USWA Cuba & Vietnam Quiz

One reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War was to...

• prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

• reduce French influence in Vietnam

• stop China from seizing Vietnam

• support the government of North Vietnam

An important element in shaping American attitude towards the war in Vietnam was

• the domino theory

• the open door policy

• self-determination of peoples

• natural rights

Lyndon Johnson gained authority to conduct the war in Vietnam with

• a congressional declaration of war

• the Vietnam Freedom Act

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• the War Powers Act

The decline in public support for the Vietnam War included all of the following EXCEPT

• scenes of the carnage shown on television

• the space race

• the death of American soldiers

• protests calling for an end to the war

What was one outcome of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?

• Cuba became a communist nation

• the United States seized military control of Cuba

• the Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba

• Fidel Castro met with President John F. Kennedy

The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 Missile Crisis are conflicts directly related to U.S. relations with which two nations?

• The Dominican Republic and Haiti

• Cuba and the Soviet Union

• China and Japan

• North Korea and South Korea

Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs?

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

Which of the following was the primary reason for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1960?

• to make Cubans aware of the benefits of democracy

• to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro

• to warn the Soviet Union against involvement in Latin America

• to establish normal diplomatic relations with Cuba

Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam?

• the U.S. feared that the Vietnamese would cut off needed shipments of oil

• the U.S. was allies with North Vietnam and had promised to protect it from China and South Vietnam

• the United States feared that if Vietnam fell to Communism, then all of Southeast Asia might fall as well

• the U.S. was allies with France and immediately sent troops to fight the Vietcong after France attacked

What effect did the Tet Offensive have?

• it convinced Congress to pass the GI Bill

• it united most of the country behind Lyndon Johnson's war strategy

• it convinced the United States to enter the space race

• it increased opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States