U.S. History Topic 10.1

How did the domino theory influence United States foreign policy?

• It suggested that the United States should refuse to send military aid to Vietnam.

• It suggested that all Western powers would support the United States in its war efforts.

• It suggested that Vietnamese nationalism would spread to Vietnam's neighboring countries.

• It suggested that the United States would need to support governments fighting communism.

Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam War?

• to support Vietnam's independence from colonialism

• to defend Vietnam and its neighbors from communism

• to ensure that the war would not spread to the Western world

• to prevent France from becoming more powerful than the United States

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affected the relationship between branches of the U.S. government because it

• authorized the use of force in Vietnam.

• gave the president, instead of Congress, the power to declare war.

• forced the president to confer with Congress before declaring war.

• gave Congress, instead of the president, the power to declare war.

What happened after Kennedy and Khrushchev met in Vienna in 1961?

• The United States ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.

• Cold War tensions increased.

• The United States agreed to cede West Berlin to the Soviet Union.

• The United States installed a telephone "hot line" that reached Moscow.

How did the United States respond to Ngo Dinh Diem's crumbling anticommunist regime?

• The United States helped to remove him from power.

• The United States sent additional aid to finance his regime.

• The United States sent diplomats to help rebuild his regime.

• The United States abandoned him and sided with his opponents.