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Cold War Review
AP U.S. History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The technique of making unsupported charges without regard for the basic rights of the accused was named after | Joseph McCarthy |
| Conducted by US soldiers, these resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese villagers with suspected ties to the Vietcong, killing their livestock, and burning their villages | search and destroy missions |
| Angry with Nixon's secret orders to bomb and invade Cambodia, Congress repealed this | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| Who was chosen to replace Robert McNamara as secretary of defense? | Clark Clifford |
| The American president who proposed the domino theory was Richard Nixon | False |
| This group consisted entirely of Eastern European nations | satellite nations |
| This was a direct communication link set up during Kennedy's presidency | hot line |
| In the early years of the war, a young man could be automaticall deferred from the draft by | enrolling in college |
| The Central Intelligence Agency was successful in carrying out covert actions in | Iran |
| He was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage and later returned tot he US in exchange for a Soviet spy | Powers |
| Who won the 1968 presidential election? | Richard M. Nixon |
| Almost 80 percent of US soldiers who fought in Vietnam came from the upper classes of society | False |
| His religious beliefs were an important issue of the 1960 presidential campaign | John F. Kennedy |
| Mikhail Gorbacheve resigned as the president of this nation | the USSR |
| The growing youth movement of the 1960s became known as the New Right, a term that encompassed many different activist groups and organizations | False |
| China sent troops into the Korean War conflict when | the fighting neared China's border |
| In an attempt to win support for his war policies, Nixon made a special appeal to this group | silent majority |
| This South Vietnamese policy was intended to combat the growing popularity and presence of an anti-government group in the South's countryside | strategic hamlet program |
| Publication of this revealed, among other things, that the Johnson administration had lied to the public about its intentions in Vietnam | Pentagon Papers |
| Which of the following was most effective in leading the American public to conclude that the war was unwinnable? | the Tet offensive |
| All of the following occurred in 1968 EXCEPT | the invasion of Cambodia |
| This tiny island nation was invaded by the US in 1983 | Greneda |
| This involved an invasion of Cuba | Bay of Pigs |
| This requires a president to inform Congress within 48 hours if US forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war | War Powers Act |
| He squared off against Kennedy during the Berlin crisis | Nikita Khrushchev |
| He believed that the best way to avoid a third world war was to create a new world order in which all nations had the right of self-determination | Harry Truman |
| Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers? | Johnson's |
| This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union | Berlin airlift |
| Which of the following was the US' main goal in Vietnam? | the containment of communism |
| The top US negotiator in Vietnam during Nixon's presidency was Robert McNamara | False |
| He accepted Soviet aid for Cuba | Fidel Castro |
| At various times, * claimed to have personal knowlege of 57, 81, or 205 Communists working in the State Department | Joseph McCarthy |
| This nation invaded Kuwait in 1990 | Iraq |
| This term refers tot he indirect but hostile conflict between the US and the Soviet Union that began ant the end of WWII | Cold War |
| Americans who strongly felt that the Johnson administration wasn't doing enough to escalate and win the war were known as lions | False |
| Which of the following authorized President Johnson to conduct the war in Vietnam? | the Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| The satellite nations of the Soviet Union were members of this military alliance | Warsaw Pact |
| This granted the US president broad military powers in Vietnam | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| As Secretary of State, he proposed that the US declare its inention to use massive retaliatory force against any aggression | Dulles |
| To expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, US planes dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fi re to the jungles of Vietnam | napalm |
| This was specifically designed to bring an end to America's involvement in Vietnam and to bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam | Vietnamization |
| The MAIN purpose of the War Powers Act was to | restrict the power of the president |
| The invasion of Cambodia led to all of the following EXCEPT | Nixon's decision to resign |
| Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution | Johnson |
| Television, the worsening state of the US economy, and the Fulbright hearings helped to increase this | credibility gap |
| could only be charged with perjury, not espionage, becasue too many years had passed since the spying had taken place | Alger Hiss |
| This group was dependent on and dominated by the Soviet Union | satellite nations |
| The policy known as containment was designed to | restrict the spread of communism in foreign countries |
| The US military used planes to spray this leaf-killing toxic chemical that devastated the landscape of Vietnam | Agent Orange |
| This strategy was intended to broaden America's range of options during international crises by "strengthening and modernizing the military's ability to fight a nonnuclear war." | flexible response |
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