Cold War Test Review

Cold War Test Review

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of

  Western Europe.

• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European

  countries.

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.

Multiple Choice

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the

  Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United

  States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I?

• The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.

• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.

• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.

• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

Multiple Choice

The program being promoted by this poster was created to –

• assist soldiers when they returned to civilian life

• ensure proper schooling for army officers

• provide incentives to enlist in the military

• encourage recruits to view the military as a career

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from President Harry S. Truman offers a reason for U.S. involvement in

the conflict between North Korea and South Korea?

• “The United Nations cannot… fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace

  settlements have been made…”

• “Above all else, we want to keep the United States prosperous and strong because

  we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee off peace.”

• “Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion… and will now use armed

  invasion and war.”

• “As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want

  and misery… has made economic recovery impossible.”

Multiple Choice

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to —

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities

• secure additional Asian trading partners

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

Multiple Choice

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was

the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent—

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact

• the loss of UN military bases in Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

Multiple Choice

As part of the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military —

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

Multiple Choice

How does this resolution demonstrate the principle of checks and balances?

• It expands the power of judicial review to military courts.

• It allows the executive to determine the length of military conflicts.

• It allows Congress to limit the military authority of the executive branch.

• It gives Congress oversight of military strategy and operations.