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Unit 10 The Cold War Era Test

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What was the purpose of the Soviet blockade of Berlin (1948-1949)?
To force the US to end the Truman Doctrine
To force West Germany to become Communist
To cause the Western sector of Berlin to surrender to Soviet forces
To prevent Easterners from going to the West
“Now I come to the second of the two marauders, to the second danger which threatens the cottage home and ordinary people—namely tyranny. We cannot be blind to the fact that the liberties enjoyed by individual citizens throughout the United States and throughout the British Empire are not valid in a considerable number of countries, some of which are very powerful.”
--Winston Churchill, “Iron Curtain” Speech, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, March 5, 1946

Based on the quotation above which of the following is the best statement of Churchill’s main point?
Ordinary people are not able to build cottage homes in many countries
Many countries do not give their citizens individual liberties
US and English cottages are not protected in other countries
Political and military tyrants threaten blind citizens throughout the US
How did the domino theory influence the United States’ role in the Vietnam War?
The United States adopted a position of neutrality
Vietnamization became the new US foreign policy
It convinced the government to become involved in the war
It forced the United States to support the Vietcong
Which statement regarding the Bay of Pigs is true?
It took place after a secret Cuban plot to invade Florida was discovered
It was planned as a secret invasion of Cuba led by the CIA
Kennedy allowed it only after it was confirmed that Soviet missiles were in Cuba
It caused a revolution to take place in Cuba
What brought the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 to an end?
The United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West
CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Bigs
The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba
A nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon
Which of the following was not a component of the Marshall Plan?
Providing aid to European economies to prevent the spread of Communism
Reconstruction of war-torn European cities
The creation of a unified European currency to facilitate trade
Investment in heavy industry in war damaged countries
Which of the following was a result of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954?
The end of the Vietnam War
The withdrawal of French forces from Vietnam
China falling to the Communists
Korea divided along political ideologies
What are all the issues in the diagram below describing?


The Vietnam War
Germany after World War II
The fight for Indian independence
The Korean War
When Winston Chruchill said, “an iron curtain has descended across the Continent” of Europe in 1946, what did he mean?
Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy
Europe was industrially and economically behind the rest of the world
European nations were falling victim to environmental pollution
Nations of Europe were unable to defeat Hitler
When George Kennan first introduced the idea of containment as a major feature of the United States foreign policy, he meant which of the following?
The United States must expect to fight to end communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
The United States would not challenge communism in the countries where it already existed but would act to stop it from spreading, especially in Europe
Since an arms race was inevitable with communist countries, the United States must have the greatest nuclear capability in the world
Attacking South-East Asia would be the best way to contain communism
How did World War II lead to the Cold War?
The Soviet Union violated the treaty at the end of the war
The United States violated the treaty at the end of the war
There was tension and distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union
The United States and the Soviet Union were on opposite sides during World War II
During the Vietnam War, what did the Tet Offensive of 1968 make people realize?
A peace settlement was close at hand
American forces were solidly in control of South Vietnam
The Vietcong could strike any major city in Vietnam
The My Lai massacre was not going unnoticed by communist forces
The United Nations would be least likely involved in which of the following situations?
Negotiating a settlement between warring nations
Setting standards for acceptable treatment of humans
Leading an invasion against an unpopular dictator
Providing relief to children suffering from starvation
Which of these statements is true about Nikita Khrushchev’s domestic policies?
Khrushchev created reforms that led to more government censorship of the press
Khrushchev altered all of Stalin’s preexisting economic policies
Khrushchev failed to restructure the Soviet system of collective farms
Khrushchev denounced the dictatorial rule and personality of Stalin
“Unsustainable military spending has been cited as a cause for the breakup of the Soviet Union. Supporters of this viewpoint to the cost of building and maintaining its nuclear arsenal as one factor.”



Which statement is the most logical, based on the data on the graph above?
At the time of the Soviet Union’s breakup the United States was greatly expanding its nuclear arsenal
During much of the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet Union was engaged in a program of rapid nuclear expansion
The Soviet Union was attempting to catch up to the United States but was unable to do so
The Soviet Union built more weapons than the United States and, as a result, spent more than they could afford
Which of the following best describes the role of Boris Yeltsin in the breakup of the Soviet Union?
Yeltsin led Russian ship workers in a strike against Soviet domination in the early 1980s
Yeltsin led the Russian Congress that declared Russian sovereignty over its own territory in June 1990
Yeltsin was the head of the KGB, the secret police force that the Communists used to silence opponents
Yeltsin led the aborted “August Coup” that tried to restore Communist control over the Republics August 1991
In the spring of 1989, thousands of protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. They rallied around a plaster statue that resembled the Statue of Liberty which they called “the Goddess of Democracy.”

These protestors were seeking which of the following?
The boycott of the future Olympic games scheduled for Beijing
Political reforms to allow more freedom of speech and political representation
United States assistance in gaining better health care
Economic reforms which would allow more Chinese exports
One of the reasons the US became involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars can be described as the domino theory.
What did the domino theory state?
Outside forces are stronger than individual states.
If one state falls to communism, the others around it wall fall to communism too.
All states should bow down to US economic practices.
One country can control the future of all other countries around it.
What two policies supported the concept of containment?
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Brezhnev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis?
Castro protested Cuba being used as a tool for the Cold War and asked Khrushchev to intervene.
Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Khrushchev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba.
The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases.
Select the tactics used by the superpowers during the Cold War to influence Third World nations?
sponsored revolutions and counterrevolutions
engaged in covert operations
provided military aid and built schools
threatened them with nuclear attack
United Nations
An alliance between the United States, Canada and Western European nations.
Warsaw Pact
Post-WWII organization that replaced the League of nations with goal to maintain world peace.
NATO
Alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its satlellite states.