Cold War

What was the primary reason for the creation of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to reward the Chinese for their role in the Allied victory over Japan

• the fear of Soviet communist expansion throughout Europe

• the need to support colonial independence movements in the developing world

• the protection of vital United States interests in Middle East oil fields

The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by

• boycotting German-made imports

• building the Berlin Wall

• stopping all traffic leaving Berlin

• airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

A major significance of the Korean War (1950– 1953) is that for the first time

• an atomic bomb was used in warfare

• Asian and United States troops fought against each other

• the United Nations used military force to oppose aggression

• the Soviet Union and the United States supported the same side

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy responded to the discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba by

• ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba

• capturing strategic locations in Cuba

• threatening to invade the Soviet Union

• prohibiting travel to the southeastern United States

With this observation, Winston Churchill warned the United States that Europe was threatened by

• an embargo of its Middle East oil supplies

• the growth of fascism in Great Britain

• the expansion of communism in Eastern Europe

• a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union

Belief in the domino theory by presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson directly influenced their decisions to

• reject the policy of collective security

• support a return to neutrality

• end the Berlin airlift

• increase United States military involvementin Vietnam

Which approach best represents the argument made in the passage?

• civil disobedience

• armed resistance

• Black Power

• containment

A main goal of President Richard Nixon’s policy of détente was to

• sponsor free elections in North Korea

• negotiate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict

• end diplomatic relations with China

• reduce tensions between the United Statesand the Soviet Union

One way in which Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are similar is that they are all

• programs that provide aid to education

• examples of social welfare programs

• attempts to balance the federal budget

• aspects of public works projects

Which Soviet Union action led to the situationshown in this cartoon?

• blockade of Berlin

• creation of the Warsaw Pact

• reunification of Germany

• construction of the Berlin Wall