JFK, LBJ and Nixon Pre-Test

Communist leader of Cuba from 1959 - 2008 -

• Fidel Castro

• Che Guevara

• Raúl Castro

• Hugo Chávez

What illegal actions did Nixon take in attempting to cover up the Watergate break-in?

• Approving the break-in beforehand, paying off the media to suppress information, and blaming the incident on a foreign government

• Destroying incriminating tapes, bribing the judge overseeing the case, and intimidating witnesses

• Falsifying evidence, hiring mercenaries to silence potential whistleblowers, and fabricating alibis for the burglars

• Authorizing hush money payments, attempting to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's investigation, and ordering the destruction of evidence.

How can the Domino Theory be described?

• The belief that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall like a row of dominoes.

• A theory that suggests all countries will eventually adopt democracy.

• The idea that economic stability leads to political stability in neighboring countries.

• A concept that states that countries will remain independent regardless of their neighbors' political systems.

Significant event in presidential election of 1968; demonstrated the confusion and lack of unity among Democrats; outside, protests and police brutality - ________.

• Democratic National Convention in Chicago

• Republican National Convention in Miami

• Civil Rights March in Washington

• Vietnam War Protest in San Francisco

A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

• Gulf War

The international organization of oil-producing nations in the Middle East (near the Persian Gulf) - ________.

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• Middle Eastern Oil Alliance (MEOA)

• Persian Gulf Oil Consortium (PGOC)

• Arabian Petroleum Federation (APF)

Reduced people's trust in government as the president chose to resign from office when he was required to release audiotapes - ________.

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

The end of the Cold War was a result of - __________

• Collapse of the Soviet Union and dissolution of the Eastern Bloc with the Paris Peace accords

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• The establishment of NATO

• The rise of the European Union

Which of the following was a means by which the United States funded or supported the War on Drugs (a Nixon-era policy initiative)?

• Counter-narcotics spending in Latin America

• Excessive prison sentences for drug crimes

• Creation of the Drug Enforcement Agency

• For-profit prison industry to decrease federal costs

Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea -

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War II

• Gulf War