Unit 9 Cold War Study Guide

A major achievement of President Jimmy Carter was:

• the worldwide acceptance of his human rights policy

• the balancing of the Federal budget

• his handling of international terrorist incidents

• the signing of the Camp David peace accords

Which action has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?

• establishing the Peace Corps

• achieving a truce in the Korean War

• tearing down the Berlin Wall

• improving United States relations with China

During the 1950's, United States foreign policy was characterized by

• increased trade with Communist China

• an alliance with the Warsaw Pact nations

• economic aid to the Soviet Union

• efforts to block communist expansion

The Camp David Accords and the Persian Gulf War both show the desire of the United States to:

• create stability in the Middle East

• expand trade with Asian nations

• maintain friendly relations with Europe

• Provide economic stability in Latin America

During the early 1960's, the United States had to deal with the building of the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban missile crisis. Each of these events was a direct result of the

• United States continued support of United Nations decisions

• continuing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

• United States failure to remain involved in world affairs

• concern for the safety of Americans living in foreign nations

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“... We will stay because in Asia and around the world are countries whose independence rests, in large measure, on confidence in America's word and in America's protection. To yield to force in Vietnam would weaken that confidence, would undermine the independence of many lands, and would whet the appetite of aggression. We would have to fight in one land, and then we would have to fight in another–or abandon much of Asia to the domination of Communists....” -President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Address, January 12, 1966

Which idea is best described in this passage?

• Appeasement

• Isolationism

• Domino theory

• Neutrality

"... There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!..." –President Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987

President Reagan was calling for the end of the

• nuclear arms race

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• division of Berlin, Germany

• Warsaw Pact

The terms containment, domino theory, and massive retaliation are most closely associated with United States foreign policy efforts to

• maintain neutrality during World War I (1914–1917)

• avoid conflict with Germany and Japan in the 1930s

• wage the Cold War in the 1950s

• increase trade with Latin America in the 1970s

One way the United States government reacted to the Soviet launching of Sputnik in 1957 was by

• establishing a naval blockade of Cuba

• urging more Americans to buy war bonds

• starting the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

• increasing federal spending on math and science education

Both the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) of 1972 were attempts to

• settle boundary disputes in Europe

• promote the peaceful use of atomic energy

• ease Cold War tensions

• share military technologies with developing nations