Vietnam Era Test

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy responded to the buildup of Soviet missiles in Cuba by ordering the U.S. Navy to form a _____ to close off Cuba until the Soviets removed their missiles.

• blockade
• domino theory

• stagflation

• detente

Kennedy committed to sending a man to the moon by the end of the decade. To accomplish this goal he established

• NASA
• IDEA

• Space Force

• STEM

By the time Kennedy entered the White House, the US and the Soviet Union had emerged as __-nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide.

Major Cold War confrontation in 1962 when Kennedy ordered Soviet ships carrying missiles to be blocked from entering Cuba

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Berlin Airlift

• Bay of Pigs

• Khmer Rouge

The Soviets took and early lead in the space race by putting the first artificial satellite into orbit in 1957.

• Sputnik 1
• Laika

• Appollo 13

• Gemini

The program set up by Kennedy that sent volunteers to work in developing countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa as teachers, engineers, and technical advisors

• Peace Corps
• Alliance for Progress

• New Frontier

• Great Society

Kennedy approved an invasion of Cuba in 1961 and sent a force of 1,400 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States; it ended in failure

• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Flexible Response

• Tet Offensive

The US was a leading member of an international organization that promotes peace and economic progress in the Americas

• Organization of American States
• Peace Corps

• Great Society

• New Frontier

Why was the Cuban missile crisis significant?

• Cuba threatened to invade the United States.
• It came close to starting a full-scale nuclear war.
• The United States almost fell under Communist rule.
• It promoted nuclear research in the Soviet Union.

After US Navy ships were attacked in 1964, Congress gave Johnson the power to increase military support in Vietnam under the ____.

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Vietnamization

• Tet Offensive

• Domino Theory