Regents Review #12 (Cold War)

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

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

• (2) the fear of Soviet communist expansion throughout Europe

• (3) the need to support colonial independence movements in the developing world

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

The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by

• (1) boycotting German-made imports

• (2) building the Berlin Wall

• (3) stopping all traffic leaving Berlin

• (4) airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

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

• (1) an atomic bomb was used in warfare

• (2) Asian and United States troops fought against each other

• (3) the United Nations used military force to oppose aggression

• (4) the Soviet Union and the United States supported the same side

These newspaper headlines from the decade following World War II are all connected to the

• (1) war crimes trials in Japan

• (2) passage of civil rights legislation in the United States

• (3) fear of communism in the United States

• (4) debate over economic aid to Europe

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

• (1) ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba

• (2) capturing strategic locations in Cuba

• (3) threatening to invade the Soviet Union

• (4) prohibiting travel to the southeastern United States

Which action was an attempt to close the “gap” referred to in the cartoon?

• (1) signing the Yalta Agreement

• (2) passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• (3) proposing the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

• (4) agreeing to the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are examples of

• (1) dollar diplomacy

• (2) Lend-Lease

• (3) mutual defense

• (4) Manifest Destiny

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

• (1) reject the policy of collective security

• (2) support a return to neutrality

• (3) end the Berlin airlift

• (4) increase United States military involvement in Vietnam

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

• (1) sponsor free elections in North Korea

• (2) negotiate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict

• (3) end diplomatic relations with China

• (4) reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

The tactics illustrated in the cartoon were most closely associated with

• (1) isolationists supporting neutrality policies during the 1930s

• (2) government leaders investigating communist activities after World War II

• (3) increased federal spending for education during the 1960s

• (4) Congress promoting increased security after the September 11, 2001 attacks