APWH Modern: Unit 8 Review (1945-1991)

Which contributed to the shift in global power structures after World War II?

• increasing economic and military power of the US

• weakening of European economies and and influence

• Desire for self-determination in Africa and Asia

• proxy wars

Answer explanation

After World War II, the US emerged as a nuclear power with an intact home front. France and GB had to rebuild their infrastructure and could no longer sustain their international prowess. (8.1)

How did World War II contribute to the tensions of the Cold War?

• failure of the Treaty of Versailles

• growing distrust between the USSR and its allies throughout the war

• use of secret treaties such as Sykes-Picot and the Balfour Declaration

• the technologies developed during WW2 made nations fear future conflict

Answer explanation

Sykes-Picot, the Balfour Declaration, and the Treaty of Versailles were all from World War I. While the Non-Aggression pact made the Allies distrust Stalin, Stalin felt abandoned by the West once the Nazis invaded. The development of the atomic bomb made future global conflicts even more frightening. (8.1)

Which of the following are examples of brinkmanship?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Blockade

• space race

• arms race

The Red Scare and McCarthyism are examples of

• political power shifts resulting from the Cold War

• failed Five Year Plans

• espionage

• propaganda

Democracy's most disparate political ideology during the Cold War was

• communism

• autocracy

• theocracy

• monarchy

Capitalism's most disparate economic ideology during the Cold War was

• socialism

• mercantilism

• communism

• slavery

This foreign aid policy provided Europe with the necessary economic means to recover from World War II.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• COMECON

• Eisenhower Doctrine

The Truman Doctrine was used to

• authorize the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• provide economic, political, and military aid to democracies threatened by authoritarian forces

• Assist Europe with World War II economic recovery

• Help contain communism

Which alliance systems polarized most political relationships during the Cold War?

• COMECON

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

Which of the following are primary

examples of espionage?

• Bay of Pigs invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• U-2 incident

• formation of the CIA and KGB