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THIS. IS. Jeopardy. Your. With. Host. YOUR NAME. Jeopardy. Current news. Korea and at home. Post WW2. Vietnam. Cuban Missile. Vietnam 2. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400.

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  1. THIS IS Jeopardy

  2. Your With Host... YOUR NAME

  3. Jeopardy Current news Korea and at home Post WW2 Vietnam Cuban Missile Vietnam 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. The final agreement at Yalta concerning the future of Germany was that Germany would be: • A) reconstructed and reunited but would remain under strict supervision of the Allies • B) divided into four zones based on the position of troops at the end of the war • C) divided in half, with East Germany controlled by the Soviets and West Germany controlled by the United States • D) allowed to hold a binding vote regarding its preference of either capitalism or communism A 100

  5. B) divided into four zones based on the position of troops at the end of the war A 100

  6. When Harry Truman assumed the Presidency after Franklin Roosevelt’s death, he believed that • Roosevelt had kept him well informed on international issues • B) Stalin and the Soviet Union were fundamentally untrustworthy • C) Stalin was essentially a good man who could be reasoned with • D) the Soviet Union was a backward nation that posed no threat to the United States A 200

  7. Stalin and the Soviet Union were fundamentally untrustworthy A 200

  8. The Economic Cooperation Administration was also known as the • A) Truman Doctrine • B) United Nations • C) Marshall Plan • D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization A 300

  9. C) Marshall Plan A 300

  10. What is containment? A 400

  11. The policy of containing communism to a certain area or region. A 400

  12. Over the years, some historians have argued that the Cold War was the result of • A) Soviet communist expansionism • B) American capitalist expansionism • C) ignorance and misconception on the part of both the Soviets and the Americans • D) Soviet paranoia about the intentions of the West • E) all of the above answers A 500

  13. E) All of the above A 500

  14. The Korean War began when • A) Japanese forces invaded South Korea • B) North Korean forces invaded South Korea • C) Soviet troops invaded South Korea • D) Chinese troops invaded South Korea • E) Vietnamese forces invaded South Korea B 100

  15. B) North Korean forces invaded South Korea B 100

  16. President Truman relieved Douglas MacArthur from command because MacArthur • A) failed to stabilize the front in Korea • B) ordered the bombing of communist forces massing north of the Chinese border • C) publicly indicated his dissatisfaction with Truman’s policy on Korea • D) invaded North Korea despite Truman’s orders to halt at the 38th parallel B 200

  17. C) publicly indicated his dissatisfaction with Truman’s policy on Korea B 200

  18. The Korean War resulted in all of the following developments EXCEPT • A) a boost to American economic growth at a point when many believed it was about to decline • B) an increased confidence in America’s position as a world power dedicated to stopping the spread of communism • C) the creation of the office of Defense Mobilization to fight inflation, hold down prices, and discourage union wage demands • D) a military stalemate that dragged on until 1953 B 300

  19. B) an increased confidence in America’s position as a world power dedicated to stopping the spread of communism B 300

  20. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of transferring atomic secrets to the Soviets, were • A) convicted and deported to the Soviet Union • B) convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment • C) convicted, sentenced to death, and executed, despite two years of appeals and public protests • D) convicted and sentenced to death, but released after two years of appeals and public protests B 400

  21. C) convicted, sentenced to death, and executed, despite two years of appeals and public protests B 400

  22. The nation’s most prominent leader of the crusade against domestic subversion was • A) J. Edgar Hoover • B) Whittaker Chambers • C) Joseph McCarthy • D) Richard M. Nixon B 500

  23. C) Joseph McCarthy B 500

  24. Kennedy decided to remove Diem from the presidency of South Vietnam when • A) Diem massacred a large number of Viet Cong • B) Diem launched attacks on the country’s Buddhists • C) Diem refused to allow American soldiers to engage in combat • D) Diem had his own brother shot for treason • E) Diem announced he would no longer accept American aid C 100

