Cold War History Quiz 3

1. ____________ is best known as the man who killed JFK

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Jack Ruby
c. Hulk Hogan
d. Lee Harvey Oswald

2. LBJ’s plan for domestic reform was called

a. The New Deal
b. The Great Society
c. The Red Scare
d. The Thousand Points of Light

3. In June 1963, President Kennedy issued ______________ which stated the Federal Reserve
would no longer be allowed to print money for the Federal Government.
a. Executive Order 112
b. Executive Order 00113
c. Executive Order 007
d. Executive Order 11110

4. ______________ became the new General Secretary of the USSR after Khrushchev stepped
down.
a. Brezhnev
b. Gromyko
c. Andropov
d. Gorbachev

5. Before serving as Vice President, what committee did Nixon serve in?
a. TSSCI
b. HUAC
c. AFCU
d. CENTCOM

6. _________________ was a civil rights leader who was killed by James Earl Ray.
a. MLK
b. RFK
c. JFK
d. LBJ

7. ___________ was assassinated by a Palestinian nationalist in protest for the Kennedy

Administration’s support of Israel.
a. MLK
b. RFK
c. JFK
d. LBJ
8. During the Vietnam War ____________ became a nuclear power.
a. Russia
b. France
c. China
d. Japan

9. The media that replaced radio as a means of news and communication in the 1960’s was?
a. motion pictures
b. telephones
c. television
d. internet

10. The USSR’s new strategy for dealing with the United States was to
a. invade and expand into new countries to take their resources
b. concentrate on the development of newer and bigger nuclear weapons
c. using diplomacy to slow the Cold War down and wait for Nixon to make a mistake
d. reform the economy to allow the USSR to become more economically independent

11. _________ was a strong anticommunist and a dedicated public servant, but also paranoid and
vindictive.
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
c. George Wallace
d. Robert Kennedy

12. Who was Barry Goldwater?

13. What did Jack Ruby do that put him in jail?

14. Who was supposed to run on the Democratic ticket against Nixon?

15. What happened on Bloody Sunday in Alabama?

16. Who was George Wallace, and what did he do that was important?

17. What is a “Credibility Gap?”

18. Why did President Johnson refuse to run a second time for President?

19. What happened at the Gulf of Tonkin, and why is it historically important?
 20. How is the Tet Offensive an example of a “credibility gap?”

21. What was Agent Orange, and what did it do?

22. What happened that made the Vietnam War unwinnable for Johnson, and why was it
unwinnable after that event?

23. What was Johnson’s policy of “minimum candor?”

24. Why was George Wallace important to Nixon’s Presidential victory?

25. What were three things that the War on Poverty did for Americans?

Part Three: Essay Questions

Answer the following questions in short essay form (1-2 paragraphs)

1. Describe the challenges faced by American combat soldiers in Vietnam. What conditions and
factors blunted the effectiveness of the American military?

2. Explain why the Tet Offensive was a victory and a defeat for both the Americans and the
Communist Viet Cong.

3. Compare and contrast the policies of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson with regard
to Vietnam. Which of these leaders was most responsible for entangling the United States in the
Vietnam War? Explain your reasoning.