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What are the major products of Cuba? Select all the right answers.
Cotton
Sugar
Tobacco
Spice
Who used to rule Cuba before it became independent?
USA
USSR
Spain
Britain
Before becoming communist, Cuba's last leader was
Castro
Batista
Roosevelt
Stalin
Why were Cubans unhappy with the USA? Select all the right answers.
The USA had too many troops in Cuba.
The USA owned too much of Cuba's land.
The USA supported the dictator of Cuba.
The Cubans remained poor while profits went to American companies.
Who took over Batista as leader of Cuba?
Kennedy
Stalin
Khrushchev
Castro
How do we know that the Cuban Missile Crisis had started? Select all the right answers.
There was tension between the USA, Cuba and the USSR.
The nations involved attacked one another openly.
There was a threat of nuclear war.
The nations involved felt threatened by one another.
What did the USSR use to trade with Cuba for sugar?
Oil
Nuclear weapons
Soldiers
Medicine
What was the Land Reform Law?
The USA bought land in Cuba.
Castro confiscated land back from the farmers in Cuba.
Castro gave land owned by US companies in Cuba back to the farmers.
Castro decided to sell land to Cuban farmers.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Cuba sent troops to attack the USA.
The USA sent Cuban rebels to try and overthrow Castro in Cuba.
The USSR tried to takeover Cuba through military attacks.
The USA sent troops to attack the USSR in Cuba.
Who was the leader of the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John Kennedy
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Khrushchev
Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Stalin
Gorbachev
Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Where did the USA place nuclear missiles which threatened the USSR?
Iran
Turkey
Germany
Greece
What did Castro and Khruschev do at a UN meeting that angered the USA? Select all the right answers.
They decided to declare war on the USA.
They brought reporters to a slum in New York to show how poor some Americans were.
They declared that they would form a communist alliance against the USA.
They showed strong support for each other at the UN meeting.
What did the USA do when they discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Attack Cuba.
Declare war on the USSR.
Place an embargo on Cuba.
Bombed Cuba.
What event during the Cuban Missile Crisis eventually forced the USA and USSR to negotiate?
Cuba accidentally launched missiles at the USA.
The people of the USA wanted to declare war on Cuba.
The UN intervened and demanded the USA and USSR to negotiate.
A Soviet commander in Cuba shot down a spy plane from the USA.
What did the USSR agree to do to end the Crisis?
Pay compensation to the USA.
Leave Cuba alone.
Remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
Dismantle all its nuclear weapons.
What did the USA agree to do to end the Crisis? Select all the right answers.
Pay compensation to Cuba and the USSR.
Remove its missiles from Turkey.
Leave Cuba alone.
Apologise to Cuba for their actions.
What were the effects of the Crisis on the USA? Select all the right answers.
The USA looked weak for losing.
The President looked brave for handling the Crisis.
The USA became more aggressive.
The USA had to accept having a communist neighbour.
What were the effects of the Crisis on the USSR? Select all the right answers.
The USSR had to remove its missiles from Cuba.
The USSR became more aggressive towards the USA.
The USSR looked strong for handling the Crisis.
The leader lost the respect of other communist countries.
Which year did the Cuban Missile Crisis happen?
1945
1953
1962
1965
What country is highlighted on the map of Latin America?
Mexico
Cuba
Colombia
Brazil
______________ was the political conflict and period of distrust between the Soviet Union and United States.
World War I
World War II
Cold War
French and Indian War
______________ is the former communist dictator of Cuba who led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in the 1959 Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
Josef Stalin
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
The Cuban Revolution led to the establishment of a ______________ first government in the Western Hemisphere.
anarchist
communist
capitalist
lassaiz-fair
What is the 1962 Cold War event where the Soviet Union, with the agreement of the Castro regime, placed missiles on the island of Cuba?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Who was the former president and later dictator of Cuba prior to the 1959 Cuban Revolution? He was overthrown by Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Che Guevara
Nikita Kruschev
Fulgencio Batista
This is the name used to describe Russia and 14 other nations during Cold War; also known as the U.S.S.R.
