WH History Review Day 11

Which is an example of brinkmanship?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• WWII

• NATO

Which one of these is NOT involved in the Cold War?

• Domino Theory

• Brinkmanship

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Persian Gulf War

Was the Korean War a victory for Containment?

• Yes, it stopped communism from spreading.

• Yes, Korea no longer exists.

• No, Korea is communist.

• No, Korea invaded China.

What was one of the LONG-TERM effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Distrust between USA/USSR over a 2 front war in WWII.

• Nuke deployment by the US in Turkey

• Increase of tensions in the Cold War

• Increase in communications through back-channels between Russia and US

What is the Marshall Plan an example of?

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• collective security

• Bay of Pigs

How was this picture finally resolved?

• the US blockaded the island of Cuba until the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles

• the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for full control over Berlin

• the US invaded the island of Cuba and successfully destroyed the Soviet missiles

• the Soviet Union ordered the missiles be launched at the US, triggering a general war

What was the primary cause of the Soviet Union's decision to have East Germany construct the Berlin Wall?

• to prevent people from fleeing Communism by escaping into West Berlin

• to prevent people from fleeing Communism by escaping into East Berlin

• to force the free area of Berlin to accept Communist rule or starve

• to demonstrate to Kennedy that the Soviet Union could do what it wanted in East Germany

Which of the following best describes this theory?

• if communism is allowed to spread to one nation, it will soon spread to other nations in the region

• if one of the superpowers starts a war, neither nation will survive it

• if the USA allows itself to be intimidated by the USSR once, the USSR will become even more aggressive going forward

• if one nation can be convinced to abandon communism, others in the region will do so as well

What was the ultimate outcome of the Korean War?

• bloody stalemate with no significant changes on the map

• decisive U.N. victory that eliminated Communism from Korea

• decisive North Korean victory and reunification of Korea

• closely fought U.N. victory that led to general war between the USSR/China and the USA

Which of the following best describes the Marshall Plan?

• the USA gave billions of dollars to Western European countries to help them rebuild after WW2

• the USA loaned billions of dollars to Germany to help them make their war reparations payments after WW2

• the USA initiated an airlift of supplies to the people of Berlin, Germany, so that they would not starve

• the USA escalated the nuclear arms race in order to intimidate the USSR and limit the spread of radicalism