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What caused the sharp increase of troop involvement shown on the graph?

A
Vietnam gained independence and the war began.
B
President Johnson was assassinated.
C
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed.
D
People began volunteering to go to war in large numbers.
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Why did the information in this graph increase opposition to the war?

A
People were relieved there were few deaths in 1964.
B
People were upset by the high number of deaths.
C
People were surprised there were more deaths in 1969 than 1968.
D
People did not know that the death toll was increasing.
4

Which leader was backed by the United States during the Korean War?

A
Ho Chi Minh
B
Mao Zedong
C
Syngman Rhee
D
Kim Il-Sung
5

Why was there tension between the United States and the USSR after World War II?

A
Their economies were based on different principles and systems.
B
Their economies were competing for trade in Western Europe.
C
Their economies were in danger of falling to Communism.
D
Their economies prevented them from influencing other countries.
6

Which of these events contributed to Joseph McCarthy’s rise to power during the early 1950s?

A
Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress.
B
The Senate passed a resolution to censure McCarthy.
C
Alger Hiss was prosecuted and convicted as a Soviet spy.
D
The House Un-American Activities Committee was formed.
7

In the wake of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Cuba

A
formed an alliance with the Soviet Union.
B
placed Fulgencio Batista in power.
C
built an economy based on capitalism.
D
formed an alliance with the United States.
8

What was the “missile gap” identified in the 1950s?

A
The distance ICBMs flew between continents was referred to as a “gap.”
B
The “gap” referred to the distance between deployed missiles on the ground.
C
The Soviets had a lot fewer ICBMs than the United States.
D
The USSR, according to a report, was ahead in ICBM technology.
9

The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began when

A
NASA created the Mercury program.
B
the Soviet Union developed its own atomic bomb.
C
the Soviet Union launched its first satellite.
D
the United States first launched a nuclear missile.
10

One cause of the Cold War was the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union were both

A
superpowers competing for dominance in global affairs.
B
trying to stop neutral countries from gaining power.
C
struggling to gain some influence around the world.
D
hoping to be chosen to head the UN Security Council.
11

Why was President Truman considered to be weak on communism despite the federal government’s measures to investigate communists?

A
Truman focused only on the government; he did not believe that communism had infiltrated other aspects of American life.
B
People believed that Truman might have been a communist and was only conducting investigations to protect himself from suspicion.
C
Fear of communism had reached a level that bordered on hysteria, and Truman’s actions did little to make it go away.
D
Truman actions were not strong enough to demonstrate to the public that the threat from the Soviets was very real.
12

When did the Bay of Pigs invasion into Cuba occur?

A
in 1961
B
in 1959
C
in 1989
D
in 1948

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