Cold War

NATO was created in response to concerns about -

• the Soviet Union and communism

• Italy and Nazism

• Germany and fascism

• Japan and militarism

Which Soviet action led to the threat illustrated in the map above?

• The signing of an arms limitation treaty

• Blockading foreign supply ships from entering Caribbean

• Closing the border of East & West Berlin

• The placement of Nuclear Weapons in Cuba

Whast was the most significant result of the 1957 Launch of Sputnik I?

• US Military troops were deployed to Korea

• The United States ended its involvement in Vietnam War

• A Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union began.

• The US Government implemented the Marshall Plan

What effect did the Bay of Pigs have on American and Soviet Relations?

• A treaty was signed ending the Cold War hostilities between the two Super Powers.

• The USA invaded Cuba and forced Fidel Castro to step down as Cuba's dictator

• The Soviet Union began placing nuclear missiles on Cuba to aide in its defense against a US Invasion

• America's stature was increased as it showed world willingness to stop Communism in Cuba

Which concern directly contributed to U.S involvement in the Korean War during the 1950s?

• Containing the spread of communims

• Improving political relations with China

• Deterring the use of nuclear weapons

• Resisting the rise of fascism in Asia

Which era is most associated with the thpe of event shown in this photgoraph?

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Cold War

• The Great Depression

• The Industrial Revolution

Read the Excerpt and answer the question that follows. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.... - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, address to Congress, Dec 8, 1941.

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?

• Axis violations of international law caused the United States to hold criminal trials.

• German expansion in western Europe caused the United States to assist France

• Japanese aggression in the Pacific casued the United States to declare war?

• Allied defeats on the Battlefield caused the United State to develop new weapons.

Why were vaccination programs developed during the twentieth century?

• To assist doctors in diagnosing injuries

• To assist farmers in irrigating crops

• To protect agricultural products fom insects

• To prevent the outbreak of dangerous diseases

Read the Excerpt and answer the question that follows. "China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Viet-Nam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for a guerrilla assault on Malays, but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in southeast Asia was China and the Communists." - John F. Kennedy, televised interview, Sept 9, 1963.

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino theory

• Iron Curtain

President John F Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by -

• Ordering a naval blockade in Cuba

• Asking congress to declare war on Cuba

• Authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba

• Seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba