7.2 Cold War Conflicts

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from President Truman offers a reason for US 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 US prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of 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

General Douglas MacArthur was relieved of his command in the Korean War because he -

• refused to follow a Presidential order to invade China

• failed to unify North and South Korea

• publicly criticized Truman's decisions for conducting the war

• sought to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union

The next clip is the intro to the movie MASH based on the Korean War. It paints a very bleak experience.

Multiple Choice

Which generalization about the Korean War is supported by information on the maps?

• the war began when South Korea attacked North Korea

• General MacArthur launched an invasion from China early in the war

• neither side experienced a major military victory during the war

• at the end of the war, Korea remained a divided nation

Multiple Choice

In this statement, J Robert Oppenheimer was referring to the

• benefits of neutrality

• dangers of the nuclear arms race

• failures of appeasement

• positive effects of atomic energy

Multiple Choice

During the arms race, each nation developed evermore powerful weapons in an effort to achieve military superiority. The threat of retaliation was so great that most people believed neither nation could actually win a war and both nations would avoid starting one. This is known as -

• containment

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Domino Theory

• Mutual Assured Destruction

Multiple Choice

The main idea of this cartoon is that

• the world will not be able to recover from a nuclear war

• global pollution may be just as deadly as nuclear warfare

• science and technology must be regulated by the government

• efforts to achieve global disarmament are doomed to failure

Multiple Choice

Which event of the 1950s most likely led to the publication of this cartoon?

• Russian puts cosmonauts on the Moon

• the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite

• the US was defeated in the Vietnam War

• American students scored low on tests in math and science

Multiple Choice

How did President Eisenhower alter defense spending after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik?

• increased military spending

• decreased America's nuclear arsenal

• decreased military spending

• vetoed the National Defense Act

Multiple Choice

The changes shown on the chart most clearly reflect the

• effects of the Cold War

• influence of the business cycle

• failure of the US military policy

• reverses in political party control of Congress

Multiple Choice

The US government responded to the event described in this headline by -

• reducing its spending on military weapons

• proposing a joint space station with the Soviet Union

• constructing an anti-missile defense system

• providing new funds to improve the nation's educational system

Multiple Choice

In 1958, the US government increased spending on science education and research in reaction to the

• creation of the Warsaw Pact

• launching of Sputnik

• installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba

• U-2 incident

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the primary focus of the House of Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s?

• to prevent the admission of Red China to the United Nations

• to prevent the integration of different racial groups in American society

• to investigate those accused of disloyalty to the US

• to place quotas on the number of immigrants entering the US

Multiple Choice

"All Federal Employees Required to Take Loyalty Oaths"

"Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin"

"Rosenbergs Convicted"

These newspaper headliners from the decade following WWII are all connected to the

• war crimes trials in Japan

• passage of civil rights legislation in the US

• fear of communism in the US

• debate over economic aid to Europe

Multiple Choice

The term "McCarthyism" is sometimes used to describe

• removing members of Congress for abuses of power

• investigating civil service employees for corruption

• using illegal means to obtain evidence in criminal trials

• accusing people of subversive activities without sufficient evidence

Multiple Choice

Most opponents of the Senate hearing led by Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s argued that these investigations

• weakened the armed forces of the nation

• violated the constitutional rights of many people

• undermined the power of the president

• encouraged the spread of communism