Match the description of the intervention to the correct location. 1. 1965–1966: occupation by U.S. forces following overthrow of Trujillo 2. 1954: U.S.-backed overthrow of socialist government 3. 1979: overthrow of Somoza followed by U.S. aid to Contras 4. 1959: Batista overthrown and Castro installed

In which nation did a U.S.-led coup overthrow a socialist government and install Augusto Pinochet as dictator in 1973?A.GuatemalaB.ArgentinaC.AngolaD.ChileSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Match the following items.1. a self-governing Commonwealth of the United States Nicaragua 2. it was invaded by the United States in 1983 Puerto Rico 3. the Contras fought the Sandinista government Jamaica 4. it has had a parliamentary democracy since independence in 1962 Grenada

Match the following items.1. the Taliban seized control in 1996 Sri Lanka 2. was invaded and occupied by Iraq in 1990 Israel 3. Aung San Suu Kyi led a pro-democracy movement Iran 4. a Jewish nation in the Middle East Afghanistan 5. a mob seized the U.S. Embassy in 1979 Kuwait 6. Ferdinand Marcos ruled from 1965 to 1986 Myanmar 7. Sinhalese-dominated government fought the Tamil insurgents Philippines

What was the name of theCuban leader who CIA-trained Cuban exiles hoped to ignite a popular uprising against after landing at the Bay of Pigs?Group of answer choicesHo Chi MinhFidel CastroDien Bien PhuNikita Khrushchev

Identify which of the following statements correctly describe actions of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations during the Cold War. 1. Johnson's foreign policy was dominated by events in Cuba. 2. Johnson sent U.S. troops into the Dominican Republic to quell a revolt, arguing without evidence that its leader planned to establish a pro-Castro communist regime. 3. Kennedy was an early and enthusiastic supporter of the fledgling U.S. Army Special Forces for limited warfare against communism. 4. Kennedy generally sought to head off communist expansion in Latin America via "gunboat diplomacy." 5. The Bay of Pigs fiasco involved 2,000 armed Cuban exiles that landed on Cuban soil for an invasion but did not receive promised American military support. 6. As part of the resolution to the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy secretly agreed with Khrushchev to remove missiles from Turkey.