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Spring Learning

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam

a)

Geneva Accords

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Operation Rolling Thunders

2.
Guerrilla Warfare
a)
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
b)
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
c)
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
3.
Lyndon Johnson did which of the following?
a)
Decreased American Involvement 
b)
Increased American Involvement
4.
Who inherited the problem of Vietnam from Kennedy?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Ngo Dinh Diem
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Robert McNamara
5.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
6.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
7.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
8.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
9.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
10.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
11.

What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?

a)

England

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

France

12.

lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18

a)

Twenty-eighth Amendment

b)

Twenty-fifth Amendment

c)

Twenty-sixth Amendment

d)

Twenty-third Amendment

13.

What was Kennedy's involvement in the Vietnam War?

a)

he pulled troops out of Vietnam

b)

he added 15,000 troops in South Vietnam

c)

He ended the Vietnam War

d)

He sent over 900 military advisors to South Vietnam

14.

Who were on the Communist side in the Vietnam War? (choose more than 1)

a)

North Vietnamese

b)

South Vietnamese

c)

Americans

d)

VietCong

15.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
16.
What was the United States' policy towards communism during the early years of the Cold War?
a)
Containment
b)
Extermination
c)
Isolationsim
d)
Elimination
17.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
18.
What ship was destroyed in the Gulf of Tonkin that helped cause the Vietnam War?
a)
USS Maddox
b)
USS Arizona
c)
USS Maine
d)
HMS Lusitania
19.

Why did the U.S go to Iraq?

a)

To look for oil

b)

we thought that Iraq had WMD (weapons of mass destruction)

c)

To find gold

d)

We wanted to become friends with Iraq

20.

Who crashed into the twin towers?

a)

Addam Hussein And Lraq

b)

Olama bin laden and al-quesadilla

c)

Osama bin laden And Al-Qeada

d)

Saddam Hussein and Iraq

21.

What did Saddam Hussein do when he was leaving Kuwait

a)

Set fire to homes

b)

Set people on fire

c)

Set fire to oil fields

d)

Set fire to America

22.

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

None of the above

23.

Who helped train the Cuban exiles?

a)

FBI

b)

CIA

c)

NSA

d)

Police

24.

Which country became a closer friend of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs?

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Canada

25.

Cuba is located ___________ miles from the United States

a)

90

b)

900

c)

9000

d)

9

26.

The Soviet leader at the time of the Bay of Pigs was___________.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

27.

What happened that ended the fighting in the Korean War? Select all the right answers.

a)

North Korea surrendered.

b)

Both sides agreed to an armistice to stop fighting.

c)

A demilitarised zone was created alone the 38th parallel, which is the current border.

d)

A peace treaty was signed to end the war.

28.
How many days did the Cuban missile crisis last?
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
still going on
29.

What is a significant reason why the Soviets put missiles in Cuba?

a)

They didn't want to, but Castro asked them to

b)

Because they intended to attack Florida

c)

There weren't any missiles in Cuba

d)

The Soviets disliked the presence of nuclear weapons that were targeted at them from sites in Western Europe and Turkey

30.
Why did the US blockade Cuba?
a)
Cuba betrayed the US by suprise attacking the US
b)
They sent a bomb to the US and bombed the US
c)
The US hated Cuba
d)
The US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba
31.

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

b)

The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

c)

Cuba forfiets

d)

JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

32.

What was Nixon's policy to ease tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

a)

containment

b)

Strength through Peace

c)

détente

d)

entente

33.

What was the peace agreement that President Carter made between Israel and Egypt?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Paris Peace Agreement

c)

Helsinki Accords

d)

Camp David Accords

34.

Why did President George H. W. Bush commit United States troops to the Persian Gulf War in late 1990?

a)

Stop the creation of nuclear weapons

b)

To liberate Kuwait and protect our oil interests

c)

Stop Al Qaeda from further terrorist attacks

d)

Gain access to the Suez Canal

35.

What led to the creation of the USA Patriot Act and Dept. of Homeland Security?

a)

Another Red Scare

b)

Terrorist attacks on September 11

c)

The start of the second Cold War

d)

The war in Iraq

36.

Why is the 2000 presidential election significant?

a)

Gore and Bush took each other to court over campaign finance

b)

Bush won the election based on a Supreme Court decision to stop a recount in Florida

c)

Some states petitioned for a recount after losing ballots

d)

The ballots in many states were incorrectly counted

37.

What public project did Nasser hope to pay for with the revenue from taking control of the Suez Canal?

a)

Nile Barrage

b)

Ismailia Canal

c)

Hoover Dam

d)

Aswan Dam

e)

Widening the Canal

38.

President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis

a)

Anwar Sadat

b)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

c)

Yasir Arafat

d)

Menachem Begin

39.
What was the primary goal of the Camp David Accords facilitated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978?
a)
To increase tensions between Arab nations and Israel
b)
To overthrow the Iranian government
c)
To address the conflict between Egypt and Israel and establish peace
d)
To promote the formation of OPEC
40.
What was a significant outcome of the Yom Kippur War in 1973?
a)
The Soviet Union established a military presence in the Middle East
b)
Israel gained control of the Sinai Peninsula
c)
Arab nations imposed an oil embargo on the US
d)
The US became a member of OPEC
41.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society 
b)
The Fair Deal 
c)
The New Frontier 
d)
The Square Deal 
42.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
43.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
44.

Clinton was impeached but not convicted for -

a)

working with the Russians to secure his 1st term as president

b)

lying under oath about his relationship with an intern.

c)

covering up a break in at the DNC headquarters

d)

for firing the Secretary of War

45.

Who were the main individuals investigated in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing?

a)

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols

b)

James Nichols and Michael Fortier

c)

Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier

d)

Timothy McVeigh and James Nichols

46.

 In 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act. Which was one of the powers granted as result of this act?

a)

increased authority to use electronic surveillance

b)

the right to draft people into the military

c)

federal funding for patriotic groups

d)

the right to create new taxes to fund anti-terrorist activities

47.

Which of the following was NOT a place that Al Qaeda crashed a plane into?

a)

the White House

b)

the Pentagon

c)

the World Trade Centers

d)

a field

48.

After 9/11, the United States created an organization that would make Americans be and feel safer in their communities. What was this called?

a)

Police Emergency Force

b)

TSA

c)

Homeland Security

d)

Protective Services

49.

What type of leader was Saddam Hussein to Iraq?

a)

a dictator

b)

a President

c)

a king

d)

a democratic leader

50.

Which person led the Al Qaeda group?

a)

Osama bin Laden

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Hosni Mubarak

d)

Hamid Karzai