Modern America

The symbol of the Cold War was ________________.

• Berlin Blockade
• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• The Iron Curtain

Mikhail Gorbachev realized that he must ______________ military spending to help solve the Soviet economic problems.

• increase
• cut

Ronald Reagan appealed to a lot of Americans because…

• He wanted a smaller government
• Less taxes
• Failures of the Carter administration
• All of the Above

Which country broke apart at the end of the Cold War?

• China
• Kuwait
• Soviet Union
• Cuba

Iraq invaded which country during the Persian Gulf War?

• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• Kuwait

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?

• To access their oil
• To build strength to eventually invade Saudi Arabia
• To access their nuclear weapons
• To spread communism

Why did Reagan support rebellions in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Grenada?

• to protect human rights
• to promote democratic governments
• to undermine right-wing extremists
• to weaken the Soviet Union

President Bush sent in troops to Kuwait to stop what country's aggressive dictator?

• Iran
• Iraq
• Russia
• Kuwait 

President Bush and the United Nations sent troops to Iraq in January 1991, their goal was the restore peace in Kuwait. What was the name of this conflict, which lasted six weeks?

• Iran-Contra Affair
• Vietnam War
• Persian Gulf War
• War on Terror

What was the name of Iraq's Dictator, who ordered the invasion of Kuwait, for which the US forced their withdraw in the Persian Gulf War?

• Anwar Sadat
• Osama Bin Laden
• Mumamar Quadafi 
• Saadam Hussein