8 THE COLD WAR JARRETT CH 13

WHAT DO THE RESULTS OF THIS POLL SHOW?

• MOST AMERICANS FEARED A GROWING NATIONAL DEBT

• THE COLD WAR WAS A MAJOR CONCERN OF MOST AMERICANS

• AMERICANS WERE MOST CONCERNED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT

• THE THREAT OF ANOTHER WAR WITH NORTH KOREA FRIGHTENED THEM

THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS 1947 CARTOON IS THAT THE U.S. WAS --

• FOCUSING ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS & IGNORING DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

• ALIENATING ITS WESTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES

• CREATING A DEBT THAT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY COULD NOT AFFORD

• STARTING A NEW AID PROGRAM THAT HELD MANY UNKNOWN RISKS

WHICH EVENT OF 1948-49 IS ILLUSTRATED BY THIS CARTOON?

• BERLIN AIRLIFT

• COLLAPSE OF BERLIN WALL

• REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY

• ALLIED INVASION OF GERMANY

THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF SPUTNIK SPARKED --

• THE COLD WAR WITH THE U.S.

• SOVIET AGGRESSION IN EASTERN EUROPE

• DISARMAMENT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE SUPER POWERS

• AMERICAN FEARS THE SOVIETS HAD ACHIEVED THECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY

"McCarthyism" IS SOMETIMES USED TO DESCRIBE --

• REMOVING MEMBERS OF CONGRESSFOR ABUSES OF POWER

• INVESTIGATING CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR CORRUPTION

• USING ILLEGAL MEANS TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE IN CRIMNAL TRIALS

• ACCUSING PEOPLE OF SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

IMMEDIATELY AFTER WWII, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN U. S. AND SOVIET UNION BECAME STRAINED BECAUSE---

• THE U.S. USED MILITARY FORCE IN KOREA

• THE U.S. BLOCKED THE SOVIET UNION FROM JOINING UNITED NATIONS

• EACH COUNTRY BELIEVED THE OTHER WAS A THREAT TO ITS SECURITY

• BOTH NATIONS WERE COMPETING FOR SUPREMACY IN SPACE EXPLORATION

THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE WAS DESIGNED TO ---

• STOP THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

• CONTAIN COMMUNISM BY GIVING MILITARY AID TO THREATENED COUNTRIES

• USE THE UNITED NATIONS AS A TOOL TO ILIMINATE THREATS FROM USSR

• REBUILD KOREA BY EXTENDING ECONOMIC AID

WHICH IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE KOREAN WAR?

• PRESIDENT TRUMAN WANTED TO UNIFY KOREA INTO ONE NATION

• GEN. MacARTHUR HAD PLAN TO OVERTHROW COMMUNIST CHINA

• AMERICANS FELT KOREA WAS BEYOHD THE BORDERS OF U.S. CONTAINMENT POLICY

• AMERICAN LEADERS FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RESIST COMMUNIST AGGRESSION

DURING THE COLD WAR, THE U.S. AND USSR --

• BROKE ALL DIPLOMATIC TIES

• REFUSED TO TRADE WITH EACH OTHER

• FORMED COMPETING MILITARY ALLIANCES

• CLASHED OVER CONTROL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE HUAC (HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE)

• PREVENT ADMISSION OF RED CHINA INTO UNITED NATIONS

• PREVENT INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

• INVESTIGATE THOSE ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY TO U.S.

• PLACE QUOTAS ON THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE U.S.