The End of the Cold War Review

Which country could claim victory in the Cold War?

• USA

• Soviet Union

What U.S. President put economic and military pressure on the Soviet Union during the 1980s?

• Nixon

• Carter

• Reagan

• Bush

What impact did the Reagan Administration have on defense spending in the U.S.?

• It decreased defense spending

• It increased defense spending

• It had no impact on defense spending

Which of the following was a reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union and an end to the Cold War?

• Mass demonstrations for democracy contributed to the decline in communist governments in Eastern Europe.

• The Soviet Union was destroyed in a Nuclear Attack.

• The U.S. launched a successful invasion of the Soviet Union

• China defeated the Soviet Union in a battle for Cold war supremacy

How did the U.S. support economic and educational reforms in some of the former communist countries?

• It developed a program to allow people from former communist country to defect to the U.S.

• It provided aid and assistance to former communist countries.

• It ignored the needs of former communist countries.

What happened to the Soviet Union in 1991 that led to the end of the Cold War between them and the U.S.?

• The Soviet Union declared Cold War victory

• The Soviet launched an unsuccessful attack on China

• The Soviet Union collapsed and led to independent republics

• The U.S. destroyed the capital of the Soviet Union with nuclear attack.

After the Cold War what nation was the sole superpower in the World?

• USA

• Russia

• China

• Great Britain

Choose 2 effects that the end of the Cold War have on the U.S.

• Focus on new international concerns around the Globe.

• Increased hatred for Russia

• An increase in the development of nuclear weapons.

• A decrease in Cold War defense spending.