Vietnam War/the Cold War/other

Question 0

What was the central reason for America’s involvement in Vietnam over the years?

Answer 0

The central reason for Americans involvement in Vietnam was to stop the spread of communism and the domino theory.

Question 1

When’s America officially begin sending financial aid in military advisers to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Answer 1

America officially begin sending financial aid in the late 1940s

Question 2

Went to the golf of Tonkin incident occurred?

Answer 2

The Gulf of Tonkin occurred in 1964

Question 3

What did the Gulf of Tonkin resolution allow?

Answer 3

The Gulf of Tonkin allowed Johnson to increase America’s military involvement.

Question 4

How many troops were fighting in Vietnam by 1968?

Answer 4

500,000 troops were fighting in Vietnam by 1968

Question 5

What was the Tet Offensive?

Answer 5

The Tet Offensive is when the North Vietnam and Vietcong launched a major attack on the South during the Vietnam New Year’s.

Question 6

What was the effect of the Tet Offensive at home?

Answer 6

The effect of the tet offensive at home was people arguing about the war.

Question 7

What happens at Kent State on May 4, 1970?

Answer 7

On kent state on May 4, 1974 4 students were killed when they protested about the Vietnam War and got killed by national guardsmen.

Question 8

What information did the Pentagon papers contain?

Answer 8

The information contained that the government involvement was false.

Question 9

Who was president at the end of the Vietnam War?

Answer 9

Richard Nixon was

Question 10

Why were immigrants to the U.S. Met with opposition in this country?

Answer 10

Immigrants were discriminated because Americans feared they would take their jobs.

Question 11

In 1892, why did the United States government open Ellis island?

Answer 11

To process immigrants from arriving over seas in the east.

Question 12

Define mass production

Answer 12

Mass productions producing more goods than are needed.

Question 13

What automobile industrialist was responsible for the model T and the assembly line?

Answer 13

Henry Ford

Question 14

What were the main benefits that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?

Answer 14

Better working conditions, improved wages, and 8 hour days

Question 15

What did entry developed that was a significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States?

Answer 15

The assembly line

Question 16

How dud the homestead act encourage people to move West?

Answer 16

Offered free land to those willing to farm it.

Question 17

During the late 1800s, which part if the ya were barbed wire fences and sod houses most likely fiund(

Answer 17

Great Plains in the west

Question 18

What was the main cause of the Indian wars that occurred between 1860 and 1890?

Answer 18

Westward Expansion

Question 19

The invention if the steel plow, te passage if the Homestead Act, and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad app helped which area of the us develop?

Answer 19

The Great Plains

Question 20

Describe the condition of the south at the end of the civil war?

Answer 20

Cities and plantations were ruined and needed rebuilding

Question 21

During the period of Reconstruction, progress made by former slaves was due to the efforts of which period?

Answer 21

Freedmans Bureau

Question 22

Why were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period.

Answer 22

To grant legal rights to African Americans.

Question 23

Beginning in the late 1800s, what were poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses used for?

Answer 23

To prevent African Americans from voting

Question 24

Who were the Radical Republicans?

Answer 24

Republicans who wanted to punish the South

Question 25

What is one similarity between the league of Nations and the United Nations?

Answer 25

They were both fighting for peace

Question 26

In 1942 1950 nations established one organization of Nations to discuss problems and avoid war?

Answer 26

League of Nations

Question 27

What happened to the Soviet Union after the fall of the Berlin wall?

Answer 27

The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union

Question 28

What was the time of tension and fear called?

Answer 28

Cold War

Question 29

What event best symbolizes the end of the Cold War?

Answer 29

The destruction of the Berlin wall and reunification of Germany

Question 30

What were the two superpowers that emerged at the end of World War II?

Answer 30

Russia and the United States

Question 31

After World War II, what was the purpose of the Marshall plan?

Answer 31

To give up $13 billion to European economies and to prevent the spread of Soviet communism.

Question 32

What was the Truman doctrine originally designed to do?

Answer 32

To provide support to Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid

Question 33

What was the main reason for providing aid to Europe under the Marshall plan?

Answer 33

To provide support for rebuilding the economy and to defend against communism

Question 34

What was the Berlin airlift?

Answer 34

Sending supplies to Berlin to end a blockade?

Question 35

What was the Soviet organization formed in response to NATO?

Answer 35

Warsaw Pact

Question 36

During the Cold War era why was the United States and the Soviet Union reluctant to become involved involved in military conflict?

Answer 36

The potential for global nuclear war

Question 37

Which crisis brought the world closest to nuclear war?

Answer 37

The Cuban missile crisis

Question 38

What did Americans fear as a result of the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957?

Answer 38

Americans feared the Soviets could launch missiles into outer space.

Question 39

What was the United Nations set up to be?

Answer 39

An international organization that could settle disputes between nations

Question 40

The Marshall plan, the Berlin airlift, and the formation of the NATO were all steps taken by the United States during which historical error?

Answer 40

Cold War