Units 10, 11, 12 Assessment

The Cold war involved which 2 countries?

• China and USA

• Soviet Union and USA

• China and Soviet Union

• Cuba and China

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

What individual and group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

• Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

• Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

• Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing a missile site in Cuba.

• JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

• JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

• JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

• JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?

• Negative press coverage contributed to the public disapproval of the war.

• The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.

• The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.

• The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.

Period of time where there was hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Cold War

• Brinkmanship

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To embarrass America

• To stop communist East Germans from fleeing to capitalist West Germany

• To reduce cold war tensions

• To demonstrate the success of Communism

What is Agent Orange?

• Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions

• Term used to describe the South Vietnamese

• A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses

• The nickname of a horrible version of athlete's foot some American troops contracted in Vietnam.

Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?

• Sweden
• Hungary
• Cuba
• Czechoslavakia

What president inherited the problem of Vietnam from Kennedy?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Lyndon Johnson

• Robert McNamara