SSUSH21 Guided Notes Quizizz

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

• President Johnson

• President Kennedy

• President Truman

• President Eisenhower

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

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• None of the above

Which country became a closer friend of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs?

• Germany

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Canada

What was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?

• Prevent missiles and military equipment from going in
• Prevent missiles and military equipment from going out
• Torture the Cubans into submission
• Torture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

• The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

• Cuba forfiets

• JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment
• Good Neighbor policy
• isolationism
• Roosevelt Corollary

The communists fighting the US in the Vietnam Conflict were called the

• Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)

• Viet Cong

• Charlie

• NVA

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

Which U.S. president escalated the conflict in Vietnam by sending in the first ground troops in 1964?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard M. Nixon

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Maddox Resolution
• USS Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution