General
Expansion?
Competition
Around the World
Collapse
100
Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to
What is force the West to leave Berlin.
100
During World War II, Japanese troops occupied much of China. This weakened the Chinese government, and in 1949, communist forces overthrew the government and established a communist state. What effect did the Chinese Communist Revolution have on the development of the Cold War
What is It increased tensions, because it increased Western fears of communist expansion
100
One effect of the arms race was
What is an ever-present threat of nuclear war.
100
What was true about U.S. foreign policy in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua during the Cold War? a. The United States maintained a “hands-off” policy. b. The United States supported the work of social reformers in each country. c. The United States worked to make democratically elected governments stable in all three. d. The United States supported anticommunist, corrupt governments.
What is The United States supported anticommunist, corrupt governments.
100
One of the primary causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union was
What is economic problems
200
The use of atomic weapons at the end of World War II fostered fears about their potential use during the Cold War years. These fears were critical in determining the U.S. response
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
200
Which was a common factor in the United States that caused the Red Scare following World War I and McCarthyism following World War II?
What is fear of communist expansion
200
As a result of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. Congress agreed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to
What is Greece and Turkey.
200
After the Cold War ended in 1989, democratic governments began to emerge in Africa because
What is the United States and Soviet Union no longer supported dictators friendly to their sides.
200
After the Cold War ended in 1989, democratic governments began to emerge in Africa because
What is the United States and Soviet Union no longer supported dictators friendly to their sides.
300
Which of the following did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of Europe?
What is an iron curtain
300
The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II because
What is officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe.
300
On March 12, 1947, President Truman addressed a joint session of Congress to recommend that the United States provide economic assistance to Greece and Turkey. His reasons were as follows: · The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife.... · The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms. If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world?and we shall surely endanger the welfare of our own Nation. President Harry S. Truman, address to Congress, March 12, 1947 This statement would be helpful in supporting the thesis that, in 1947, President Truman believed the United States
What is should help maintain democratic governments in other countries
300
Support for the Communists was widespread in China because they promised to
What is redistribute land to peasants.
300
One reason Western Europe made a rapid recovery from World War II was because
What is the United States provided massive economic aid.
400
In the years following WWII, the countries of communist Europe were often reffered to as being “behind the iron curtain.” These countries were perceived as a single region based on
What is economic and political characteristics.
400
“I am certain we exaggerated the threat. Had we never intervened. . . I doubt that all of Asia would have fallen under Communist control. I doubt that the security of the West would have been materially and adversely affected had we not intervened.” –Robert McNamara, April 16, 1996 The quote by Robert McNamara questioned the validity of which of the following as the basis of war in Vietnam?
What is the domino theory
400
With the development of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union and the United States based their defense strategies on
What is the principle of deterrence.
400
Following World War II, France attempted to re-establish control over its colony, Indochina, which included Vietnam. Leaders of the Vietminh a communist-supported independence movement in Vietnam, fought against France’s efforts to retake the colony. The United States viewed this conflict as part of the Cold War and aided France. This U.S. action was based on which policy?
What is a policy of containing the spread of communism
400
In 1957 six European nations founded the European Economic Community in order to
What is eliminate trade barriers and unify economic policies.
500
Nations that refused to take sides in the rivalry between superpowers in the 1950s were called
What is nonaligned nations.
500
During the 1960s and 1970s, which of the following contributed to the establishment and continuation of authoritarian governments in the developing world?
What is Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
500
What was the goal of the United States when it went to war in Korea?
What is to contain Communist expansion
500
The 1954 peace talks that resulted in dividing Vietnam into northern and southern halves reflected
What is Cold War tensions.
500
Following World War II, the Soviet Union dominated the countries of Eastern Europe. Forty years later, the Soviet bloc disintegrated and the Soviet Union broke apart as well.These later events led to
What is struggles for political control in countries formerly under the control of the Soviet Union.
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