Cold War-Vietnam Test

Who were the Silent Majority President Richard Nixon referred to?

• Hippies who were silent

• African Americans who supported the war

• Americans who supported the war but were not very vocal about it

• ALL of the Above

What is this is reference to?

• containment

• the Domino theory.

• he Truman Doctrine.

• the Marshall Plan.

When the U.S. left Vietnam, the communists overtook Saigon and renamed it what?

• Ngo City

• Ho Chi Minh City

• Little Beijing

• Red Vietnam

How did the Korean War start, and how did it end?

• South Korea invaded North Korea in 1950, and with the assistance of the United States conquered it in 1953

• North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, and both sides agreed to a ceasefire in 1953.

The Korean War turned into a war between

• The Soviet Union and the U.S.

• Korea and Vietnam

• China and the U.S

• Japan and China

Which war is this picture showing?

• the Vietnam War.

• the Division of Germany.

• the Korean War.

• the Bay of Pigs Incident.

What was the United States governments response to the Soviets launching Sputnik into space?

• The government decided to seek peace immediately and end the Cold War.

• The government banned contact between civilians in the United States and the Soviet Union.

• The government decided to spend more on both scientific education and the military.

• The government requested that the United States prohibit Soviet space exploration.

He was President from 1969-1974 and resigned from office due to the Watergate scandal.

• John F. Kennedy

• Joseph McCarthy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

He was the 36th President, and took over following the assassination of his predecessor in 1963.

• John F. Kennedy

• Joseph McCarthy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

This Wisconsin senator gained fame by making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United States federal government.

• John F. Kennedy

• Joseph McCarthy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon