Unit 8 Quiz Review

The theory during the Cold War stating that if one country fired their nuclear weapons then the other would fire theirs, meaning both countries would be destroyed. (this is why no nuclear weapons were ever used)

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Domino Theory

• Containment Theory

• Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

The launching of this satellite caused the U.S. to create NASA, invest more money into math and science, and developing more advanced technology.

• Apollo 11

• Voyager 1

• Sputnik

• Sputnik II

This program would allow the United States to spend $13 billion to rebuild European economies that suffered after WW2.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

• NATO

This stated that the U.S. could provide military and economic aid to countries being threatened by communism.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• NATO

This U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism around the world.

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Capitalism

• Marshall Plan

The name of the Chinese leader who led China's Communist Party in order to overthrow China's Nationalist Party was:

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Zhou Enlai

• Mao Zedong

• Deng Xiaoping

This location in Cuba is where CIA trained Cuban exiles were placed in order to overthrow Fidel Castro and stop the spread of communism.

• Havana

• Guantanamo Bay

• Bay of Pigs

• Santiago

The tense confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, resulting in President Kennedy blockading Cuba for 13 days once Soviet Union missile sites were discovered.

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Containment

• Cuban Revolution

This gave President Johnson the power to conduct military operations in Southeast Asian without a formal declaration of war.

• War Powers Resolution

• Domino Theory

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

This was the largest offensive attack of the Vietnam War; Vietcong would attack over 100 Southern Vietnamese cities using guerrilla warfare.

• My Lai Massacre

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Battle of Dien Bien Phu