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