Early Vietnam Era Kennedy

Early Vietnam Era Kennedy

Multiple Select

The Berlin Wall ...

• divided East Germany (Soviets) from West Germany.

• is still standing today.

• was torn down in 1989.

• was built by other non-Communist countries to hold the line from communism spreading.

Multiple Choice

Which defense policy did President Kennedy favor?

• nuclear attack

• flexible response

• massive retaliation

• diplomatic consideration

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

On August 5, 1963, after more than eight years of difficult negotiations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• After the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev realized that they had come dangerously close to nuclear war.

  As Khrushchev described it, "The two most powerful nations had been squared off against each other, each with its finger on the button." JFK shared this concern, once remarking at a White House meeting, "It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization." In a series of private letters, Khrushchev and Kennedy reopened a dialogue on banning nuclear testing.

  
  

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• In his commencement address at American University on June 10, 1963, Kennedy announced a new round of high-level arms negotiations with the Russians. He boldly called for an end to the Cold War. "If we cannot end our differences," he said, "at least we can help make the world a safe place for diversity." The Soviet government broadcast a translation of the entire speech, and allowed it to be reprinted in the controlled Soviet press.

• The NTBT ended all above ground nuclear testing in air, water, and on land.

Multiple Choice

What was the effect of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?

• It ended aboveground nuclear tests.

• It prohibited all testing of nuclear weapons.

• It limited the production of nuclear weapons.

• It authorized nuclear tests in specific countries.

Multiple Choice

Why did President Kennedy want to defend the freedom of West Berlin?

• He considered its resources important to the U.S. economy.

• He hoped to prevent a war between East Berlin and West Berlin.

• He considered it critical to defending western Europe from communism.

• He wanted to negotiate an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Poll

US leaders were afraid that communism would

• only spread across Europe

• spread across the world.

Poll

Were the strategists justified in their concern for the spread of communism?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States support French colonial efforts in Vietnam?

• to strengthen nationalist efforts in Vietnam

• to help preserve French colonialism in Vietnam

• to ensure French support of the United States during the Cold War

• to reward France for its support of the United States in previous conflicts

Multiple Choice

What was the primary goal of the Vietcong?

• to replace Soviet communism with democracy in North Vietnam

• to unite North Vietnam and South Vietnam by way of a compromise

• to undermine the anticommunist Diem government in South Vietnam

• to reverse the anti-Buddhist legislation passed by the Diem administration