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What is a satellite nation?
a) A nation whose government revolves around another nation.
b) A nation who is dominated by another more powerful nation
c) A nation on the moon
d) A nation who revolves around the world.

A declaration to Congress that the US would oppose the spread of Communism is called what?
a) The Lincoln Declaration
b) The Freedom Doctrine
c) The Truman Doctrine
d) The Marshall plan

In 1948 the Allies responded to a blockade of Berlin by sending cargo planes to drop supplies into Western Berlin. What was this airlift called?
a) The German Airlift
b) The Berlin Airlift
c) The European Airlift
d) The Truman Airlift

What were the two main goals of the United Nations?
a) To communicate with all other nations and to create laws to govern them.
b) To eliminate war and bomb those nations that don't agree.
c) To maintain peace and settle international disputes
d) To police the world and take war criminals to court.

What was the name of the alliance of western nations to guard against a Soviet (Russian) attack?
a) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
b) North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO)
c) European Treaty Alliance
d) European Union (EU)

What was the name given to the Soviet (Russian) alliance in response to the Western alliance?
a) The Russian Pact
b) The Polish Pact
c) The Satellite Pact
d) The Warsaw Pact

Who were the two main players in the Cuban Missle Crisis?
a) Germany and France
b) Cuba and America
c) Russia and China
d) Russia and America

ON October 22, President Kennedy prevented any shipments into Cuba by ordering what?
a) A naval blockade
b) Bombing of Cuba
c) Soldiers into Cuba
d) Bombing of Russia

Why did the US get involved with the Vietnam War?
a) To assist South Vietnam in breaking away from the North
b) To prevent Communism from spreading around the world
c) To prevent Russia from taking over Cuba
d) To allow our military to practice war.

What is the name of the theory that if one country falls to communism, then all countries will eventually fall to communism?
a) The Monopoly Theory
b) The Jenga Theory
c) The Pick Up Sticks Theory
d) The Domino Theory

Who was the ruler of North Vietnam?
a) Mao Ze Dung
b) Ho Chi Minh
c) Ngo Dinh Diem
d) Bruce Lee

Who was the President of South Vietnam?
a) Mao Ze Dung
b) Ho Chi Minh
c) Ngo Dinh Diem
d) Bruce Lee

Guerilla fighters waged a war of terror on the South Vietnam Villages. What were these terrorists called?
a) Vietminh
b) Vietnamese Samurai
c) Vietchin
d) Vietcong

Which answer was one way young men avoided the draft
a) They claimed illness like high blood pressure or drug addiction
b) They claimed homosexuality or asthma
c) They ran away to Canada
d) All of the above

What was the code name for the herbicide and defoliant that was used as part of the US chemical warfare Operation Ranch Hand?
a) Agent Blue
b) Agent Green
c) Agent Red
d) Agent Orange

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