Unit 5 Review

List the major events that occurred after the U-2 incident

1. Eisenhower denied the U-2 has been spying 2. khrushev called off the summit 3. Creates tension between the two superpowers

President Kennedy's legislative program, The New Frontier, included

1. Expanding the space program 2.aid education 3. Increase national defense

List the effects of the Berlin Wall

1. It further aggravated Cold War tensions 2. It reduced the flow of refugees 3. Became a negative symbol of communism

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop ______

A hydrogen bomb

After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the Warren Commission concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who

Acted alone

The U.S. and other Western nations responded to the Berlin blockade by

Airlifting supplies into the isolated city

On May 5, 1961 _________ became the first American astronaut to travel into space

Alan Shepard

Why did the opposition to the Vietnam War grow after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

Because U.S. troops started going to Vietnam in large numbers

For the United States, the main success of the Korean War was that

Communism was contained without the use of nuclear weapons

The Truman Doctrine was the part of the U.S. foreign policy after World War II that focused on

Containing the spread of communism

________________ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam

Containing the spread of communism

The original purpose of the NATO was to

Create a mutual defense

In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union _______

Created the Warsaw Act

The United States responded to fear of Soviet military actions in the Middle East by issuing the

Eisenhower Doctrine

In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by

Enrolling in college

What military strategy enables the United States to fight limited wars around the world?

Flexible response

After World War II, the United States aided ____________ In it's efforts to keep control of Vietnam

France

In the 1950s Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and executed for

Giving the Soviet Union information about America's atomic bomb

_______ is best knows for investigating communism in the film industry

HUAC

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

He encouraged a widespread fear of communism

__________ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam

Hi Chi Minh trials

What best defined the domino theory?

If one country falls to communism, other regions fall too

Who was the first astronaut to orbit the earth?

John Glenn

Through which counties did the Ho Chi Minh Trail Pass?

Laos and Cambodia

Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf resolution?

Lyndon Johnson

Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

Lyndon Johnson's

During the Cold War era, making accusations without supporting evidence was seen as

McCarthyism

What best describes satellite nations?

Nations denominated by the Soviet Union

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

North and South Korea

The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to

Prevent the spread of communism using the containment policy

What best describes a political reason for providing aid through the Marshall Plan?

Preventing the spread of communism

President Eisenhower supported the establishment of the SEATO as an attempt to

Restrict communist aggression

What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists?

Some people's civil rights were violated

The policy of containment was designed to

Stop the spread of communism

What was the final resolution of the Korean War?

The 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea

One reason for the large increase in defense spending between 1950 and 1960 was

The Cold War and arm race with the Soviet Union

How did the economic and labor situation during the Korean War compared to the situating during World War II?

The control over the economy and industry that it did in World War II

___________ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history

The invasion of Cambodia

The greatest changes in presidential power during the Cold War involved

The use of troops without declaring war

Why did the U.S. refuse to renter the war after the fall of Saigon?

The war's divisive effect on the country and desire to heal and move on

Why did Nixon order the invasion of Cambodia?

To clear out our North Vietnamese and Vietcong supply centers

In 1961, NASA set out to accomplish what mission by the end of the decade?

To land a man on the moon and return him safely

Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?

To limit the power to the president to send troops into combat without congress authorization

America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey contributed

To the end of the Cuban missile crisis

What was Nixon's approach to ending the Vietnam War?

To unleash bombs in North Vietnam

My Lai massacre was the time

U.S. entered the small village of My Lai, gathered all the villagers and shot them

Cuban Missile Crisis, was the closest the _____ actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War

United States and Soviet Union

After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the ___________ concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who acted alone

Warren Commission

The Hollywood Ten

Were a group of actors who were accused of communism and refused to answer questions

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

should be extended into a war against China

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin