Cold War STAAR Review

Which statement completes this time line?

• The allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sections

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany

• The United States and Great Britain aircraft supplies to West Berlin

• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe

As a result of The Berlin Airlift, The United States was able to

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• the implementation of isolationist foreign polices in Great Britain and China

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet Control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I?

• The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.

• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration

• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space

• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition

During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part if the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?

• The threat of a soviet naval blockade

• The assistance of the Chinese military

• The use of atomic weapons on northern cities

• The involvement of UN forces under the command of the United States

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activites

• secure additional Asian trading partners

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

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In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• Organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal

• members of the communist Party in government positions

A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII

• Baby Boom
• Summit
• Perjury
• Arms Race