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VA/US SOL 13
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1
Which of the following men served as the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
Ngo Dinh Diem
Chiang Kai Shek
2
From 1910-1945, Korea was under the control of what country?
Indonesia
China
Soviet Union
Japan
3
The invasion of Kuwait by the nation of Iraq led to U. S. involvement in which war?
Persian Gulf War
Cold War
Vietnam War
War in Iraq
4
In 1949, the prospect of communist expansion prompted the U. S. to join which of the following?
League of Nations
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
5
Which of the following men declared "an iron curtain has been drawn down on Soviet held lands"?
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
6
Which of the following Presidents did not serve a term of office during the Vietnam War?
Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
7
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" was spoken by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
8
Which of the following presidents restored full diplomatic relations with Vietnam?
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
William "Bill" Clinton
Lyndon B. Johnson
9
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" was a famous speech delivered by which U. S. President?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
10
Which of the following terms was used for individuals accused of being communist?
Bum
Yellow Bellied
McCarthyism
Yuppie
11
Which of the following served as president during the 9/11 terrorists attacks?
George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
William "Bill" Clinton
12
Which of the following established the U. S. Cold War policy of containment?
Yalta Convention
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Geneva Convention
13
Which of the following was found guilty of selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?
Jack Ruby
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
14
In 1962 the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba in an event which would later be known as?
Bay of Pigs
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War
15
The United Nations charter was signed in which year?
1945
1919
1941
1939
16
The plan to turn the fighting of the Vietnam War over to the South Vietnamese was known as?
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
Vietnamization
Stalemate
17
Which of the following provided over $13 billion dollars in economic aid to Europe after WWII?
NATO
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NAFTA
18
The Berlin Wall, the symbol of Soviet tyranny in Europe, fell in what year?
1990
1989
1988
1991
19
The belief that if 1 country falls to communism, others nearby will fall is known as?
Stalemate
Domino Theory
McCarthyism
Containment
20
Which of the following men assumed power in Cuba during the 1950's?
Jose Marti
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Raul Castro
21
The Soviet Union and its satellites formed a military group in 1955 known as what?
KGB
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
NATO
22
The concept of free elections in the Soviet Union was known as?
Nationalism
Demokratzia
Glasnost
Perestroika
23
In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas by which of the following?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirhan Sirhan
James Earl Ray
Jack Ruby
24
The goal of which of the following was to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization?
NATO
League of Nations
United Nations
Yalta Conference
25
The fall of communism and the reunification of Germany occurred under which U. S. President?
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson