US Semester Review Part 1

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What agreement did they publicly come to to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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USSR removes missiles, US doesn't invade Cuba

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How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

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from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

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How many days did the Cuban missile crisis last?

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13

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What U.S. agency was behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

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CIA

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When and how did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba?

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In a popular armed insurgency in 1959 against the US-backed Batista regime

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

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

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What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

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yellow journalism

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Economic motives for imperialism include _________.

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a need for raw materials to be used in factories

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Why was the Spanish-American War fought? Options: The US wanted to help Cuba gain independence from Spain so that the US could have access to Cuba's natural resources, The US blamed the sinking of the USS Maine on Spain, The Spanish Ambassador wrote a letter criticizing the president, All of these

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All of these

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What was the event that ignited the Spanish-American War? Options: Explosion of the USS Arizona, Sinking of the USS Maine, Sinking of the Lusitania, Russia

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Sinking of the USS Maine