Review: The Vietnam War Era

Which of the following plans was a failed attempt to overthrow a Communist dictatorship?

• Alliance for Progress
• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Flexible Response Plan

What was the most dangerous crisis of the Cold War in 1962?

• bombing of Cambodia
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Vietnam Crisis

How did President Kennedy respond to the missile crisis in Cuba?

• He ignored the missiles in Cuba.
• He ordered blockade of Cuba until the missiles were removed.
• He sent a warning that if missile sites were not dismantled, air strikes would be ordered.
• He ordered an air strike against the missile sites with no prior warning.

A lasting impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the

• Ending of the Vietnam War
• Passing of Civil Rights Legislation
• Creation of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• Beginning of the Korean War

Which of the following is a foreign aid organization that employs American volunteers to work as teachers, health workers, and advisers in countries around the world?

• Alliance for Progress
• Green Berets
• Peace Corps
• Navy SEALs

Which group did President Kennedy send to train and advise South Vietnamese troops?

• Army Corps of Engineers
• Green Berets
• navy
• marines

Which term most accurately describes United States foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Containment
• nonalignment
• Big Stick
• Open Door

Belief in the domino theory by presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson directly influenced their decisions to

• reject the policy of collective security
• support a return to neutrality
• end the Berlin airlift
• increase United States military involvement in Vietnam

These headlines best illustrate the United States commitment to a policy of

• détente
• isolationism
• containment
• imperialism

According to the Geneva Accords, whose Communist forces would occupy North Vietnam?

• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Le Duc Tho
• Ho Chi Minh
• Nikita Khrushchev