Unit VIII Review: 1945-1980 (APUSH)

Which of the following was NOT a cause for the Cold War?

• 1st Red Scare in 1918-1920

• Potsdam Conference

• U.S. fearful of Soviet expansion

• Truman and Stalin couldn't agree on what to do with Hitler following WWII

Which of the following was NOT a part of U.S. containment policy?

• Truman Doctrine

• Non-Aggression Pact of 1929

• NATO

• Marshall Plan

How did the Korean War end?

• U.S. invades China

• China forces U.S. out of the Korean peninsula

• Korea divided at the 38th parallel

• Communism is forced out of Korea

What is the idea where each nation (U.S. and Soviet Union) could destroy one another with the atomic bomb?

• "Peaceful Coexistence"

• Brinkmanship

• Containment

• Mutually Assured Destruction

What started the Space Race?

• Soviets launch Sputnik into space

• U.S. established NASA

• U-2 Spy Plane gets shot down over Soviet Union

• U.S. lands on the Moon in 1969

What event involved the closest the Cold War came to nuclear war where the U.S. attempted to stop the Soviets from establishing a base in Cuba?

• Bay of Pigs

• Flexible Response

• Berlin Wall being built

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Which U.S. president advocated for "relaxed tension" or "detente" with the Soviet Union?

• Kennedy (1961-1963)

• Johnson (1963-1968)

• Nixon (1968-1973)

• Ford (1973-1976)

All of the following were examples of Detente EXCEPT...

• SALT Treaties

• Vietnamization

• Nixon visiting China

• Berlin Wall built

All of the following were involved in the 2nd Red Scare of the 1950s EXCEPT...

• Joseph McCarthy accusing over 200 people of being communist

• Soviets never gain the atomic bomb

• Army-McCarthy hearing that discredited McCarthy

• House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) searches for communists

The G.I. Bill gave WWII veterans all of the following EXCEPT...

• Education

• Loans for businesses and homes

• A Baby Boom

• Discriminated against blacks