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Final Exam - Cold War
Final Exam - Cold War
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1
The My Lai Massacre caused more Americans to oppose the war because
American soldiers began to leave their posts.
American soldiers killed innocent women and children.
American soldiers were killed by mines.
American soldiers killed each other.
2
What lead to increased Cold War intensity in 1949?
China became communist
North Korea invaded South Korea
Soviet Union successfully created nuclear weapons
Cuba housed Soviet Union missiles
3
What org. was the Soviet Union left out of that led to tensions, then leading to the Cold War?
NATO
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
4
Interpret the graph. What is happening to the population of the city of Detroit overtime?
Increasing
Neither
Decreasing
Both increasing and decreasing
5
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech describes what international issue?
Divide between love and hate
Divide between communism and democracy
Divide between science and technology
Divide between monarchies and democracy
6
What led to the Korean War?
South Korea invaded North Korea
the United States invaded Korea
Soviet Union invading Korea
North Korea invading South Korea
7
What new edition to the election arguably helped JFK to be victorious over Richard Nixon?
Being young and Catholic
Radio broadcast debate
Televised debate
Lobbyists
8
The North American Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact are both ______________.
Alliance systems
Trade networks
Space programs
Atomic bomb projects
9
What discusses the abstract idea that separates communism & democratic nations in Europe?
Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down this Wall" Speech
Lyndon B. Johnson "We Shall Overcome" Speech
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
10
How was the Marshall Plan a form of containment?
Built up the economies of democratic nations -look better.
It built a wall separating communist and democratic nations.
It stopped trade with communist nations.
Built up the economies of communist nations -look better.
11
Controversial usage of what sticky substance that burned vegetation, etc. during Vietnam War?
Green Bacteria
Agent Orange
Napalm
Atomic Bomb
12
What ideology is emphasized in the Soviet Union?
Capitalism
Equality
Individualism
Freedom
13
The United States involvement in the Korean War is an example of containment because
To allow the United States to build factories in Korea.
it would stop communism from spreading into South Korea..
the U.S. wanted Korea to be the 50th state.
it would stop trade between Korea and the Soviet Union.
14
The Space Program created in the U.S. was a direct response to ________________.
Japanese launch of Kyūjitsu
French launch of Etincelle
Soviet Union launch of Sputnik
Spain's launch of Ducha
15
Doctrine explained the U.S. foreign policy to assist Turkey/Greece when communism threatened?
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The Monroe Doctrin
The Truman Doctrine
16
What event led the United States to the closest it has ever been to the brink of a nuclear war?
Civil Rights Movement
Bay of Pigs
Peace Corps
Cuban Missile Crisis
17
What was the McCarthyism movement?
Movement in support of communism
Claiming communists were in the government
Claiming dictators were in the government
Movement in support of monarchies
18
What allowed the United Nations to be more successful than the League of Nations?
Tthe United States is not involved
Military force
Less countries involved
It was United, not a League
19
What concept/idea does this image
best
represent?
Brinkmanship
Right to Vote
McCarythyism
Democracy
20
What influenced the majority of American citizens' opinions regarding the Vietnam War?
the President
Hippies
Other countries
Media/News
21
What state was created as a safe haven for Jews after World War II?
Egypt
Jordan
Israel
Syria
22
What warfare was used that made it difficult for American soldiers to fight the Vietnamese?
Biological Warfare
Trench Warfare
Nuclear Warfare
Guerilla Warfare
23
What physically divided the capital of Germany into communist and democratic sides?
Iron Curtain
Sputnik
Berlin Wall
Peace Corps
24
What was the Marshall Plan?
Promise to protect communist countries
Giving European countries aid money
Promise to protect other democratic countries
Giving Asian countries aid money
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What term was used to describe the United States’ plan to keep communism from spreading?
Co-Existence
Containment
Roll-back
Brinkmanship