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US Semester Review Part 1

US Semester Review Part 1

Assessment

Flashcard

History

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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31 questions

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What agreement did they publicly come to to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Back

USSR removes missiles, US doesn't invade Cuba

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

Back

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How many days did the Cuban missile crisis last?

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Back

13

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What U.S. agency was behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

Back

CIA

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When and how did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba?

Back

In a popular armed insurgency in 1959 against the US-backed Batista regime

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a significant reason why the Soviets put missiles in Cuba?

Back

The Soviets disliked the presence of nuclear weapons that were targeted at them from sites in Western Europe and Turkey.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

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Back

yellow journalism

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