US History Unit 8 Review

What is the main reason that the US and Soviet Union did not become involved in direct military conflict during the Cold War Era?

• The UN did a good job of keeping the peace

• The threat of global nuclear destruction was too dangerous

• The Soviet Union agreed to stop spreading communist ideas if the US did not attack

• The Soviet Union wanted the US to keep bringing supplies in the Berlin Airlift

Which event is known as a failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government in Cuba?

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

• Establishment of the Peace Corps

• Bay of Pigs

During which conflicts was there a lack of a formal declaration of war by Congress?

• Korean War & Vietnam War

• World War I and World War II

• Cold War and Bay of Pigs

• Gulf War and Bosnian War

After World War II, the US prevented the spread of communism by

• Taking over countries that might fall to communist rule

• Moving people from poor countries to the US

• Providing economic and military aid to countries at risk of falling to communist rule

• Creating colonies Eastern Europe

Which event sparked American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological superiority?

• The launching up Sputnik

• The Korean War

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The invention of the personal computer

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that schools are required to be integrated and that students could not be segregated by race?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board

• Brown vs. Van Pelt

President Kennedy's first months in office were stained by what foreign-policy disaster?

• an escalation of US forces in Vietnam

• CIA-backed rebels were defeated in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs

• the Suez Canal crisis in Egypt

• the My Lai Massacre

Since the Cuban Revolution, which resulted in the overthrow of General Fulgencio Batista's authoritarian regime, Cuba has had a

• fascist government

• communist government

• democratic government

• theocratic government

Jackie Robinson was MOST notable for

• leading protests during the Civil Rights era.

• becoming the first African-American in Congress.

• being the first African-American in the Summer Olympics.

• breaking the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball.

The "Domino Theory" during the post-World War II era held that

• the youth of the United States were quickly losing their moral foundation.

• if one country were to fall to communist control, countries around it would too.

• once humans established a base on the moon, exploration of the planets would quickly follow.

• if one southern state would repeal its segregation laws, states around it would soon do the same.