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How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?

• president Kennedy resigned from office in 1972 causing the conflict to go away
• Cuba bombed America with missiles resulting in the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Cuba
• president Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba and to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey, and Khruschev agreed to remove missiles from Cuba
• president Kennedy sent in troops seizing and arresting people and sent them to Guantanamo Bay

Who defeated Batista's government to become dictator of Cuba in 1959? 

• Miguel Hidalgo
• Raul Castro
• Fidel Castro
• John F. Kennedy

Which event was a CIA-sponsored invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro that failed miserably?

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Alliance for Progress
• Bay of Pigs
• Marshall Plan

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Battle Of Midway
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
• Bay of Pigs Invasion

How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 affect the powers of the president?

• It forced the President to seek congressional approval on all war efforts.
• It allowed the President to form a special department to deal with war efforts.
• It required the President to seek the participation of other nations before going to war.
• It provided the President congressional support for conducting acts of war if necessary.

In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?

• Vietnamese Warfare tactics
• Cheetah Warfare
• Hidden Warfare
• Guerrilla warfare

What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?

• Domino Theory
• Communism would not spread
• The Iron Curtain Theory
• Soviet Scare

Who were the communists in South Vietnam?

• Vietminh
• Vietcong
• Ho Chi Minhions

Who is the concluded assassin of Kennedy? (assassin=killer)

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• John Wilkes Booth

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• CIA