APUSH Period 8 - Cold War

Although the Cold War rapidly escalated with the end of World War II, the 1950s were marked by a period of "peaceful coexistence." Tensions between the Soviet Union and United States were alleviated temporarily. Which of the following reinvigorated Cold War hostilities?

• Berlin Airlift

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• U-2 Incident

• Suez Crisis

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called

• Proxy nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Satellite nations

The National Security Council’s 1950 document known as NSC-68 held that

• the U.S. must increase its defense spending

• the U.S. must maintain strong relations with the U.S.S.R.

• the U.S. exaggerated the military power of the U.S.S.R.

• the U.S. would be secure from attack by the U.S.S.R.

Alger Hiss, who was accused in 1948 of having once been a member of a secret communist cell in the government, in 1945 had

• served as an aide in the Department of Defense

• served as an aide in the State Department

• served as an aide in the U.S. Senate

• served as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives

• served as an agent in the FBI

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

Which of the following countries was not a part of the Warsaw Pact?

• Soviet Union

• Albania

• Czechoslovakia

• West Germany

• Hungary

George Kennan's policy of containment was based on

• belief that the communists would win the Chinese civil war

• an understanding with Britain regarding the post-World War II German government

• a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism

• a desire to keep the Republicans from regaining the White House in the 1948 election

• a need to decrease government spending in an effort to halt inflation

Who built the Berlin Wall?

• Soviet Union

• East Germany

• West Germany

• China

As a result of the Marshall Plan

• the U.S. experienced an economic downturn in 1948

• the U.S.S.R. increased military engagements in Western Europe

• there was a growing effort isolate the U.S. from the rest of the world

• there was a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and Western Europe

The Allies had agreed to partition postwar Germany at the

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Tehran Conference

• Casablanca Conference