The GI Bill affected American society after World War II by...

extending educational and housing opportunities

Most Americans who opposed sending US troops to fight in the Vietnam War believed that...

the United States should not police the world

What resulted from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s search for Communists within the US in the 1950s?

The reputations of many people were ruined

From the end of WWII until the 1980’s, the US carried out its foreign policy mainly by...

taking various actions to prevent the spread of communism

Who were the Viet Cong?

Communist guerillas of South Vietnam

Why was geography important to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The island is just 90 miles from the coast of Florida

Which development following WWII caused the urban-suburban pattern shown in the diagram?

expansion of highways and automobile ownership

The United States experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war...

can be strongly affected by public opinion

The U.S. sent military forces to Korea and Vietnam to...

contain the spread of communism

A similarity between the Red Scare of the 1920’s and McCarthyism in the 1950’s was that...

the civil liberties of American citizens were threatened

The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of...

US fears that the Soviets had technological superiority

How did the US respond to the Soviet Union’s blockade of Berlin?

airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin

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9. Cold War

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8th Grade Social Studies

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1
Which event led directly to the end of the Cold War?
reunification of Germany
breakup of the Soviet Union
formation of the European Union
creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
2
The GI Bill affected American society after World War II by...
extending educational and housing opportunities
eliminating child labor
increasing spending on space exploration
expanding voting rights
3
Most Americans who opposed sending US troops to fight in the Vietnam War believed that...
the United States should not police the world
the war should be extended into China
nuclear weapons should be used to end the war
4
What resulted from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s search for Communists within the US in the 1950s?
Many high-ranking government officials were exposed as spies
Thousands of US citizens were either jailed or deported
The reputations of many people were ruined
Organized groups of Communists began a wave of terrorism
5
From the end of WWII until the 1980’s, the US carried out its foreign policy mainly by...
giving in to foreign demands
avoiding situations that might involve the US in a conflict
taking various actions to prevent the spread of communism
acting forcefully to obtain and control colonies
6
Who were the Viet Cong?
Vietnamese Nationalists
Communist guerillas of South Vietnam
Former tribesmen of Vietnam
North Vietnamese soldiers
7
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the US to deal with the...
arms race
President’s political opposition
spread of communism
national debt
8
Why was geography important to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The island is just 90 miles from the coast of Florida
The communist government took over US business on the island
The USSR gave financial aid to the communist gov't of Cuba
The Bay of Pigs invasion failed to overthrow Castro
9
Which development following WWII caused the urban-suburban pattern shown in the diagram?
decline in the number of middle-income families
increase in the number of farms
expansion of highways and automobile ownership
movement of most factories to rural areas
10
The United States experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war...
can be strongly affected by public opinion
is assured to countries dedicated to democratic ideals
is dependent on using the greatest number of soldiers
is determined mainly by technological superiority
11
The U.S. sent military forces to Korea and Vietnam to...
defend U.S. diplomats against the South Korean army
contain the spread of communism
protect the Chinese border to prevent spreading the conflict
take over the fighting from the North Korean troops
12
A similarity between the Red Scare of the 1920’s and McCarthyism in the 1950’s was that...
the Communist Party gained many members in the United States
many gov't employees were convicted of spying for the USSR
thousands of American citizens were expelled from the US
the civil liberties of American citizens were threatened
13
What lead to the Cold War?
Soviet refusal to allow freedom for Eastern European nations
America’s Development of the Atomic Bomb
All of the above
Differences between US Democracy and USSR Communism
14
The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of...
Soviet aggression in Afghanistan and China
disarmament discussions between the superpowers
the Cold War with the United States
US fears that the Soviets had technological superiority
15
How did the US respond to the Soviet Union’s blockade of Berlin?
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
withdrew its troops from Germany

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