IHAC test 2.2

Allen Dulles described Patrice Lumumba as an African _______

Fidel Castro

on Oct. 11, 1963, Kennedy formalized his commitment to withdraw US troops from Vietnam by the end of 1965 in National Security Memorandum #___

263

two days after assuming office, LBJ reversed JFK's earlier NSAM by issuing National Security Action Memorandum # ___, which allowed for the US to carry out covert operations against North Vietnam

273

who did JFK famously fire?

Allen Dulles

a CIA-backed plan to oust Sukarno was exposed in 1958 when ________ was captured after his plane was shot down

Allen Pope

at what university did Kennedy call for an end to the Cold War stating that "We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all human"?

American University

in 1955, Sukarno launched the non-aligned movement by hosting the leaders of twenty-nine Asian and African nations at the ________ conference

Bandung

who did LBJ defeat in the 1964 presidential race by running as the peace candidate?

Barry Goldwater

in 1964, the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Joao Goulart in the country of ________

Brazil

what country do S&K describe as "perhaps the most strategically significant country in Latin America"?

Brazil

the ______ staged incidents to mislead the public into believing that North Vietnam was instigating the southern insurgency

CIA

during the Vietnam War, the CIA ran Operation ________, which illegally surveilled anti-war activists

Chaos

after the CMC, Khrushchev urged the US to recognize _______ at the UN

China

from Okinawa, the US during the CMC was poised to attack ________ with hydrogen bombs

China

who replaced Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense on March 1, 1968?

Clark Clifford

Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith said that "foreign policy was still with the _______ people"

Council on Foreign Relations

in an interview, JFK said "there is no country in the world where economic colonization, humiliation, and exploitation were worse than in ________"

Cuba

running as a hawk in 1960, JFK criticized Eisenhower's policy toward ________

Cuba

in 1965, LBJ sent 25,000 marines to the Latin American nation of ________ to shore up a military regime

Dominican Republic

Nikita Khrushchev had a lot in common with ________

Dwight Eisenhower

who was placed in charge of Operation Mongoose?

Edward Lansdale

the 1955 "Manifesto" warning of possible human extinction from nuclear weapons was named after which two of its famous signatories?

Einstein Russell Manifesto

during the CMC, JFK ignored advice from former President _________ that he take stronger military action against Cuba

Eisenhower

upon learning of the JFK assassination, ________ said, "watch and see. I know them, they will try and put the blame on us for this thing."

Fidel Castro

after the 1957-58 coup plot failed, ________- the CIA's Director of Plans- went insane and underwent six months of electroshock therapy

Frank Wisner

Walter Lippman compared Eisenhower's farewell address to that of ______

George Washington

the CIA's ________ made plans to assassinate Sukarno in the 1950s

Health Alteration Committee

Ambassador ________ stated that "from Vietnam, large storehouses of wealth and population can be influenced and undermined"

Henry Cabot Lodge

JFK's father had his ambassadorship cut short due to his policy toward _______

Hitler

said the US-backed leader of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky: "People ask me who my heroes are. I only have one: ________"

Hitler

since he was opposed to escalation in Vietnam, ________ was excluded from National Security Council Meetings

Hubert Humphrey

in August 1957, the Soviet Union successfully tested the first _____

ICBM

reports of a US "missile gap" with the Soviet Union were exploited by _______

JFK

who said, "when you consider things like the CIA's support to the 1958 rebellion, Sukarno's frequently anti-American attitude is understandable"

JFK

what journalist did JFK use as a back channel to communicate with Castro?

Jean Daniel

Brazil's elected leader ________ was ousted by US-backed forces after he recognized Cuba, pushed for land reform, and sought foreign capital controls

Joao Goulart

what US official defended nuclear brinkmanship, arguing that it had thwarted Communist aggression in Korea, Indochina, and the Formosa Strait?

John Foster Dulles

at the CIA, JFK fired Allen Dulles and replaced him with ________

John McCone

who was the commander of US forces in Vietnam from 1964-68?

John Westmoreland

surprisingly, ________ was an old Kennedy family friend

Joseph McCarthy

the US marines were fighting against a popular uprising that sought to restore constitutional order by returning to the democratically elected ________ to power

Juan Bosch

in late January 1968, the Vietnamese began an assault on ________. shortly after, the NLF surprised the Americans when they began ________

Khe Sanh -- the Tet Offensive

against the wishes of his military brass, Kennedy refused to commit US troops to the South East Nation of _____

Laos

under LBJ, US-Latin American policy went from the Alliance for Progress to the ________

Mann Doctrine

National Security Advisor ________, was the first applicant to get perfect scores on all three Yale entrance exams

McGeorge Bundy

on October 2, 1963, JFK received _________'s report calling for withdraw from Vietnam beginning in 1963 and ending in 1965

McNamara and Taylor

in Eisenhower's farewell speech, he warned of the growing power of the ____________

Military Industrial Complex

of JFK's blockade, General LeMay said, "this is almost as bad as ________"

Munich

in response to Soviet advances, the Eisenhower administration unleashed former _______ Werher von Braun

Nazi

what Republican presidential candidate was attacking JFK as being soft on Communism in 1962, saying "the foundations of our safety are being sapped"

Nelson Rockefeller

what late 1950s novel raised public opposition to nuclear weapons?

On the Beach

what was the name of the JFK-approved terror campaign against Cuba?

Operation Mongoose

what was the name of the anti-Cuba CIA terror campaign launched in 1961?

Operation Mongoose

in order to provide a pretext for military action against Cuba, the Joint Chiefs approved what operation (which included staging a "Remember the Maine!" incident)?

