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1. The Cuban Missile Crisis began when
   A. the Soviet navy ran the United States blockade of Cuba.
   B. a United States spy plane was shot down over Cuba.
   C. the Soviets began to build missile launching sites in Cuba. *
   D. the Cubans began an invasion of the United States missile site.
   
   
2. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended when
   A. the Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba. *
   B. the United States bombed Soviet missile sites.
   C. the United States negotiated with Castro to destroy the missile sites.
   D. the U.N. forced the two sides to compromise on missiles.
   
   
3. The United States policy to hold communism within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is known as
   A. the Domino Theory.
   B. the Open Door Policy.
   C. mutual assured destruction.
   D. containment. *
   
   
4. Which of these events came last?
   A. Korean War
   B. Cuban Missile Crisis
   C. Vietnam War *
   D. The formation of NATO
   
   
5. Who was responsible for continuing anti-communist hysteria?
   A. Lyndon B. Johnson
   B. Joseph McCarthy *
   C. John F. Kennedy
   D. Fidel Castro
   
   
6. Which economic system rewards individual achievement and competition?
   A. Socialism
   B. Fascism
   C. Communism
   D. Capitalism *
   
   
7. The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was to
   A. help Europe rebuild after the damage of WWII.
   B. find peaceful uses for nuclear energy.
   C. promote democracy in European countries.
   D. protect member countries from Soviet aggression. *
   
   
8. Which event in 1950 made the Cold War “hot”?
   A. Vietnam War
   B. Korean War *
   C. Cuban Missile Crisis
   D. World War II
   
   
9. The Viet Cong were
   A. South Vietnamese who were sympathetic to the communist cause. *
   B. North Vietnamese who were sympathetic to the communist cause.
   C. United States soldiers fighting for the communists.
   D. South Vietnamese who were fighting with the Americans.