Unit 9: Beginning of the Cold War Review US History

America's leadership role in the world is an example of changing...

• Domestic Policy

• Foreign Policy

• Foreign Alliances

• Military Policy

NATO, giving weapons and money to Turkey and Greece, and the Marshall Plan are all examples of...

• Rebuilding Europe

• Containing Communism

• Getting rid of Communism

• McCarthyism

Which of the following was the PRIMARY cause of the Korean War?

• North Korea invaded South Korea to reunify the nations

• The Soviet Union stored nuclear weapons in North Korea

• China invaded the Korean Peninsula to annex it

• South Korea invaded North Korea to contain communism

"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.” -Harry Truman, March 12, 1947

What is MOST LIKELY being described by the quote?

• The Korean War

• The Marshall Plan

• National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

• The Truman Doctrine

An increase in suburbs, increased college attendance, and a spending increase amongst American households can all be linked to...

• The Baby Boom

• The GI Bill of Rights

• The Cold War

• The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

President Eisenhower's PRIMARY goal in building interstates across the US was...

• To create jobs to end the Great Depression

• To encourage Americans to settle uninhabited, rural land in the West

• To provide the military with roads to respond to potential invasions

• To increase the tourism industry

In the second phase of the Korean War, which of the following BEST describes what was happening?

• South Korean and UN forces were pushed to the Pusan Perimeter

• Korea was permanently divided along the 38th parallel/DMZ

• UN and South Korean forces had reached the Chinese border, risking war with China

• Chinese and North Korean forces re-entered South Korea with a new offensive

Which of the following BEST describes the way Senator Joseph McCarthy felt about the US government?

• That it was doing its best to fight back against communism around the world

• That it needed to keep communism out of the Western Hemisphere

• That it needed a reformed Constitution that denounced communism

• That it was infiltrated by communist forces and was soft on communism

The accusation that the American military had been infiltrated by communists with little substantial evidence would be known as...

• Containment

• Integration

• McCarthyism

• Sympathism

What event in US History led to the scenario in the attached picture?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• The GI Bill of Rights

• Harry Truman's desegregation order