2023-2024 U.S. History A Senior Review

The basis for Soviet reforms in the 1980s

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

Also known as the "Truman Doctrine"

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

An easing of political tensions after years on edge

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

Could lead to "mutually assured destruction."

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

Promoted greater government transparency

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

Led to more talks and treaties between nations

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

Included President Eisenhower threatening "massive retaliation."

• Containment

• Brinksmanship/Arms Race

• Glasnost

• Detente

American ground troops were deployed in Cuba

• True

• False

What was the Marshall Plan?   

• A corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that asserted American supremacy in Western Europe.

• U.S. Ambassador Phillip Marshall’s proposal for peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• A covert CIA plot to overthrow Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.

• The U.S. initiative to help Europe rebuild after World War II.

The Truman Doctrine was a policy of -   

• Using small-yield nuclear weapons against America’s communist enemies

• A corollary to the Marshall Plan which added Portugal and Spain to NATO.

• Aiding any country or group fighting against communism in order to stop it from spreading.

• America’s use of the atom bomb against communist revolutionaries on Bikini Atoll.