Cold War II

1.

1 point

What president can be credited with creating a lasting peace between Egypt and Israel?

Kennedy

Johnson

Carter

Nixon

2.

1 point

Which list of events is in correct chronological order?

Vietnamization, SALT I, creation of NASA, Korean War

Berlin Airlift, Michael Jordan retires, Pentagon Papers, Army-McCarthy hearings

Berlin Airlift, Bay of Pigs, Opening of China, Camp David Accords

Kennedy assassinated, Marshall Plan, Gulf of Tonkin, Iran Hostage Crisis

3.

1 point

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union formed what alliance with it's satellite states?

Warsaw Pact

HUAC

Triple Entente

detente

4.

1 point

The Tet Offensive rocket the nation because...

it showed the Vietcong were a formidable enemy and the war would not end soon

the US won a decisive victory against the Vietcong

it showed the horrors of war

we learned no ships had been attacked

5.

1 point

What action did Ford take in an effort to move the country past the "national nightmare" that was a growing mistrust of government?

He continued the policy of detente with the Soviet Union

He place sanctions on the USSR after they invaded Afghanistan

he pardoned Nixon of all crimes involved in the Watergate Scandal

He ended talks on a SALT II treaty

6.

1 point

Kennedy took responsibility for the failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro known as the ____.

Bay of Pigs

Space Race

Cuban Missile Crisis

Berlin Crisis

7.

1 point

What event shocked the nation and led to the creation of NASA and the Space Race?

China landed on the moon

Egypt took control of the Suez Canal

the Soviet Union launched Sputnik

North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam

8.

1 point

Which statement best describes the Marshall Plan?

"advisors" sent to Vietnam under Kennedy

military aid to Greece as part of our containment policy

SALT I and SALT II treaties

economic aid to European countries as part of our containment policy

9.

1 point

What event led Kennedy to order a naval blockade?

Berlin Crisis

Gulf of Tonkin

Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis

10.

1 point

Which is NOT an example of the US following a policy of Containment during the Cold War?

Truman Doctrine

Vietnam War

Korean War

Opening China