What solution to competing interest in Vietnam was laid out at the Geneva convention? A. Vietnam could be run as a communist country if the Soviets pulled their missiles out of Cuba B. An absolute monarchy would be established making the country neither communist nor democratic. election would be held to determine the leader of a unified Vietnam.
C. The United States would control everything north of the Gulf of Tonkin and the USSR would control everything to the south. D. Country would be split into communist north and democratic south for two years after which an
How did President Kennedy buy more time for making his decision on whether to bomb Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A. He withdrew missiles from Turkey. B. He requested a special meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations. C. He distracted the Soviets by bombing Afghanistan. D. He ordered a blockade of Cuba which would not allow any ships carrying weapons to enter the harbor.
Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point of the Vietnam War in favor of the North Vietnamese? A. the North Vietnamese introduced Agent Orange as a means of chemical warfare B. the American public turned against the war effort as it witnessed scenes from the war on TV C. the North Vietnamese inflicted extremely high casualties on US forces through a surprise attack D. the Soviet Union sent troops to aid the North Vietnamese
After the Brown v. Board of Education ruling: A. all schools in the south immediately began to admit African American students. B. African Americans did not have to pay a poll tax in order to vote in elections. C. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington DC to praise the Supreme Court for its ruling. D. many schools in the south ignored the ruling and in some cases the federal government had to intervene.
