Cold War and Vietnam STAAR Review

What did the US Navy establish around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A naval blockade
• Bases
• Missiles
• Ship Ports

Which constitutional issue was debated after the release of the Pentagon Papers?

• Freedom of religion
• The right to a jury trial
• Freedom of the press
• The right to peaceful assembly

1.  The Soviet Union’s goal during the Cold War was different from the United States because… 

• The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism.
• The Soviet Union wanted to contain the spread of communism.
• The Soviet Union wanted to start  a democratic government.
• The Soviet Union wanted to continue their democratic government.

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent-

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia
• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact
• the loss of UN military bases in Asia
• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

Which U.S. government action provided funding for veterans of the Second WorldWar in order to create a better educated and more productive workforce?

• Passage of the G.I. Bill
• Establishment of the Peace Corps
• Passage of the National Defense Education Act
• Establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.

• Vietminization
• Vietcong
• Internationalism
• Linkage

Mexican American who received congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam War? 

• Roy Benividez
• Pablo Escobar
• Fidel Castro
• Cesar Chavez

The TET Offensive awoke Americans to the fact that Vietnam might not be a war that could be won and the Viet Cong were much stronger than they thought. It took place in: 

• Rural locations
• Jungle villages
• Urban centers
• Coastal villages

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 House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.
• Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States. 
• Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.
• Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo