World History Cold War Quiz 2

what event prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis caused Fidel Castro to look to the Soviet Union for military help?

Bay of Pigs invasion

What leader was left out of the negotiations?

Castro

in what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States?

Cuba

the fall of the Berlin Wall led rapidly to the reunification of

Germany

who was the Nationalist leader who led Vietnam against the French?

Ho Chi Minh

who was the president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

JFK

why did President Kennedy support the government of Ngo Dinh Diem?

Kennedy fear that Communists would take over South Vietnam

in 1991 military leaders and secret police in the USSR attempted a coup against

Mikhail Gorbachev

who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khruchev

because of the failure to succeed in Vietnam by 1968,

President Johnson declined to run for reelection

many of the republics in the USSR resented the dominance of

Russia

the communication issues during the Cuban Missile Crisis led to the development and installation of what?

a White House-Kremlin hotline

in the United States television was instrumental in

bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms

economic and social challenges that accompanied the breakup of the Soviet Union included all of the following except

collectivization

which of the following was not part of the peace treaty signed in 1973

elections to unify the country would be held within 60 days

in fighting the war in Vietnam US soldiers struggle with which of the following

guerrilla warfare lost of fellow soldiers and lack of support at home

what did the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States want to do when they discovered the missiles?

launch a full invasion and take over Cuba

what did the US agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles?

never to invade Cuba again remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and remove nuclear missiles from Italy

Mikhail Gorbachev called for the rebuilding of the Soviet economy, a policy called

perestroika

how did the United States discover that nuclear missiles were being installed into Cuba?

pictures from a U-2 spy plane

the Viet Cong rebelled against the government of South Vietnam when...

the Diem government and the US failed to hold elections to reunite the country

this counter attack by the Vietcong and the Viet Minh led to decreasing support for the Vietnam War

the Tet Offensive

this event led to the vast escalation in the US presence in Vietnam

the attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

what principle, described by President Eisenhower, became associated with American involvement in Southeast Asia?

the domino theory

what actions did United States first take when they discovered the missiles?

they formed a blockade against any weapons entering Cuba