vus.12 WARD SOL Review The Cold War

This document describes the US' response to the --

• Cold War tension in Europe

• Japanese invasion of China

• creation of the state of Israel

• creation of the Manhattan Project

Which president is most closely associated with the policy of massive retaliation?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

This headline describes the result of increased fear of –

• communist infiltration

• political corruption

• organized crime

• nuclear energy

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created primarily to –

• protect Western Europe from communism

• encourage communist factions in China

• install democratic governments in Africa

• Protect South America from invasion

Veterans of which war often faced public hostility when they returned from duty?

• World War I

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EAST GERMANY

Occupation after World War II --- ? --- Construction of Berlin Wall

Which phrase best completes this diagram?

• rise of fascism

• communist control

• rapid rearmanent

• formation of democracy

Which conflict best represents an application of the containment policy?

• Spanish-American War

• World War I

• World War II

• Vietnam War

Which country on this map did President Ronald Reagan describe as an “evil empire”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The collapse of communism in the late 1980s led to the reunification of –

• Germany

• Korea

• Yugoslavia

• Vietnam

The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall in 1961 in order to –

• reroute automobile traffic around downtown Berlin

• prevent the transfer of money from Western Europe to the East

• prevent escape of Eastern Europeans to the West

• fortify the government headquarters building in Berlin