3.2: The Cold War, Review

How did the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact affect the Cold War?

• These agreements created strong military groups that made the Cold War more intense.

• The Cold War got less tense because the Soviet Union was part of these groups.

• The goal of these agreements was to improve trade between countries and didn't change the Cold War.

• The Cold War got more intense because many Americans didn't think NATO or the Warsaw Pact would work.

How did the Vietnam War affect people's interactions in the United States?

• People were divided into groups called “doves” and “hawks.”

• Job openings in the north caused many Black Americans to move there.

• The Supreme Court said students can't speak freely at school.

• Propaganda led to the biggest rationing effort in U.S. history.

In 1970, President Nixon determined that the Cambodians were potentially working with the Vietcong, and launched an attack on Cambodia.

What was one result of Nixon's actions?

• The Vietnam War spreading into Cambodia caused a national draft to start.

• Changing the previous leaders' policies led to economic problems.

• Fear of nuclear war made many Americans move to Europe.

• Protests against the bombings in Cambodia, like the one at Kent State, got a lot of attention.

What is a debate about nuclear weapons and arms races?

• if having more nuclear weapons would stop wars

• if the U.S. should have used nuclear weapons in Pearl Harbor

• if NATO countries should have shared their nuclear weapons

• if having more nuclear weapons would have stopped the Soviets from going to space

What does the map information tell us about the Korean War?

• By the end of the war, Korea was still split into two parts.

• The war started when South Korea attacked North Korea.

• Both sides stayed in their own areas during the war.

• General MacArthur started an attack from China early in the war.

What happened because the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed?

• It let the President stay neutral in Vietnam.

• It made the President send troops to Vietnam to keep peace.

• It let the President send troops to fight without Congress saying yes.

• It stopped the President from using the Army in wars.

What event caused the Berlin Airlift?

• The Soviets invaded Western France to take control.

• The Soviets blocked all roads and railways to West Berlin.

• The Soviets didn't allow a communist government in West Berlin.

• The Soviets took over East Germany to build an air force base.

What was a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Soviet leaders took over the government in Cuba.

• Kennedy couldn't stop a nuclear attack on Cuba.

• Soviet leaders convinced Cuban refugees to attack Florida.

• Kennedy got the Soviet Union and Cuba to step back.

From 1964 to 1968 (Johnson's presidency), the number of troops in Vietnam went from 23,000 to over 500,000. From 1969 to the end of the Vietnam War (Nixon's presidency), the number of troops went from 485,000 to 24,000.

What does this tell us about foreign policy in the United States?

• Most countries supported the U.S. going into Vietnam.

• Friendly countries agreed with using nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

• Many Americans did not like President Lyndon Johnson’s plan for Vietnam.

• President Lyndon Johnson kept sending more troops to Vietnam.

What was President Kennedy's main reason for approving the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• to try to remove a communist government in Cuba

• because of the attack in the Gulf of Tonkin that hurt Americans

• to make the Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba

• to give help to people affected by the Soviet blockade