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Korea, Cuba, Vietnam War Notes Content Quiz

What was a (one) main cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was one main result of the Korean War?

During the Korean War, Truman had the policy of ____________, which meant that he would use military force to keep communism from spreading.

In the Korean War, the North Koreans pushed the south Korean army and the UN army all the way to the south east corner of the peninsula. This area and near victory for the North was called ________________.

In the USA, advisors were asked to gather information regarding their position in the Cold War. By 1950, the National Security Council issued a report called ___________. In it, the NSC recommended that the USA increase military spending and the development of the hydrogen bomb.

In February of 1950, Mao and Stalin signed a 30-year Treaty of Friendship ad Mutual Assistance with the USSR. This was a preceded (came before) the invasion of south Korea. The invasion was led by _ in ___.

By 1952, the USA developed its first hydrogen bomb, and by ___________, the USSR had also developed theirs.

The Korean War officially ended with an _, or an agreement to stop fighting, in _. However, no official peace treaty was ever signed.

During the Cold War, a tense crisis occurred when the USA and the USSR came to the brink of nuclear war. The closest they came to actual use of nuclear weapons is referred to as the __________________________.

The ____________________ was a USA Foreign Policy concept created in 1823 that stated that the USA could intervene if a neighboring country in the south was threatened by a foreign power. Initially created to keep the French out, the policy was used in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

By 1962, Cuba had a new alliance with the Soviet Union when the USSR leader, ____________, saw an opportunity to return the balance of power between the USA and the Soviets by placing Soviet Missiles in Cuba.

The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for _________________.

The Leader of a failed Communist Revolution in 1953 Cuba was _____________. He later led a successful revolution with Che Guevera.

The ________________________ was a part of the Cuban Constitution made in 1901 which stated that the USA could oversee all Cuban Affairs. Though this ends in practice in 1933, the Amendment shows how much control the USA had over Cuba before 1959.

In order to stop Soviet ships from entering Cuba and delivering more missiles, the USA decided to block ships from entering Cuba. Kennedy called this blockade a "________________."

In 1934, a Right-wing dictator is placed in Cuba named ____. He eventually is overthrown by and Che Guevera.

In 1945, a leader of the north Vietnamese named _______________, declared itself Independent from its colonial power, France.

The north Vietnamese nationalists and communists were called __________________.

One of the reasons for the USA escalating its involvement in the Vietnam Conflict was because of Foreign Policy under Johnson. Johnson believed in the _______________, which said that if one country fell to communism, then others would quickly fall thereafter.

Below the 17th Parallel, the communist nationalists, who sympathized with the north and fought for them, were called the ____________________.

Under USA President Eisenhower's Foreign Policy called "__________________," the slogan "more bang for your buck" became popular because of the military expansion and building of new nuclear weapons meant more military might to fight the potential threat of communism.

In the policy, _______________, recommended by Secretary of State, J.F. Dulles, the USA would drive an enemy to the edge of war and force them to retreat. This was similar to the Eisenhower spending policy on the military expansion to keep the balance of power in the USA's favor.

Korea, Cuba, Vietnam War Notes Content Quiz

What was a (one) main cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was one main result of the Korean War?

During the Korean War, Truman had the policy of ____________, which meant that he would use military force to keep communism from spreading.

In the Korean War, the North Koreans pushed the south Korean army and the UN army all the way to the south east corner of the peninsula. This area and near victory for the North was called ________________.

In the USA, advisors were asked to gather information regarding their position in the Cold War. By 1950, the National Security Council issued a report called ___________. In it, the NSC recommended that the USA increase military spending and the development of the hydrogen bomb.

In February of 1950, Mao and Stalin signed a 30-year Treaty of Friendship ad Mutual Assistance with the USSR. This was a preceded (came before) the invasion of south Korea. The invasion was led by _________ in ___________.

By 1952, the USA developed its first hydrogen bomb, and by ___________, the USSR had also developed theirs.

The Korean War officially ended with an _________________, or an agreement to stop fighting, in _________________. However, no official peace treaty was ever signed.

During the Cold War, a tense crisis occurred when the USA and the USSR came to the brink of nuclear war. The closest they came to actual use of nuclear weapons is referred to as the __________________________.

The ____________________ was a USA Foreign Policy concept created in 1823 that stated that the USA could intervene if a neighboring country in the south was threatened by a foreign power. Initially created to keep the French out, the policy was used in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

By 1962, Cuba had a new alliance with the Soviet Union when the USSR leader, ____________, saw an opportunity to return the balance of power between the USA and the Soviets by placing Soviet Missiles in Cuba.

The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for _________________.

The Leader of a failed Communist Revolution in 1953 Cuba was _____________. He later led a successful revolution with Che Guevera.

The ________________________ was a part of the Cuban Constitution made in 1901 which stated that the USA could oversee all Cuban Affairs. Though this ends in practice in 1933, the Amendment shows how much control the USA had over Cuba before 1959.

In order to stop Soviet ships from entering Cuba and delivering more missiles, the USA decided to block ships from entering Cuba. Kennedy called this blockade a "________________."

In 1934, a Right-wing dictator is placed in Cuba named ________________________. He eventually is overthrown by ____________________ and Che Guevera.

In 1945, a leader of the north Vietnamese named _______________, declared itself Independent from its colonial power, France.

The north Vietnamese nationalists and communists were called __________________.

One of the reasons for the USA escalating its involvement in the Vietnam Conflict was because of Foreign Policy under Johnson. Johnson believed in the _______________, which said that if one country fell to communism, then others would quickly fall thereafter.

Below the 17th Parallel, the communist nationalists, who sympathized with the north and fought for them, were called the ____________________.

Under USA President Eisenhower's Foreign Policy called "__________________," the slogan "more bang for your buck" became popular because of the military expansion and building of new nuclear weapons meant more military might to fight the potential threat of communism.

In the policy, _______________, recommended by Secretary of State, J.F. Dulles, the USA would drive an enemy to the edge of war and force them to retreat. This was similar to the Eisenhower spending policy on the military expansion to keep the balance of power in the USA's favor.

In February of 1950, Mao and Stalin signed a 30-year Treaty of Friendship ad Mutual Assistance with the USSR. This was a preceded (came before) the invasion of south Korea. The invasion was led by _ in ___.

The Korean War officially ended with an _, or an agreement to stop fighting, in _. However, no official peace treaty was ever signed.

In 1934, a Right-wing dictator is placed in Cuba named ____. He eventually is overthrown by and Che Guevera.