AP World History Modern Unit 8 Review

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Immediately after WWII, the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union became strained because -

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competing ideology - each country believed that the other one was a threat to its security

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What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia (Korea) during the early 1950s?

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North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.

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As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the U.S. was able to -

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bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

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Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?
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The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries,
The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China,
The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries,
The growth of nuclear arsenals in the U.S. and Soviet Union

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The growth of nuclear arsenals in the U.S. and Soviet Union

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The Berlin Wall was built in order to

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prevent East Germans from fleeing (defecting) to West Germany.

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The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent - the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

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the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

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The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would -

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keep communism from spreading throughout the region

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Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in the excerpt? You, Mrs President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use force. -Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, letter to President John Kennedy, October 24, 1962

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Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba.

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The event described in the headline "Four Kent State University Students Killed by Ohio National Guardsmen" resulted in -

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increased support for the antiwar movement

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How did the U.S. help Western European countries resist communism and rebuild the economic strength of free-market nations after WWII?

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The Marshall Plan extended financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of the war.