Post WWII: Cold War

What did the United States institute to help rebuild Europe and Japan and prevent the spread of communism after World War II?

• Reconstruction

• League of Nations

• Cold War

• Marshall Plan

What body was created for the nations near the end of World War II to try to prevent future global wars?

• League of Nations

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• United Nations

Causes: Business converts from production of war materials to consumer goods, Americans buy on credit, Workers receive higher wages and better benefits - What was the EFFECT?

• American economy grows rapidly after World War II

• American economy undergoes another Great Depression

• Businesses laid off large numbers of workers

• Businesses switched back to old technologies

The state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps was the what?

• Policy of containment

• Warsaw Pact

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cold War

Which of the following were reasons for the Cold War?

• The Soviet Union dominated over Eastern European countries.

• The Soviet Union was dictatorial and communist and the United States was democratic and capitalist.

• Soviet Union and U.S. fought on opposite sides during World War II.

• America’s policy of containment to stop the spread of Communism.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) versus Warsaw Pact

After World War II, who joined forces with the United States to resist Chinese and North Korean aggression which later ended in a stalemate?

• Soviet Union

• South Korea

• Cuba

• Vietnam

How did the conflict in Vietnam end?

• Both sides won

• Cease-fire agreement in which U.S. troops withdrew

• Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade

• United States occupied Japan

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

• Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade

• United States responded by placing missiles of its own in China

• United States declared war on the Soviet Union

• Break up of the Soviet Union into independent countries

Berlin Wall Falls! What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper headline?

• Communism spread in Europe

• Missiles were removed from Cuba

• Collapse of Communism in Europe

• Vietnam War ended

President Wipes Out Segregation In The Armed Forces! The newspaper headline is about which President?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry S. Truman

• Herbert Hoover