U.S. History Standards Questions: Cold War

South Korea

Soviet Union

The spread of communism

War in South Korea

Nuclear weapons

The Space Race

The Bay of Pigs

The Truman Doctrine

To push Latin American countries to embrace communism

To deter Latin American countries from embracing communism

To influence Latin American countries to attack Cuba

To influence Latin American countries to defend Cuba

Disarmament

Containment

Liberalism

National security

They feared an imminent Soviet invasion of Cuba.

They feared an imminent Cuban invasion of the United States.

They feared the Soviets would use Cuba as a base to spread communism in the West.

The Soviets feared the United States would eventually plan an invasion of Cuba.

Monroe Doctrine

Eisenhower Doctrine

Truman Doctrine

Berlin Wall Doctrine

End of the Cold War

Onset of the Cold War

“domino theory” of communist aggression

Build up of the military-industrial complex

They were the only safeguard against future Japanese aggression.

Only an American political organization could prevent another world war.

Only an international political organization could prevent another world war.

Only the establishment of an independent Jewish state could prevent another world war.

Great Britain’s role as a world leader increased in the Cold War era.

Great Britain aligned itself with the Soviet Union and fell out of favor with the United States.

Great Britain’s role as a world leader decreased in the Cold War era.

Great Britain stepped up the imperial policies it had begun in the nineteenth century during the Cold War.

The disappearance of the family farm

The increase of “white-collar” jobs

Sharp decline in housing and birth rates

Women returning to the workforce in unprecedented numbers

World War II

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

The Cold War

The antiwar movement was in responset to U.S. foreign policy but had negligible effect on it.

The antiwar movement was independent of U.S. foreign policy and had negligible effect on it.

The antiwar movement was in response to U.S. foreign policy and had significant effect on it.

The total failure of the antiwar movement effectively ended civilian protest of U.S. foreign policy in the United States.

His backing of coal mine owners against striking miners

His vetoing of the Taft-Hartley Act

His threatening to draft striking railroad workers into the army

All of the above

The House Un-American Activities Committee

Atomic missile testing

The Bay of Pigs invasion

The Great Society

“Dynamic conservatism” led to the creation of a welfare state.

“Dynamic conservatism” led to the creation of the Great Society.

The nation failed to successfully transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy.

The nation successfully transitioned from a wartime to a peacetime economy.

Expansion of Green Berets special military forces

Increased aid to Latin American countries

Creation of the Peace Corps

All of the above

The end of the Cold War

The end of the Korean War

The groundwork for the Korean War

The groundwork for the Cold War

The Reagan administration’s military build up and the Star Wars program forced the Soviet Union to surrender.

Aggressive Reagan administration policies along with a Soviet military build-up resulted in a stalemate.

Reagan administration policies and those of Soviet leader Gorbachev, and the growing Solidarity labor movement in Eastern Europe all contributed to the end of the Cold War.

The economic model presented to Eastern Europe by the U.S. in the 1980s led to the collapse of communism worldwide.

For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioned and protested government policies.

For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioned and protested the nation’s involvement in a war.

For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioning and protesting government policies had an effect on those policies.

For the first time during the Vietnam War, a majority of U.S. citizens publicly supported communism.