Cold War

Which United States foreign policy

action best illustrates the concept of containment?

• adopting the Truman Doctrine in 1947

• ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963

• returning control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1978

• granting diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China in 1979

McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in

• the end of the arms race

• reduced spending on national defense

• increased discrimination against returning veterans

• damage to the reputations of many innocent people

In 1958, the United States government increased spending on science education and research in reaction to the

• creation of the Warsaw Pact

• launching of Sputnik

• installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba

• U-2 incident

Base your answer to question number 6 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which Soviet Union action led to the situation shown in this cartoon?

• blockade of Berlin

• creation of the Warsaw Pact

• reunification of Germany

• construction of the Berlin Wall

The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) were attempts by the United States and other nations to

• create mutual defense pacts

• increase tariff rates between members

• decrease the number of nuclear weapons

• provide economic aid to poor nations

During the 1950s, United States

foreign policy was shaped by

• the principle of nonalignment

• a return to pre–World War II isolationism

• a willingness to compromise with communist nations

• the emergence of two world superpowers

Base your answer to the question on the map below and on your knowledge of social Studies.

As a result of the situation shown on the map, the foreign policy of the United States during the administration of President Harry Truman was dominated by the belief that

• communist expansion in Europe should be contained

• cooperation with the Soviet Union should be increased

• satellite nations of the Soviet Union should not be recognized as legal state

• economic aid was not likely to help nations in Western Europe

Base your answer to the question on the map below and on your knowledge of social Studies.

One action taken by the United States in response to the situation shown on the map was to

• return to a foreign policy of isolationism

• attack Soviet-controlled territories

• help form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• sign trade agreements with nations taken over by the Soviet Union

What was the purpose of the Berlin

airlift?

• supplying West Berlin with necessities during the Soviet blockade

• helping defeat the German military

• assisting people trying to escape from East Berlin

• forcing the Soviet Union to end its occupation of East Germany

Base your answer to question number 17 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

What is the main idea of this 1967

cartoon?

• Desertion by United States soldiers was widespread

• The domino theory no longer applied to Southeast Asia.

• The United States policy of expanding the war in Indochina would be filled with hazards.

• A bridge into Laos and Cambodia helped United States soldiers invade Asia