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The Bay of Pigs Invasion took place during the Presidency of
John F. Kennedy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Harry Truman.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Explanation
Although the Bay of Pigs Invasion was planned during the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, it was not actually carried out until 1961, during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was a failed American invasion of Cuba and is important in the larger context of the Cold War for solidifying the complete deterioration of American relations with Cuba and for precipitating the Cuban Missile Crisis only a year later.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion took place during the Presidency of
John F. Kennedy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Harry Truman.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Explanation
Although the Bay of Pigs Invasion was planned during the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, it was not actually carried out until 1961, during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was a failed American invasion of Cuba and is important in the larger context of the Cold War for solidifying the complete deterioration of American relations with Cuba and for precipitating the Cuban Missile Crisis only a year later.
The idea that two antagonistic countries possessing nuclear weapons actually lowers the probability of an outbreak of war is called .
Mutually Assured Destruction
Nuclear Non-Aggression Pact
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Explanation
Mutually Assured Destruction is the term used to describe the nuclear relationship between the United States of America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Essentially it suggests that because both nations possess stocks of nuclear weapons, warfare is considerably less likely, because if one nation launches a nuclear attack on another nation it will result in the destruction of both nations. Nuclear Non-Proliferation refers to an agreement that no new nations will be allowed to access nuclear weaponry.
The idea that two antagonistic countries possessing nuclear weapons actually lowers the probability of an outbreak of war is called .
Mutually Assured Destruction
Nuclear Non-Aggression Pact
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Explanation
Mutually Assured Destruction is the term used to describe the nuclear relationship between the United States of America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Essentially it suggests that because both nations possess stocks of nuclear weapons, warfare is considerably less likely, because if one nation launches a nuclear attack on another nation it will result in the destruction of both nations. Nuclear Non-Proliferation refers to an agreement that no new nations will be allowed to access nuclear weaponry.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was meant to overthrow the government of
Fidel Castro.
General Tito.
Saddam Hussein.
Ayatollah Khomeini.
Nikita Khrushchev.
Explanation
The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in 1961. The CIA trained exiled Cuban troops that then touched down on Cuban soil with the intention of overthrowing the Cuban government and assassinating Fidel Castro. It did not succeed.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was meant to overthrow the government of
Fidel Castro.
General Tito.
Saddam Hussein.
Ayatollah Khomeini.
Nikita Khrushchev.
Explanation
The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in 1961. The CIA trained exiled Cuban troops that then touched down on Cuban soil with the intention of overthrowing the Cuban government and assassinating Fidel Castro. It did not succeed.
Yuri Gagarin
was the first human in outer space.
assassinated Josef Stalin.
defected to the United States and sold Soviet secrets.
was assassinated on the commands of Josef Stalin for attempting to sell state secrets.
crashed a spy plane on United States’ soil.
Explanation
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in outer space. He was a citizen of the Soviet Union and was the first man to orbit the earth in 1961. His achievement was part of the early years of the Space Race when the Soviet Union was the first nation to put a satellite into orbit and the first to put a man into space.
Joseph McCarthy famously
led the crusade against prominent American communists.
proposed a plan to rebuild the economies of Europe in the aftermath of World War Two.
led American forces to a catastrophic defeat in Vietnam.
undermined the Civil Rights movement with a series of Supreme Court rulings.
ran for President on the platform of nuclear disarmament.
Explanation
Joseph McCarthy was a United States senator in the late 1940s and early 1950s who famously led the crusade against prominent American communists. This period of American history is often referred to as The Red Scare, and the policy of attacking any known or suspected communists in Congress is called McCarthyism.
Joseph McCarthy famously
led the crusade against prominent American communists.
proposed a plan to rebuild the economies of Europe in the aftermath of World War Two.
led American forces to a catastrophic defeat in Vietnam.
undermined the Civil Rights movement with a series of Supreme Court rulings.
ran for President on the platform of nuclear disarmament.
Explanation
Joseph McCarthy was a United States senator in the late 1940s and early 1950s who famously led the crusade against prominent American communists. This period of American history is often referred to as The Red Scare, and the policy of attacking any known or suspected communists in Congress is called McCarthyism.
Yuri Gagarin
was the first human in outer space.
assassinated Josef Stalin.
defected to the United States and sold Soviet secrets.
was assassinated on the commands of Josef Stalin for attempting to sell state secrets.
crashed a spy plane on United States’ soil.
Explanation
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in outer space. He was a citizen of the Soviet Union and was the first man to orbit the earth in 1961. His achievement was part of the early years of the Space Race when the Soviet Union was the first nation to put a satellite into orbit and the first to put a man into space.