West Berlin
Dunkirk
Soviet Union
Russian Federation
When one nation's government decides to prohibit or stop all trade with another nation is known as a(n) _____________.
tariff
quota
embargo
subsidy
Bay of Pigs was the
failed military invasion and unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1962
attempted bombing of the southern coast of Cuba
agreement between the Soviet Union and U.S. to divide Cuba
site of a nuclear explosion in Cuba
As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the
Cuba became a democratic nation
Soviet Union and U.S. signed a peace treaty.
Cold War ended.
United States placed an embargo on the nation of Cuba.
This was the name of the Communist rebels in South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Korea Cong
King Kong
Viet Song
The US president that was granted sweeping war powers from the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was -
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The communist leader of North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
The corrupt, non-communist leader of South Vietnam who was assassinated
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Granted the President more power to escalate the Vietnam War
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
War Powers Resolution/Act (1973)
26th Amendment
Vietnamization
Was an eventual victory for the United States but it also turns people against the war
Tet Offensive
Operation Overlord
Pearl Harbor
Desert Storm
People begin to distrust the government about information in the Vietnam War
Silent Majority
Credibility Gap
Vietnamization
Escalation
Capital City of South Vietnam (Non-communist)
Hanoi
Saigon
Tokyo
Beijing
Hit and Run tactics; Booby traps
Viet COng
Guerilla Warfare
Agent Orange
Napalm
What is the main idea behind the Domino Theory?
Communism must be allowed to spread
The South Vietnamese must fight their own war
If Vietnam becomes Communist then all of Asia will follow
We must push the communist back past the 38th parallel We must push the communist back past the 38th parallel
Which amendment was said to have been violated in the case Tinker v. Des Moines?
1st Amendment
19th Amendment
2nd Amendment
26th Amendment
Major increase in forces in Vietnam
Escalation
Devastation
Internment
Vietnamization
Soldiers could serve and die at age 18, so this amendment lowered the voting age
21st Amendment
26th Amendment
24th Amendment
15th Amendment
Which group was most likely to be drafted in the military
18-25 poor and uneducated men
20-30 college students
19-21 uneducated rich kids
30-40 history teachers
What did the death of college students' protesting Vietnam War at Kent State Univesity do?
College enrollment decreased
The President resigned
People stopped protesting
Increase the protest movement
Group of pro-war people who wanted to continue the war
Doves
Viet Cong
Silent Majority
Communists
In 1968, this president came to office promising to end the war with "peace with honor
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Music like Fortunate Son and 2+2 displayed
Pro-war sentiments
Anti-war sentiments
The greatness of Capitalism
How terrible the counter-culture movement was
War hero during the Vietnam War
Roy P. Benavidez
Alvin York
Vernon Baker
John J. Pershing
Vietnamization means
turning the war over to South Vietnam so the US could leave
invading North Vietnam and overthrowing Ho Chi Minh
getting Vietnam to annex Cambodia and Laos
bombing South Vietnam
What was the United States' policy towards communism during the early years of the Cold War?
¿Cuál fue la política de Estados Unidos hacia el comunismo durante los primeros años de la Guerra Fría?
Containment
Extermination
Isolationsim
Elimination
What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?
¿Qué temía Estados Unidos de suceder si todo Vietnam se volviera comunista?
Domino Theory
Communism would not spread
The Iron Curtain Theory
Soviet Scare
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
¿Quiénes eran los comunistas en Vietnam del Sur?
Vietminh
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minhions
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
¿Qué resolución aprobada le dio a Lyndon Johnson amplios poderes para defender a Vietnam del Sur del comunismo?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
USS Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
This was the surprise attack by the Vietcong on US troops in South Vietnam
Este fue el ataque sorpresa del Vietcong a las tropas estadounidenses en Vietnam del Sur.
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Offensive
Maddox Offensive
Operation Rolling Thunder
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
¿Qué universidad vio morir a cuatro estudiantes durante las violentas protestas contra la guerra de Vietnam?
Yes
No
