APWH Unit 8

Immediately after WWII, the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union became strained because -

• the U.S. used military force in Korea

• the U.S. blocked the Soviet Union from joining the United Nations

• competing ideology - each country believed that the other one was a threat to its security

• both nations were competing for supremacy in space exploration

What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia (Korea) during the early 1950s?

• North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.

• Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a famine.

• International groups needed help investigation North Korean officials charged with corruption.

• Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea.

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the U.S. was able to -

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

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

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the U.S. and Soviet Union

The Berlin Wall was built in order to

• stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin.

• prevent food from entering Poland.

• prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.

• prevent East Germans from fleeing (defecting) to West Germany.

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent -

• the loss of UN military bases in Asia

• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would -

• promote reconstruction after WWII

• maintain the policy of detente

• fulfill prior Unite Nations obligations

• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

You, Mrs President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use force.

-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, letter to President John Kennedy,

October 24, 1962

Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in the excerpt?

• Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America

• Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba.

• Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam.

• Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin.

** The New York Times **

May 4, 1970

Four Kent State University Students

Killed by Ohio National Gaurdsmen

The event described in this headline resulted in -

• decreased federal funding of student loans

• increased support for the antiwar movement

• the reinstatement of the draft

• an end to federal investigations of student organizations

How did the U.S. help Western European countries resist communism and rebuild the economic strength of free-market nations in after WWII?

• NASA enacted a space program to protect European nations from Soviet attack.

• The Berlin Airlift brought food, fuel, and money to democratic nations across Europe.

• The Marshall Plan extended financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of the war.

• The Roosevelt Corollary proclaimed the U.S. the chief protector of democracy and guaranteed American protection of European democratic nations.