60s Cold War

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when

• the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Vietnam.

• CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.

• the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West.

• The U.S. and U.S.S.R. mutually agreed to remove nuclear weapons sites from both Turkey and Cuba.

According to the graph, the drastic increase in American troop strength in Vietnam in 1964 was caused directly by

• the Tet Offensive.

• the Kennedy assassination.

• the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

• the election of Richard Nixon.

Which statement describes the MAIN impact television had on the Vietnam War?

• It caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam.

• It allowed American soldiers to send messages back home to loved ones.

• It discredited the anti-war protesters by showing American military successes.

• It failed to have an impact since the news focused mainly on Civil Rights issues.

The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrated the

• divisive nature of the war in Vietnam

• importance of having a free and independent press.

• power of television’s influence in American politics.

• importance of candidates knowing their facts in a debate forum.

This map shows the series of coordinated attacks that began on January 31, 1968, and are called

• the Tet Offensive.

• the Fall of Saigon.

• the My Lai Massacre.

• the Battle of Da Nang.

Why did President Kennedy decide to go to the moon in the early 1960's?

• The soviets were beating us in every other aspect of the Space Race and we needed a political victory against them.

• We wanted to expand the American frontier, and we wanted to set up a space colony.

• The moon had important resources that would boost our economy.

• We wanted to build space defenses against Soviet Nuclear weapons.

Which of these is an accurate outcome of the Apollo Program (1961-1972)?

• There were few practical benefits of the early space program.

• Any achievements were lessened by the Apollo program’s loss of Challenger. 

• The United States proved victorious in the “space race” with the Soviet Union.

• The Soviets could still claim victory in the “space race” for landing a person on the moon first.

Following the intervention of the United Nations in 1954, Vietnam was

• unified as the Republic of Vietnam, under the control of Ngo Dinh Diem.

• divided at the 17th parallel into communist-controlled North and non-communist South.

• unified as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), under the control of Ho Chi Minh.

• divided at the 17th parallel into communist-controlled South and non-communist North.

In 1962, which of the following led to the crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union which took the world to the brink of nuclear war?

• Cuban attacks on the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay

• The failure of the Bay of Pigs

• The building of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union to stop the “Brain drain”

• The discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba

Accounts of North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks on United States destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin during the summer of 1964 led to which of the following United States actions?

• Delivery of a formal diplomatic protest to the North Vietnamese government

• Retreat of American naval ships from the Gulf of Tonkin

• Escalation of the American war effort in Vietnam

• Withdrawal of American military advisors from Vietnam