Cold War History and Events

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What was the main objective of the Truman Doctrine?

To reconstruct cities and industries damaged during World War II

To impose trade barriers between the East and the West

To establish a communist government in Greece and Turkey

To provide military aid to countries threatened by the Soviet Union (correct)

What was the term used by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War division?

Red Scare

Cold War Front

Iron Curtain (correct)

Berlin Wall

What was the outcome of the 1954 court case Brown v. Board of Education?

It resulted in the integration of schools in the North

It allowed segregated schools in the South

It established the Separate but Equal standard in education

It overturned the Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education (correct)

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?

To combine sections into one unified section (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main objective of the Marshall Plan?

To reconstruct cities and industries damaged during World War II (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the Second Red Scare focused on?

The fear of Communists in US government positions (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first woman to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice in the United States?

Sandra Day O'Connor (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the Reagan Doctrine?

To provide military assistance to anti-communist groups (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first presidential candidate to have a woman as a running mate?

Walter Mondale (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the economic policy proposed by Harry Truman?

Fair Deal (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the Soviet astronaut who was the first man to orbit the Earth?

Yuri Gagarin (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the scandal involving arms sales to the Middle East in the 1980s?

Iran-Contra Affair (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of Richard Nixon's 'Vietnamization' strategy?

To replace US troops with Vietnamese forces (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Paris Peace Accords?

It ended direct US involvement in the Vietnam War (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main issue with the draft lottery system during the Vietnam War?

It was initially unfair to students who were drafted (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress and later ran for the Democratic presidential nomination?

Shirley Chisholm (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the SALT I negotiations?

To limit the nuclear stockpile of the United States and the Soviet Union (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the 1972 presidential election?

Richard Nixon won the election (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Watergate scandal?

It led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the Nixon Doctrine?

To honor existing defense commitments and have countries fight their own wars (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Kent State Massacre?

It resulted in the deaths of students protesting the war (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the Equal Rights Amendment?

To outlaw discrimination based on sex (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?

To overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates in 1960?

It demonstrated the power of television in American politics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the Geneva Conference in 1954?

Vietnam was divided at the seventeenth parallel (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the leader of the Viet Minh?

Ho Chi Minh (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

To authorize President Johnson to commit US troops to South Vietnam (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

A bombing campaign against North Vietnam (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the leader of the US troops in Vietnam in 1965?

William C. Westmoreland (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968?

It was a crucial turning point in the war (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

A law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of Walter Cronkite's statement in 1968?

It indicated that the war in Vietnam would end in stalemate (D) Signup and view all the answers