Cold War Foreign and Domestic policy

Which development following World War II caused the urban-suburban pattern shown in the diagram?

• increase in the number of farms

• decline in the number of middle-income families

• movement of most factories to rural areas

• expansion of highways and automobile ownership

Which statement regarding Johnson’s
presidency is best supported by the
information in this cartoon?

• Military spending had negatively affected domestic programs.

• Domestic programs were eliminated during the 1960s.

• Domestic programs had been the main priority in previous budgets.

• Military spending was completely eliminated to fund domestic programs.

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the north to China

• A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing a collapse of the North Korean government

• 
  North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before the war

• Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of both Northerners and Southerners

The picture above is in reference to which Cold War retaliation policy between superpowers after World War II?

• 
  the Domino Theory

• the Marshall Plan

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Nuclear Disarmament

“I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. . . . If Greece should fall under the control of an armed minority, the effect upon its neighbor, Turkey, would be immediate and serious.”              —excerpt from the Truman Doctrine, 1947

 

How did the Truman Doctrine support the United States’ policy of containment?

• The Truman Doctrine encouraged trade between Greece and communist nations.

• The Truman doctrine halted the expansion of communism into Greece and Turkey.

• The Truman doctrine allowed citizens of Turkey refugee status in the United States.

• The Truman Doctrine forced Greece and Turkey to sign treaties with the United States.

The excerpt below is from an April 1961 Department of Justice memo written by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

 

...The neutrality laws were never designed to prevent individuals from leaving the United States to fight for a cause in which they believed. There is nothing in the neutrality laws which prevents refugees from Cuba from returning to that country to engage in the fight for freedom....

 

 

Who were the individuals Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was writing about in this excerpt?

• Cuban refugees in Florida who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban generals who agreed to help the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in exchange for political asylum

• Cuban generals who defected to the United States and later led the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Russian refugees in Florida who participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term "McCarthyism"?

• holding trials for people accused of treason

• accusing citizens of disloyalty without providing evidence

• passing laws to protect American military secrets

• censoring books and movies to eliminate references to communism

How did the Marshall Plan affect the global power wielded by the United States after World War II?

• The Marshall Plan granted the United States enough economic power to subjugate several European countries.

• The Marshall plan allowed the United States to rebuild Japan into an industrial and economic giant after World War II.

• The United States used the economic power it gained through the Marshall Plan to hasten the recovery of western Europe in an attempt to limit the ability of the Soviet Union to influence countries there.

• The Marshall Plan allowed the United States to exert influence over Soviet block countries.

Which BEST describes the results of the Berlin Airlift?

• Berlin was divided into four occupation zones.

• The Soviet Union closed highway and rail lines to West Berlin.

• All of Berlin fell into Soviet hands.

• The U.S.S.R. lifted the blockade and U.S. prestige grew.

The primary purpose of President Richard Nixon’s policy of Détente (S.A.L.T. Agreement with U.S.S.R. and visit to China) was to...

• Expand United States military involvement in Southeast Asia

• Assure an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East

• Ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

• Maintain a favorable balance of trade with China