Westfall - Cold War Benchmark

Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan.

• The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.

• U.S. leaders created the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union established the “Iron Curtain” after World War II.

What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

• Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry
• Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II
• Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation
• Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression

Which industry is most responsible for these quality–of–life improvements?

• Aerospace

• Communications

• Medical research

• Transportation

How did this treaty contribute to the end of the Cold War?

• By reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war

• By providing an exchange of weapons for war hostages

• By allowing secret weapons technologies to be shared

• By establishing an official cease-fire

Which action caused the United States to engage in a “police action” on the Korean Peninsula in 1950?

• North Korea’s invasion of South Korea
• The collapse of South Korea’s democratic government
• The assassination of North Korea’s political leader
• South Korea’s blockade of North Korea

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —

• members of the Communist Party in government positions

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal

What was the primary goal of discussions between these two leaders?

• To reach a formal agreement on weapons control

• To recognize the independence of former satellite states

• To negotiate the reunification of Germany

• To develop a global environmental-protection policy

Which statement correctly completes this time line?

• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.

• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States
• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control
• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to —

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism
• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities
• secure additional Asian trading partners
• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia