M4L4 Fight Against Communism Practice Quiz

They tried to ____ the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.

• Fallout

• Proxy

• Potency

• Appease

The term Cold War is best described as 

• A war of public opinion where each of the superpowers gave a "cold" reception to the other's ideology.

• A global ideological and political struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that did not "heat up" into a nuclear crisis.

• A war of military cooperation dominated by Atlantic alliance nations associated with the "cold" North Atlantic.

• America's continued diplomatic struggle with the Soviet Union, a nation situated in the "cold" North.

Korea was initially split into North Korea and South Korea 

• After World War II when the United States and the Soviet Union each retained half of the liberated country.

• After the Communist Revolution in China and Mao Zedong's expansion of a sphere of influence into North Korea.

• When communist revolutionaries attempted to seize control of the government in the 1940s.

• When the United Nations sought to create its "Two Koreas" program, honoring both capitalism and communism.

In terms of willingness to apply force, what is Kennan's assertion about the Soviet state?

• America must be ready at any time to apply the full measure of its force, even to the point of using nuclear weapons.

• The Soviet Union is a society that maintains aggressive militarism at its fundamental roots.

• Unlike the fascists of Germany, the Soviet Union will likely withdraw from a region once its meets stern resistance.

• The Soviet Union is highly aware that post-war American demobilization has left the Soviet Union the far stronger nation militarily.

In his speech, Nixon tries to explain to the American people all of the following except

• Why immediate peace was desirable.

• How and why America got involved in the war in the first place.

• How his administration is handling things differently.

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  What options America has for ending the war.

When I said I had finished my homework early, my mom looked ____. 

• Appease

• Potency

• Skeptical

• Fallout

Joseph Stalin felt justified in maintaining Soviet control of Eastern Europe for all of the following reasons except

• The United States had promised that he could influence the region after the war.

• By maintaining control of the region, he could spread his communist vision.

• He needed the region as a buffer against future invasion by the West.

• A high percentage of the population was Slavic or Russian already.

The United States got involved in the Korean War when

• The North Koreans took control of Seoul.

• North Korea invaded South Korea.

• The United Nations refused to recognize the North Korean government.

• The Soviets refused to hold elections in North Korea.

Since I would not be able to vote, I nominated him to act as my ____. 

• Skeptical

• Fallout

• Proxy

• Potency

The United States backed Ngo Dinh Diem as the leader of South Vietnam because of his 

• Strong anticommunist position.

• Long history of support for democratic values.

• Close ties with Vietnamese Buddhists.

•   Strong support from American trade relations.