The Cuban Missile Crisis

In what year did the Communist Party of Cuba establish a communist regime?

• 1964

• 1962

• 1960

• 1959

Who was the Soviet leader that promised to defend Cuba against foreign governments?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

What was the main goal of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

• To establish a democratic government

• To gain independence from China

• To unite the country under communist rule

• To create a capitalist society

Which U.S. President began Operation Rolling Thunder?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union

• A series of protests in Cuba against the Soviet Union

• A trade embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba

• A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba

What did President Kennedy demand from Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• To resign from his position as Soviet leader

• To hand over control of Cuba to the United States

• To remove the missiles from Cuba and destroy the sites

• To install more missiles in Cuba

How did the United States and the Soviet Union avoid a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• By engaging in a limited conventional war

• By signing a peace treaty

• By holding a summit in the United Nations

• By agreeing to remove missiles and making non-invasion promises

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

• The war ended in a stalemate with no clear winner

• North Vietnam won and the country was united under communist rule

• South Vietnam won with the help of the United States

• Vietnam remained divided into North and South

Which President took a different approach to the Vietnam War, aiming to increase bombardments and then pull out American troops?

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What significant event in 1968 led many Americans to distrust their leaders' portrayal of the Vietnam War?

• The signing of the Paris Peace Accords

• The launch of Operation Rolling Thunder

• The Tet Offensive

• The My Lai Massacre