  25. B) Diem launched attacks on the country’s Buddhists C 100

  26. The American commitment in Vietnam increased substantially when • A) President Eisenhower sent military forces into combat to aid Diem • B) President Johnson asked for and Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • C) President Nixon initiated “Vietnamization” • D) President Kennedy sent the Special Forces into Vietnam • E) President Truman ordered an attack of North Vietnam C 200

  27. B) President Johnson asked for and Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution C 200

  28. Escalation of the Vietnam War in the 1960s included all of the following steps EXCEPT • A) American officials began governing the country in place of the Vietnamese • B) American soldiers began playing an active combat role • C) American planes began bombing targets in North Vietnam • D) American forces began increasing rapidly in number C 300

  29. A) American officials began governing the country in place of the Vietnamese C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. One of the primary reasons that the United States could not fully win the Vietnam War was • A) the United States employed conventional warfare techniques in an unconventional war • B) American military forces were inexperienced and understaffed • C) Congress would not allocate sufficient funds to finance the war • D) the United States refused to bomb North Vietnam C 400

  32. A) the United States employed conventional warfare techniques in an unconventional war C 400

  33. Public opinion turned radically against the Vietnam War after the • A) United States began to bomb North Vietnam • B) Communists captured the capital of South Vietnam • C) Viet Cong launched the 1968 Tet Offensive • D) American troops invaded North Vietnam C 500

  34. C) Viet Cong launched the 1968 Tet Offensive C 500

  35. A positive effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis was • A) the negotiation of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons testing • B) Khrushchev’s replacement by a more reform-minded leader • C) the slower development of nuclear weapons by the Soviets • D) the destruction of the Berlin Wall D 100

  36. A) the negotiation of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons testing D 100

  37. The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved when • A) the United States launched an air attack on Cuba • B) Kennedy accepted Khrushchev’s offer to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s pledge not to invade the island and remove missiles from Turkey • C) the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missile bases from Cuba in exchange for an agreement on arms limitation • D) the U.S. Senate refused to sanction the blockade and Kennedy had to remove the “quarantine” D 200

  38. Kennedy accepted Khrushchev’s offer to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s pledge not to invade the island and remove missiles from Turkey D 200

  39. The U-2 Incident of 1960 involved: • A) A Soviet test missile that crashed in England • B) A downed American spy plane • C) A U.S. State Department report that basically labeled the Soviet Union an enemy of the free world • D) The testing of the hydrogen bomb by the Soviet Union D 300

  40. B) A downed American spy plane D 300

  41. The Bay of Pigs incident was: • A) When the U.S. discovered missiles in Cuba • B) When Cuba successfully tested their own atomic bomb • C) A failed attempt at ousting Fidel Castro from power • D) All of the above D 400

  42. C) A failed attempt at ousting Fidel Castro from power D 400

  43. The Cuban missile crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT: • A) The U.S. removing some of its missiles from Turkey • B) The removal of Nikita Khruschev from power in the USSR • C) A U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo • D) A U.S. promise not to invade Cuba D 500

  44. C) A U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo D 500

  45. President Nixon’s policy of ‘Vietnamization’ of the war in Vietnam called for: • A) A full-scale conventional invasion of North Vietnam • B) Reorganization of the American army in Vietnam into anti-guerrilla units • C) A gradual withdrawal of all American armed forces from Vietnam • D) An end to all American military & economic aid to South Vietnam E 100

  46. C) A gradual withdrawal of all American armed forces from Vietnam E 100

  47. During the Vietnam War, the village of My Lai is significant because: • A) It is the first location American ground troops landed • B) Americans brutally slaughtered Vietnamese women & children there • C) It was the first location the world saw Buddhist monks burn themselves in protest of American intervention • D) The village was the last place American troops departed from at the end of the Conflict E 200

  48. B) Americans brutally slaughtered Vietnamese women & children there E 200

  49. What nation – in 1954 – saw their forces overrun at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam? • A) The U.S. • B) The Soviet Union • C) France • D)China E 300

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