UNit 9 - Cold War

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was to

• overthrow existing dictatorships.

• return to noninvolvement in world affairs.

• stop communist influence from spreading.

The primary reason for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 was to

• increase United States influence in Asia.

• maintain peace in the Middle East.

• protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union.

The major reason the United States became involved in the Korean War was the

• desire to limit Japanese expansion.

• need to prevent war between China and the Soviet Union.

• threat of communism spreading throughout Asia.

What was one outcome of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?

• Cuba became a communist nation.

• Fidel Castro met with President John F. Kennedy.

• The Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

Which factor is most closely associated with McCarthyism?

• creation of the Warsaw Pact by the Soviet Union

• fear of communist influence in the United States

Which of the following US presidents was assassinated during the 1960s?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was an attempt to

• overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.

• remove the Soviet based missiles there.

• support the Soviet missiles based there.

A similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that each was

•  to contain the spread of communism.

• continually supported by the American public.

• fought by individual nations under United Nations command.

Which of the following was a cause of the Vietnam War?

• North Vietnam wanted to unify the country under a communist regime.

• South Vietnam would not trade with other Asian countries.

• Taiwan attempted to seize control of South Vietnam.

In response to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, many schools closed, private schools opened and _____ occurred.

• "White Flight"

• "Run Away"

• Students skipped school