Quizlet Last US Histroy Test

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  1. 38th parallel divided what country: KOrea
  2. accusations that communism was widely present in government and military were made by?: Joseph Mccarthy
  3. aftr investigating the assassination of JFK the Warren commission concluded what?: Lee Harvey Oswald, did it by himself
  4. American interest in developing hydrogen bomb intensified when?: Soviets exploded an atomic bomb
  5. banned prayer in schools: Warren Court
  6. barred nuclear testing in the atmoshpere: Limited Test Ban treaty
  7. based on the idea that if one country fails to communism the rest would fall: domino theory
  8. believed the best way to avoid a third World War was to create New World Ordere with all nations having a right to self determination: truman
  9. both the United States and the Soviet Union joined this organization after WW2: United Nations
  10. cancelled the elections: Diem
  11. communist: although mao won vietnam, why did he not win over america
  12. defensive military alliance was the first during peace time: Nato
  13. direct communication during Kennedy term: hotline
  14. failure of Shanghai Shek's forces can be blamed on what: corrupt leadership
  15. forced to retreat to Taiwan: chinese nationalists
  16. group declaring independence fomr foreign rule: Vietmen
  17. he accepted aid for cuba: castro
  18. he arranged for a bout 4 million dollars in aid to be sent to post war Turkey and Greece: Truman
  19. immigration act ended quotas based on what?: nationality
  20. in early years, people could be deferred by what: college
  21. in this case, suspects must read their rights: Miranda vs. Arizona
  22. involved invasion of Cuba: Bay of Pigs
  23. JFK appointed his brother to serve as what?: Attorney General
  24. JFk was a senator from what state: Massachusetts
  25. led indochinese: Ho Chi Minh
  26. Legislative program that summed up Johnson's vision: Great Society
  27. lost 1960 election: Nixon
  28. main goal of ____ ________ was to stop communism: truman doctrine
  29. main purpose of war powers act: curve president's war making powers
  30. Mccarthyism: to label someone's activities as _______ would be to suggest the person is making unsupported accusations
  31. Medicare was intended to provide what?: medical insurance
  32. organization founded by tom hayden: Students for Democratic Society
  33. provided stuff to N vietnam: HCM
  34. religious beliefs affected the election: JFK
  35. satellite nations were memebers of this alliance: Warsaw Pact
  36. separated East Germany from West Germany: berlin wall
  37. south vietnam opposition group: Vietcong
  38. Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council why?: they weren't there
  39. soviet union set up ______ in respsonse to Western efforts to remify Gemany: berlin blockade
  40. temporarily divided Vietnam along 17thparallel: Geneva Accords
  41. term refering to the indirect hostile conflict between US and Soviet Union: Cold War
  42. this action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union: Berlin Air Lift
  43. this aid program wsas agiaisnt hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos: marshall plan
  44. this congressional committed is best known for investigating communism in the movie industry: HUAC
  45. this granted US president military powers in Vietnam: Gulf of TOnkin resolution
  46. this group consisted of Eastern European Nationat that were dominated by the soviet union: satellite nations
  47. this U2 pilot was shot down in Soviet territory: Francis Gary Powers
  48. US aided ____ in efforts to keep control of VIetnam: France
  49. when this fell, french began leaving vietnam: diem Bien Phu
  50. ____ enabled NVietnam to send troops to south vietname: Ho Chi Minh trail
  51. ___________ was the leader of the communists in china: mao Tse Dung