Operation Northwoods

the plans to fabricate a pretext to allow a full-scale invasion of Cuba:

Operation Northwoods

what large exercise which included a mock invasion of a Caribbean island was cancelled due to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Operation Ortsac

LBJ's massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder

the ________ was Indonesia's Communist Party

PKI

what treaty did JFK pass in 1963?

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

in June 1967, McNamara had Leslie Gelb begin compiling a top-secret history of the Vietnam War which came to be known as ________

Pentagon Papers

tens of thousands of Vietnamese were assassinated in what program?

Phoenix Program

in 1958, the US announced ________, a grandiose plan to use atomic explosions for planetary excavation

Project Plowshare

in 1958, the Eisenhower administration threatened nuclear attack during a conflict over ______

Quemoy and Matsu

what magazine revealed in March of 1967 that the CIA had been secretly funding seemingly liberal organizations such as the National Student Association, professors, and labor leaders at home and abroad?

Ramparts

what was the nickname of the man that LBJ chose as DCI following McCone's retirement?

Red Radbone

Johnson's DCI ________ failed to prove Communist involvement in the Antiwar movement

Richard Helms

who did JFK send to negotiate a secret settlement to the CMC?

Robert F. Kennedy

what famous poet participated in JFK's inauguration?

Robert Frost

what New York Senator emerged as the peace and social justice candidate for president in 1968, before being assassinated by another "lone nut"?

Robert Kennedy

who described US policy in Latin America by saying, "you can close down newspapers, abolish congress, jail religious opposition and you'll get lots of help, but if you fool around with a US oil company, you'll get cut off without a penny"?

Robert Kennedy

what two famous officials questioned the lone nut theory of the JFK assassination?

Robert Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson (& Governor John Connally)

JFK's Secretary of Defense was the computerlike ___________

Robert McNamara

the Secretary of Defense under Kennedy was former Ford Motor Company Executive _________

Robert McNamara

in August of 1960 Eisenhower approved _______- a plan to deploy nuclear weapons in a massive strike against USSR and China

SIOP

Kennedy said, "it could happen here... if there were another Bay of Pigs, the military would almost feel that it was their patriotic obligation to stand ready to preserve the nation" referring to the military coup scenario in the film ___________

Seven Days in May

what was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into orbit around the Earth?

Sputnik

in 1965, with US assistance, Indonesian President Sukarno was overthrown by General ________. how many Indonesians were killed in the accompanying massacre?

Suharto -- 500k-2mil

to resolve the CMC, the Soviets wanted the US to remove nuclear weapons from _________. the nukes in question were ________ Missiles

Turkey -- Jupiter

the Cuban exiles landed on Cuba in seven ships- two of which belonged to ________

United Fruit Company

at "the most dangerous moment in human history", who prevented a nuclear strike, perhaps saving the world?

Vasili Arkhipov

where did Kennedy resist sending ground troops, saying that "It's like taking a drink. The effect wears off and you have to take another"?

Vietnam

JFK worried that if the US intervened militarily in Cuba, the Soviets would move against _______

West Berlin

who was the first person to orbit the Earth?

Yuri Gagarin

JFK revealed to a number of confidants that he would withdraw from Vietnam ___________

after his re-election

"Don't publicly threat Sukarno like a spoiled child refusing him any more candy unless he's a good boy because Sukarno has no choice but to say, 'to hell with your ________'"

aid

JFK: "victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is ______"

an orphan

on 7/25/63, the US, USSR, and UK agreed on a treaty banning _____________

atmospheric nuclear testing

the Kennedy administration was staffed with establishment insiders, leading David Halberstam to ironically describe them as ____________

the best and the brightest

said the President of the United States: "F*ck your parliament and your ________"

constitution

in his 1963 "Peace Speech", Kennedy said that "if we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for ________"

diversity

JFK called for a cooperative program with the Soviets that would ____________

end the space race

on July 20, 1962, security officials reported to JFK that a surprise attack against the USSR could be launched ________

in December of 1963

puzzled by Soviet actions, JFK said "it's just as if we suddenly put [missiles] _________"

in Turkey

unknown by the US, what did the Soviets already have in Cuba?

missiles

in August of 1961, Khrushchev angered JFK by resuming ________

nuclear testing

in order to restore US prestige, US officials contemplated detonating an atom bomb _______

on the moon

in January of 1962, RFK told John McCone that the top US priority was _________

overthrowing Castro

what was JFK's euphemism for the blockade of Cuba?

quarantine

the Soviets liked to draw attention to America's problems with ______

race relations

during the CMC, JFK told a young female companion "I'd rather my children be _____ than dead"

red

Khrushchev described Berlin as "the ______ of the West"

testicles

the fateful events of 1965 were set in motion when Indonesian junior military officers killed six generals whom they accused of plotting a coup backed by ________

the CIA

what did JFK vow to "shatter [...] into a thousand pieces and scatter to the winds"?

the CIA

who was LBJ talking about when he said, "you work hard and get a good program or policy going, and they swing a shit-smeared tail through it"?

the CIA

Kennedy told two friends that he planned to be the first president to visit ________

the Soviet Union

Allen Dulles boasted that ______ allowed him "to get a look at every blade of grass in the Soviet Union"

the U2

after leaving as Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara moved to the top position at ________

the World Bank

after hearing about plans for a full-scale preemptive nuclear attack, JFK said "and we call ourselves ___________"

the human race

Kennedy announced in 1963 that he was ready to abandon ________

the space race

at what Arthur Schlesinger called "the most dangerous moment in human history," the Soviets nearly attacked the US with a nuclear __________

torpedo

when Daniel Ellsberg asked RFK why the president was so smart when his advisors were still committed to winning, RFK said "Because we _____ _____!"

were there