iron Vase
Berlin Wall
Iron Cauldron
Iron Curtain
21
World War II ended and the Cold War began in what year?
1943
1941
1945
1944
22
The Korean War ended by the...
Treaty of Versailles, 1953
Cease fire, 1953
Treaty of Paris, 1954
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
23
What state in North America stood to take the first missile if the USSR released one from Cuba?
Georgia
Florida
Floridian
Flora
24
The purpose of the H.U.A.C. Committee was?
Investigate only Facists
Investigate any subversive groups.
Investigate only Anarchists
Investigate Russia
25
The roots of the Vietnam Conflict (1st Indochina war) was between what two factions?
France and Diem
France and U.S.
France and Ho Chi Minh
France and Vietnam
26
NATO represents
National American Treaty Organization
Natural Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Africa Treaty Organization
27
The Cold War is noted to begin in what year?
1944
1955
1945
1943
28
The country of Vietnam was divided at the ____ parallel after the 1st Indochina War
23rd
20th
17th
38th
29
The name of President LBJ's social welfare program?
Social Revolution
Trent Affair
Social Gospel
Great Society
30
What is the name of the economic system that encourages private ownership?
Democracism
Capitalism
Communism
Totalitarian
31
If you supported War here in America, you were considered a
Dove
Hawk
Chicken
Owl
32
The idea that once one country became Communist, more would follow is the..
Checkers theory
Kennedy Doctrine
Nixon Doctrine
Domino theory
33
What Dictator rose to power in 1933?
Hitler
Roosevelt
Mussolini
McCarthy
34
Doctrine that proposed that the policy of the US should support free people from subjugation?
Truman Dynamics
Stalin Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
35
How did television influence the Presidential election of 1960?
Showed Korean War
Showed the aged Nixon
Showed the older Kennedy
Showed Vietnam
36
The "hotline" between USSR and US Leadership was put into place after what Crisis?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Muscle Crisis
Cuban Cigar Crisis
Cuban Frog Crisis
37
U.S. President during the beginning of the Korean War?
Washington
Truman
Stalin
Eisenhower
38
1950 marked the beginning of what Civil War?
Korea and Vietnam
N. & S. Korea
N. & S. Vietnam
N & S U.S.
39
Leader of North Korea?
Kim Il Son
Kim Il Sung
Kim Sung Il
Harry Reed
40
The name of the plan to aid countries who did not want to become Communist?
All about that Bass
Homestead Plan
Truman Doctrin
Marshall Plan
41
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met where in Russia (ancient Greek city)...which city?
France
Yalta
The Pope's House
Potsdam
42
Name of Lyndon Johnson's Social Welfare program that he had to abandon?
Great Welfare State
Vietnam War
Great Society
New Frontier
43
Who became the new POTUS in the 1960 election?
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
Truman
44
Term that describes the attempt by Vietcong/Vietminh to full scale attack the US and S. Vietnam
Operation Stronghold
Operation OverLord
Tet Offensive
Desert Storm
45
What did Stalin do to keep the West away from East Berlin?
encouraged trade
excommunicated the Pope
Started an airlift
blocked trade
46
Where did Khruschev and Kennedy meet to try to sign a peace treaty in 1961?
Austria
New York
England
Berlin
47
American children were taught to "Duck and Cover" to prepare for a nuclear attack.
True
False
48
The first action taken by the United States President against the spread of Communism was?
400 Million in Aid to Greece and Turkey
13 Billion to Greece and Turkey
Sending 400 million to France
13 Billion to U.S.S.R
49
General who was fired after leading United Nations troops almost to victory?
MacArthur
Truman
Stalin
Eisenhower
50
What was Nikita's answer to Kennedy's refusal to back down?
Berlin Fall
Berlin Wall
Berlin Crisis
Berline Ball
51
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were not convicted for sharing nuclear secrets with the USSR.
True
False
52
Doctrine that encouraged peace with honor, off the record talks and bombing like crazy!
Nixon Doctrine
Kennedy Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Johnson Doctrine
53
The Cold War officially ended in what year?
1989
1988
1991
1990
54
Kennedy escalated troops to
1200
15000
10000
1500
55
What nations were considered part of the "3rd World" during the Kennedy administration?
Africa, Great Britain and France
Africa, Asia, Latin America
Asia, Africa and USSR
United States, and USSR