Cold War review part 3

Why was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration formed?

• to develop nuclear power plants
• to search for life in outer space
• to develop planes that could carry nuclear weapons
• to take charge of U.S. programs for exploring outer space

Which of the following is NOT a US domestic policy that was caused by the Cold War?

• the space race
• increased funding for science education
• civil rights protests
• the rise of McCarthyism

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• There was strong disagreement in the United States about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
• A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US in response to the war.
• Most Americans feared that if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
• Most Americans felt the conflict was a civil war and we should not be involved.

Select all of the events that resulted from the hostilities between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II.

• The competitive buildup of nuclear weapons
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The space race
• The movement of people from the sunbelt to the Rust Belt
• The enactment of the 1965 Immigration Act

In which pair of events is the second event a response to the first?

• Truman Doctrine / D-Day invasion
• Manhattan Project / Lend-Lease Act
• uprisings in Eastern Europe / end of the Cold War
• Warsaw Pact / Cuban Missile Crisis

Which action showed the United States supported new governments of Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Increased US foreign aid to Eastern Europe countries.
• The introduction of the Reagan Doctrine.
• The start of Reagan's “Star Wars” program.
• The restoration of relations with Communist China.

Which action has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?

• Establishing the Berlin Airlift
• achieving a truce in the Korean War
• tearing down the Berlin Wall
• President Nixon's visit to Communist China

Which pair of events shows a correct cause-and-effect relationship?

• Cold War - Manhattan Project
• Reagan's Star Wars program - bankrupting the Soviet economy
• decrease in organized crime - adoption of national Prohibition
• the Great Depression - the end of World War II

Which of the following would be the BEST Title for the chart below?

• NATO and the Warsaw Pacts
• The Cold War
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union
• Rise and Growth of the Soviet Union