Detente

Multiple Choice

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

• the policy the USA began during the Spanish-American War

• the agreement between the USA and its allies to lend weapons in return for leases on military bases

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• It was approved by President Kennedy

• The CIA trained some of the Cuban exiles who took part in the invasion

• the goal was to begin a Cuban uprising against Fidel Castro

• it has gone down in history as one of the most successful American conflicts of the Cold War

Multiple Choice

What were SALT I and SALT II

• the two spacecraft built and manned by the US and Soviet Union in the 1970s

• treaties between the US and Soviet Union that limited the number of nuclear missiles each country had

• "Submarine Alert Long Tone" the system of underwater sensors to detect Soviet submarines approaching the American coastline

• the first two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built by the Soviet Union