Unit 9 Exam

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the US and the Soviet Union
• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries
• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China
• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

Organizing the Berlin airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of-

• imperialism
• containment
• isolationism
• neutrality

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major 1948 operation ordered by President Truman. The flight pattern illustrated was designed to allow an airplane to land every 3 minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city
• To deploy substantial invasion forces
• To provide supplies to a blockaded city
• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are examples of

• dollar diplomacy
• Lend-Lease
• mutual defense
• Manifest Destiny

In the late 1940s, hearings by the House of Un-American Activities Committee and the use of loyalty oaths illustrate concerns over the -

• impact of union strikes on the economy
• United States participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• desegregation of the military
• influence of communists within the federal government

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in -

• the war effort of the 1940's
• the Red Scare of the 1950's
• the Vietnam War of the 1960's
• the political scandals of the 1970's

What was the most significant result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik?

• US military troops were deployed to Korea
• The United States ended its involement in the Vietnam War
• A space race between the US and USSR began
• The US government implemented the Marshall Plan

One way President Kennedy responded to the Soviet action referred to in the telegram was to support-

• a decrease in the budget for space exploration
• an expansion of the Peace Corps to aid impoverished nations
• the removal of Soviet troops from East Berlin
• the commitment to a Moon landing by the end of the decade

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy responded to the discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba by

• ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba
• capturing strategic locations in Cuba
• threatening to invade the Soviet Union
• prohibiting travel to the southeastern United States

Which action is most closely associated with the foreign policy concern expressed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in this passage?

• authorizing U-2 flights over the Soviet Union
• increasing United States involvement in Vietnam
• overthrowing military dictatorships in Central America
• defending oil producing countries in the Middle East