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US Foreign Policy from Kennedy to Carter and CW - Canada & Cuba

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

George Washington

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2.

What was the main goal of the Alliance for Progress?

a)

Promote economic development and social progress in Latin America

b)

Increase military presence in Latin America

c)

Establish political dominance in Latin America

d)

Encourage cultural exchange between Latin America and the United States

3.

Which US President, despite suggesting earlier as VP a need for improvement in US-Latin American relations, ended the Alliance for Progress? While he focused some attention on Latin American, he was more focused on Asia - until his resignation when he was facing impeachment.

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

4.

Which US President implemented the policy of Vietnamization (withdrawal of US troops) during the Vietnam War?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Richard Nixon

5.

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

a)

To establish diplomatic relations with China

b)

To protect American citizens in El Salvador

c)

To prevent nationalization of US companies in Guyana

d)

To overthrow Castro's government in Cuba

6.

The US used covert operations and economic pressures to try to oust (this leader) from (this nation); their efforts - combined with other factors - led to a 1973 coup led by Pinochet.

a)

Isabel Martínez de Perón - Argentina

b)

Salvador Allende - Chile

c)

João Goulart - Brazil

d)

Rafael Trujillo - Dominican Republic

7.

This 1964 Doctrine said US policies with Latin America should focus on economic growth and remain neutral towards social reform, and that the US should protect US investments, oppose communism, and not hesitate to cooperate with the military to achieve its goals.

a)

Amau Doctrine

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Mann Doctrine

8.

Which was NOT a promise made by Jimmy Carter early in his presidency?

a)

Have other NATO countries pay more for their defense

b)

Reduce US military presence overseas

c)

Increase the nuclear arsenal more

d)

Cut back on arms sales

9.

During Carter's presidency, there was a major crisis in this nation when a revolutionary force kept US hostages.

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Soviet Union

10.

Under a series of treaties signed by the Carter administration, this area would be given back to the local government in the late '90s.

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Guatanamo Bay

11.

This 1945 incident in Ottawa proved Soviet spies had infiltrated the Canadian government, atomic research, and other areas; it is sometimes called the event that began the Cold War.

a)

NORAD

b)

Oppenheimer Security Hearings

c)

Rosenberg Trials

d)

Gouzenko Affair

12.

Why did Pearson, a Canadian diplomat, win the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

He helped Canada act as a mediator that could establish the truce that ended the fighting of the Korean War.

b)

He opposed the US interventions in Latin American politics in the '60s and '70s and created Liberation Theology.

c)

He had Canada act as a leader in the Suez Canal crisis by deescalating tensions and proposing the creation of a UN peacekeepers force.

d)

He counseled the USSR and the US to decrease diplomatic pressures during the Cuban Missile Crisis and helped avert a possible war.

13.

Which multinational organization did Canada choose not to join?

a)

UN

b)

NORAD

c)

OAS

14.

This ruler's regime controlled Cuba from 1945-1958 with generally pro-US policies and anti-communism until the government was toppled by Castro and his followers.

a)

Fulgencio Batista

b)

Anastasio Somoza

c)

Federico Pineda

d)

Juan Peron

15.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, there was tension between Cuba and the Soviet Union over which issue?

a)

How the Cuban economy should be organized and whether sugar should be the main product or not

b)

Whether revolutionary groups should be established in other countries or help countries elect socialism legally

c)

Over the ejection of diplomats from both nations due to disagreements over the Cuban Missile Talks

d)

Over the role of religion in socialist and communist countries

16.

This revolutionary communist, who had been active in Cuba, left the nation to aid revolutionary groups elsewhere in Africa and the Americas before his death in 1967.

a)

Oscar Romero

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Daniel Ortega

d)

Che Guevara

17.

While Canada often supported the US in various Cold War policies and programs (although not blindly), Canada was vehemently against this US Cold War intervention and refused to participate.

a)

Guatemala

b)

Korea

c)

Nuclear arms race

d)

Vietnam