Through the Decades 1970-1990

What was the main reason for the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• The US wanted to support Fidel Castro

• The US wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro using Cuban exiles

• The US wanted to establish a naval blockade around Cuba

• The US wanted to help Cuba defend against the Soviet Union

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Soviet Union increased the number of missiles in Cuba

• The US and the Soviet Union went to war

• The Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba

• Cuba became a territory of the US

What was the main goal of the Great Society domestic policy?

• To reduce military spending

• To expand education, healthcare for the elderly, and improve Civil Rights

• To increase taxes

• To support the Vietnam War

What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• It declared war on Vietnam

• It ended US involvement in Vietnam

• It gave the US President broad powers to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States

• It was a peace treaty between the US and Vietnam

What was the purpose of the Anti-War Movement during the Vietnam War?

• To support the war effort in Vietnam

• To protest against the draft and the war in Vietnam

• To promote US military recruitment

• To provide aid to Vietnamese civilians

What was the legal voting age established by the 26th Amendment?

• 16

• 18

• 21

• 25

What was the Domino Theory in the context of the Vietnam War?

• The belief that if one country falls to communism, surrounding countries will also fall.

• The strategy of dropping bombs in a domino effect

• The idea that Vietnam would lead to the fall of major Western powers

• The plan to create a chain of US military bases in Southeast Asia

What was "Agent Orange" used for during the Vietnam War?

• As a healing agent for wounded soldiers

• As a code name for covert operations

• To clear the jungle of its vegetation to be able to see the enemy

• As a weapon of mass destruction

What event marked the beginning of the Tet Offensive?

• The bombing of the US embassy in Saigon

• The fall of Saigon

• The signing of the Paris Peace Accords

• The celebration of the Vietnamese New Year

What was the outcome of the Vietnamization policy?

• The US took over the fight from the South Vietnamese

• The North Vietnamese surrendered to the US

• The South Vietnamese took over the fight from the US

• The US and Vietnam formed an alliance