what was the Berlin airlift?

economic assistance given to West Berlin

during cold war, what DID NOT create tensions between superpowers

Independence of Poland and Lithuania

All contributed to the fall of USSR EXCEPT

US involvement in Vietnam conflict

USA and USSR signed all these treaties to limit arms race EXCEPT:

Peace in the Middle East Treaty

what was NOT a reason Gulf on Tonkin incident was controversial?

US Spy photos prove N. Vietnam building nukes

what is one way Korean war and Vietnam war are similar?

developed from cold war tensions

What is the correct order of these events?

containment policy> arms race> breakup of USSR

what was brinkmanship?

policy of taking political situations close to war

The US began a massive domestic spending program in tech and education in response to

Soviet launch space satellite Sputnik

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1
During Vietnam war, ___ was communist and ___ was not (same as Korea)
South, North
North, South
South, East
North, West
2
All were results of the Cuban missile crisis EXCEPT
end of cold war
US remove missiles from Turkey
hotline between USA and USSR
USSR remove all missiles from Cuba
3
what was the Berlin airlift?
creation of an alliance between communist nations
Berlin's plan to develop a top air force
airborne invasion of Poland
economic assistance given to West Berlin
4
during cold war, what DID NOT create tensions between superpowers
superpowers aiding countries such as Cuba and Turkey
Independence of Poland and Lithuania
threat of nuclear war
formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact
5
Soviet leader during Cuban Missile Crisis
Stalin
Gorbachev
Walesa
Khrushchev
6
wanted a "wall" of buffer nations in Eastern Europe to protect USSR
Gorbachev
Walesa
Stalin
Brezhnev
7
All contributed to the fall of USSR EXCEPT
US involvement in Vietnam conflict
economic decline of USSR
Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika
increase in arms race
8
USA and USSR signed all these treaties to limit arms race EXCEPT:
SALT I
SALT II
Limited test ban treaty of 1963
Peace in the Middle East Treaty
9
Who was first elected leader of Poland?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Stalin
Lech Walesa
10
What was Detente?
first free elections in eastern Europe
easing of Cold War tensions
beginning of conflicts in Latin America and Southeast Asia
fall of communism in USSR
11
Who began reforms that led to fall of USSR?
Brezhnev
Grishan
Gorbachev
Stalin
12
what was NOT a reason Gulf on Tonkin incident was controversial?
people claim US gov't was not truthful about incident
incident was used to allow US Prez to wage war vs N. Vietnam
US Spy photos prove N. Vietnam building nukes
people claim US ships NOT fired on by North Vietnam
13
The Soviets built a wall to divide Berlin and stop people from escaping from __ to ___ Germany
East, West
West, East
North, South
South, North
14
Developed glasnost and Perestroika
Walesa
Gorbachev
Stalin
Brezhev
15
what is one way Korean war and Vietnam war are similar?
reflected success of the Western policy of containment
attempted to remove French imperialists from power
resulted in unification of two independent nations
developed from cold war tensions
16
What is the correct order of these events?
arms race > breakup of USSR > containment policy
containment policy> arms race> breakup of USSR
containment policy> breakup of USSR> arms race
breakup of USSR> arms race > containment policy
17
What came down on November 9th, 1989?
Kremlin
Iron curtain
Statues of Stalin
Berlin Wall
18
what was brinkmanship?
policy of taking political situations close to war
building alliances among nations with like ideas
preventing communism from spreading
outlawing trade between democratic and communist countries
19
US airlift, Soviet blockade, and wall built were focused on which city?
Moscow
Warsaw
Berlin
Havana
20
After WWII who controlled Vietnam?
France
USSR
China
USA
21
The US began a massive domestic spending program in tech and education in response to
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet launch space satellite Sputnik
Chinese- Soviet treaty of friendship
establishment of Warsaw Pact
22
Created a doctrine declaring that no country could leave the Warsaw Pact
Gorbachev
Stalin
Brezhnev
Walesa
23
" The cold war was really a hot war" was true in all the following EXCEPT
Vietnam
Cuba
Korea
Japan
24
The US attempt to stop USSR missile base in Cuba was called
Containment
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Red Scare
25
one sided information created to influence public opinion, demonize enemy is called
propaganda
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