AH Unit 5 Review

The state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps was the what?

• Policy of containment

• Warsaw Pact

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cold War

Which of the following were reasons for the Cold War?

• The Soviet Union dominated over Eastern European countries.

• The Soviet Union was dictatorial and communist and the United States was democratic and capitalist.

• Soviet Union and U.S. fought on opposite sides during World War II.

• America’s policy of containment to stop the spread of Communism.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) versus Warsaw Pact

After World War II, who joined forces with the United States to resist Chinese and North Korean aggression which later ended in a stalemate?

• Soviet Union

• South Korea

• Cuba

• Vietnam

What was Winston Churchill describing when he used the phrase "the Iron Curtain"?

• new curtains to keep his bedroom darker
• the Berlin Airlift
• the division of Europe between East & West
• Joseph Stalin's tomb

The Truman Doctrine was the part of US foreign policy after WWII that focus on...

• preventing the spread of communism & halting Soviet aggression
• rebuilding the Japanese military
• increasing trade with African nations
• ending communism and blowing up the USSR

Which US initiative was designed to provide financial aid for war-torn European countries after WWII?

• the Geneva Accords
• the United Nations
• the Marshall Plan
• the NATO Alliance

In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to...

• ban racial segregation in the armed forces
• reduce military expenditures
• provide economic aid to veterans
• create government jobs for returning soldiers

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was to

• return to non-involvement in world affairs
• gain territories in Africa & Latin America
• stop communist influence from spreading
• overthrow existing dictatorships

Which of the following nations was a part of the Warsaw Pact?

• United States
• USSR
• Great Britain
• Mexico

Shortly after WWII, the Cold War developed mainly as a result of the

• United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations
• Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
• competition between the superpowers to explore outer space
• continuation of the pre-WWII balance of power