The Cold War
Osama bin Laden led an Islamist terrorist organization
Al Qaeda
Terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden
Al Qaeda
One effect of the arms race was
An ever-present threat of nuclear war
Which of the following did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of Europe?
An iron curtain
Struggle between nations to gain an advantage in weapons
Arms race
Struggle between nations to get an advantage in weapons
Arms race
Rise in birthrates after World War II
Baby boom
Its success resulted in the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin Airlift
Built by Communist East Germany in 1961 to stop people from fleeing East Germany for West Germany
Berlin Wall
Russian president who began a massive campaign to alter the economy's basic structure after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
1954 Supreme Court rule that the segregation of public schools had to end
Brown vs. Board of Education
Where many American men fled to during the Vietnam war to avoid the military draft in the United States
Canada
Site of a bloody insurgency in Russia
Chechnya
Era of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II became known as the
Cold War
Soviet Union economy system in which the government made all economic decisions whilst under communism
Command
Government in Cuba that was installed by Fidel Castro and alarmed the U.S. government
Communist
What helped drive the tremendous growth of the U.S. economy after World War II?
Consumer spending
1960s rebellion led by young people against mainstream American society that adopted new styles of clothing and behavior and questioned the government's actions in the Vietnam War
Counterculture
Young people who adopted new styles of clothing and behavior
Counterculture
Brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Revolted against Soviet domination in 1968
Czechoslovakia
Reduced tension between the superpowers
Détente
German Democratic Republic
East Germany
The author of "Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World" was calling for
Economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union
The cartoon titled "MAYDAY!" suggests that the primary cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union was
Economic problems
Study the political cartoon titled "MAYDAY!" Which statement best describes the subject of the cartoon?
Economic problems and reforms weaken the Soviet Union
In 1957 six European nations founded the European Economic Community in order to
Eliminate trade barriers and unify economic policies
The goal of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was to
Ensure each side remained vulnerable to the other's nuclear weapons
Policy used by Serbs during a war in Bosnia and Herzegovina to try and eliminate Bosnian Muslims from society
Ethnic cleansing
What caused the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?
Ethnic tensions coupled with a weakening government
Established by the nations of Europe in 1992 in order to create a single economic unit that could compete with the United States
European Union
All American women in the 1960s and 1970s wanted to change traditional ideas of women's roles.
False
In the 2000s, the gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest Americans narrowed as the economy improved.
False
The European Union has excluded former Soviet republics, fearing Communist influence.
False
The Soviet Union prevented a UN takeover of North Korea by sending soldiers and massive military aid to the region.
False
The Soviet Union wanted to control Eastern Europe after World War II because Eastern European people had elected Communist governments.
False
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide funds for rebuilding Europe.
False
The U.S. government secretly trained a force of about 1,500 Cubans, which successfully invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961 and overthrew Castro's government.
False
The United States supported Salvador Allende's government in Chile because it had been democratically elected.
False
The discovery of oil in Alaska was the primary factor driving the tremendous growth of the U.S. economy after World War II.
False
The growing threat of nuclear war had little impact on people in the United States and other nations.
False
The peace agreement with France divided Vietnam into two halves; Communists controlled the South and a non-Communist regime controlled the North.
False
The people of Eastern Europe all benefited immediately from the end of communism and the introduction of market reforms.
False
Established a Communist government in Cuba
Fidel Castro
Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to
Force the West to leave Berlin
Provided money that helped millions of veterans attend college
G.I. Bill
One reason revolution spread across Eastern Europe in 1989 was that
Gorbachev loosened Soviet control
As a result of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. Congress agreed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to
Greece and Turkey
Fusion-powered weapon that was many times stronger than the atomic bomb
Hydrogen bomb
System of networks that emerged in the 1990s and connected computers around the world
Internet
Promoted political stability in Western Europe by aiding economic recovery
Marshall Plan
Used techniques of nonviolence and civil disobedience to expose racial injustice in the United States
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who wrote the passage "Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World?"
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet leader that tried to "de-Stalinize" the Soviet Union while at the same time maintaining a hostile stance toward the West
Nikita Khrushchev
Nations that refused to take sides in the rivalry between superpowers in the 1950s were called
Nonaligned nations
Formation that unified former rivals in Europe into a strong military alliance with the United States and Canada and helped Western Europe remain at peace during the Cold War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Where Allied military courts tried more than two hundred Nazi and military officials, sentencing several dozen to death
Nuremberg Trials
The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II because
Officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy which sought to restructure the Soviet economic and political system
Perestroika
Fought to free Kuwait and protect oil supplies
Persian Gulf War
Divided Germany into four zones of occupation
Potsdam Conference
Fanatical effort to expose Communists in the American film industry and government
Red Scare
The end of communism and the introduction of market reforms in Eastern Europe has led to
Rising immigration from Eastern Europe to Western Europe
Chile's democratically elected leader
Salvador Allende
Lech Walsea's anti-government protest movement in Poland became known as
Solidarity
Poland's anti-government protest movement
Solidarity
Launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and shocked Americans because they feared Soviet military technology was superior to their own
Sputnik
Islamist government of Afghanistan targeted by the United States after the attacks of September 11, 2001
Taliban
What led to the Test Ban Treaty?
The Cuban missile crisis
Which Allied country received the largest share of German reparations after World War II?
The Soviet Union
The Cold War ended when
The Soviet Union collapsed
One reason Western Europe made a rapid recovery from World War II was because
The United States provided massive economic aid
The United States experienced a severe economic slowdown in the 1970s because
The cost of energy dramatically increased
The U.S. led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on the belief that
The country possessed chemical and biological weapons
With the development of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union and the United States based their defense strategies on
The principal of deterrence
Soviet leaders wanted to control Eastern Europe after World War II because
They wanted a buffer zone of friendly governments to protect against attack
What was the goal of the United States when it went to war in Korea?
To contain Communist expansion
Why did President Kennedy favor the Test Ban Treaty?
To slow the development of new and more deadly weapons
Ethnic tensions coupled with a weakening government caused the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
True
In 1973, the United States supported a military coup that overthrew Chile's democratically elected leader.
True
In the Nuremberg trials, Allied military courts tried more than two hundred Nazi and military officials and sentenced several dozen to death for their roles in the Holocaust and in other war crimes.
True
The Korean War resulted in no gain on either side.
True
The Persian Gulf War was fought to free Kuwait and to protect oil supplies.
True
The Soviet command economy helped the country produce goods at prewar levels by 1953.
True
The United States used the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan as part of a policy of containment.
True
The success of the Berlin airlift was followed by the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany.
True
Until the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik, Americans thought they had a technological edge over the Soviets.
True
Western Europe made a remarkable recovery from World War II in large part because of the Marshall Plan.
True
Pledge announced by the United States in 1947 to provide economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
Peaceful revolutionary group that pushed communism out of power in Czechoslovakia
Velvet Revolution
Formed by the Soviet Union and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe in response to the formation of NATO
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance formed in response to the formation of NATO
Warsaw Pact