U.S. History B Final Exam Review

On April 17, 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion began, under what president?

• Johnson

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Eisenhower

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader?

• Guevara

• Batista

• Chavez

• Castro

What U.S. agency was behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• FBI

• CIA

• NSA

• Police

The United States used Cuban exiles for the Bay of Pigs invasion

• True

• False

The Soviet leader at the time of the Bay of Pigs was..

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

The United States and the Cuban exiles were able to remove Castro from power

• True

• False

The U.S. met the Cuban Missile Crisis with which action?

• Naval quarantine of offensive weaponry
• Air strikes on missile sites on island
• Launching Bay of Pigs operation
• Presented case to UN for sanctions

The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to

• East Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
• West Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
• West Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
• Prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

• The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US. 
• US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US. 
• The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets. 
• Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.