Unit 9 Study Guide

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to

• prevent another world war.

• create free trade between all nations.

• limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.

• provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.

The first man-made object to be launched into space was

• Apollo 1

• Glasnost

• Apollo 13

• Sputnik 1

Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

• appeasement

• containment

• elimination

• indifference

What country found itself divided into communist and non-communist zones at some point during the 20th century?

• Canada

• Germany

• Thailand

• United States

The growth of suburbs in the United States following World War II caused

• a significant demographic shift in Congress.

• a growth in radical feminism on college campuses.

• massive governmental expenditures on roads programs.

• a greater connection in people’s extended families.

Which of these most accurately represents the outcome of the Korean War?

• South Korea won.

• North Korea won.

• the United States won.

• Containment was successful.

In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention by

• supporting national desegregation efforts.

• almost winning multiple Presidential elections.

• falsely accusing many people of being communists.

• challenging the President’s decision to use atomic weapons.

In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain

• blockaded Cuba in retaliation to Soviet actions.

• broke off all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

• instituted an economic boycott of all imported Soviet goods.

• began an airlift designed to keep West Berlin supplied with goods.

Thanks to the increased availability of ______, American suburbs grew rapidly in the post-World War II era.

• airplanes

• automobiles

• elevator

• railroads

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when

• the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

• CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.

• the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West.

• a nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon.