13 questions
The Cold War was a period of competition between which two countries?
the U.S. and Korea
The Soviet Union and Afghanistan
the U.S. and Afghanistan
the U.S and the Soviet Union
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident claimed that 2 US Ships were attacked and this gave President ______________ the authority to send troops to Vietnam.
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman
How was the United States involved in the Vietnam War?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on South Vietnam.
The United States was allied with North Vietnam.
The United States provided economic and limited military aid to prevent the spread of communism.
The United States did not want to get involved in other countries' conflicts.
What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?
Hand South Vietnam over to the communists
Keep peace with the Soviet Union
Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive
Have the South Vietnamese take over more of the fighting
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
What ended the Vietnam war in 1975?
North Vietnam surrendered
U.S. forces invaded Cambodia
Nixon signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam
North Vietnam captures Saigon
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Watergate Scandal
Bataan Death March
What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
A massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Kent State University
Which law required the president to gain congressional approval for long-term troop deployments?
24th Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Resolution
What was the main goal of McCarthyism?
To remove potential communist from state positions
To witch hunt people McCarthyist did not like
To bring early attention to Ronald Reagan (Pre Political Career)
To divide the Republican Party