Eisenhower/Kennedy Cold War

Question 1

Which of the following Cold War leaders is matched INCORRECTLY with its nation

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Ho Chi Minh--China

Question 2

This agency pushed for kids in the US to take more Science, Math, and Foreign Language courses

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National Defense Education Act

Question 3

The communist leader of Cuba was

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Fidel Castro

Question 4

Which of the following military Alliances was the U.S. NOT a member of...

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Warsaw Pact

Question 5

Which of the following would NOT be associated with Nikita Khrushchev?

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glorifying Stalin after his death

Question 6

This ended the Cuban Missile Crisis

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All of the above

Question 7

This incident proved to be a sphere... America wasn&#x27;t willing to enter

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Hungarian Crisis

Question 8

Outside the space program, the largest impact that Sputnik had on American policy was in

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education

Question 9

US intervention in Vietnam was justified through ________?

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The Domino Theory

Question 10

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviets against military intervention in

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the Middle East

Question 11

What was Eisenhower&#x27;s "Open Skies" proposal with the Soviet Union?

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A program allowing each side to use aerial recon with each other

Question 12

A CIA covert operation that went all wrong in Cuba

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Bay of Pigs

Question 13

The purpose of the Peace Corps was to stop the spread of communism in third-world countries

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From American volunteers--winning the hearts and minds of the people

Question 14

Following the Geneva Accord, the situation in Vietnam can best be compared to

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Korea

Question 15

What policy rested on the threat of massive retaliation, including the use of nuclear weapons

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Brinkmanship

Question 16

Deterrence and massive retaliation are both Eisenhower policies connected to the threat of

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nuclear war

Question 17

The U-2 incident caused tension between the US and the Soviet Union. This involved a

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U.S. spy plane that was shot down in the Soviet Union

Question 18

What was the military-industrial complex?

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Union of defense contractors and armed forces

Question 19

The purpose of the Alliance for Progress was to stop the spread of communism

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in Latin America

Question 20

The U-2 incident in 1960 was important because:

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it made relations tenser between America and the Soviets

Question 21

This event was a failure for John F. Kennedy in 1961. It made the US look weak to the Soviets

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the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba

Question 22

In October 1962, the US and Soviet Union faced a threat of nuclear war in Cuba--this was the

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the Cuban Missle Crisis

Question 23

The primary reason for building the Berlin Wall was

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to stop East Germans from leaving

Eisenhower/Kennedy Cold War

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