USII 8

Since the Allies won WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as what?

• Global superpowers

• Axis powers

• Warsaw Pact Members

• Neutral community members.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• to spread communism

• to solidify NATO

• to help start the United Nations

• to provide financial aid to rebuild Europe

Why was the United Nations created?

• to spread communism around the globe

• to force alliances between the United States and Japan

• to try to prevent future global wars

• to build the Berlin Wall

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the rapid growth of the American economy after WWII?

• Businesses were able to produce consumer goods instead of war materials

• Communism spread throughout the West

• Workforce shifted back to men, women took care of families again.

• Labor unions became more powerful leading to higher wages.

The Cold War was a war:

• between Mexico and Alaska

• between Berlin and China

• caused by differences in ideologies and goals

• caused by differences in rebuilding efforts after WWII

The United States was ________________ and capitalist; the Soviet Union was ______________ and communist.

• happy, sad

• safe, unsafe

• democratic, dictatorial

• dictatorial, democratic

The Arms Race was stockpiling of _________________ as a deterrent to nuclear war.

• detergent

• military bases

• nuclear weapons

• military uniforms

The United States was primarily involved in major conflicts post WWII like the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War to stop the spread of communism.

• true

• false

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

• Globalization

• Economy

• GDP

• Economic Independence

According to the map how many countries are believed to currently have or once had nuclear weapons AND how many weapons are there believed to be in the world?

• 10 & 17,300

• 11 & 17,300

• 8 & 15,600

• 9 & 15,600