What was the name of the anti-communist crusade in which a U. S. Senator used the tactic of The Big Lie, repeating untrue accusations loudly and clearly, to smear countless Americans? A. Black-balling
B. the Red Scare
C. McCarthyism
D. Nativism

(Select 3) Why did Cuba become a battleground in the Cold War?
A. Castro nationalized American-owned properties in Cuba
B. Fidel Castro's regime overthrew the American-backed dictator
C. the Soviet Union conducted atomic bomb tests in Cuba
D. the U. S. CIA trained Cuban exiles for an invasion of Cuba that failed

The 13 days of escalating fear of nuclear war in which the U. S. and the Soviet Union came closest to armed conflict is known as...
A. the Bay of Pigs Invasion
B. the Cuban Missile Crisis
C. the Iran Hostage Crisis
D. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Select 3 reasons for U. S. involvement and continuing conflict in the Middle East.
A. U. S. support of a Palestinian state
B. U. S. support for the state of Israel
C. extensive American interest in oil
D. the Cold War rivalry between the U. S. and the Soviet Union

When President Eisenhower intervened in the Suez Crisis and issued the Eisenhower Doctrine, he extended containment to...
A. the Middle East
B. the Caribbean
C. Southeast Asia
D. the Korean Peninsula

What group stymied the U. S. economy in the 1970s with an oil embargo?
1. NAFTA
2. NATO
3. OPEC
4. OAS
Select 3 causes of decades-long strained relations between the U. S. and Iran.
1. the taking more than 150 American hostages in Iran
2. U. S. support of the Shah
3. the discovery of Soviet missile sites in Iran
4. the takeover of the Iranian government by a fundamentalist Islamic regime
In what country did the U. S. support a rebel movement that evolved into the Taliban?
1. Iran
2. Syria
3. Afghanistan
4. Israel