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U.S. History: WWII to the Cold War

Explore key events and ideologies from WWII to the Cold War, including the role of Soviet Union, containment of communism, the Vietnam War, and the impact of the Marshall Plan.

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U.S. History: WWII to the Cold War

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  1. U.S. History Final

  2. Question 1 - 10 • Who was the communist dictator of the U.S.S.R (Russia) during WWII?

  3. Answer 1 – 10 • Joseph Stalin

  4. Question 1 - 20 • How did the U.S. and Russia differ in their ideas of how they felt they should treat Germany after WWII?

  5. Answer 1 – 20 • Russia felt Germany must pay reparations and be weakened. • The U.S. wanted to help rebuild Germany’s economy to avoid the same conditions that had led to WWI.

  6. Question 1 - 30 • United Nations troops in Korea were driven back across the 38th parallel when this communist power got involved.

  7. Answer 1 – 30 • China

  8. Question 1 - 40 • Name one positive effect of the Korean war.

  9. Answer 1 – 40 • Communism did not take over all of the Korean Peninsula.

  10. Question 1 - 50 • The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to?

  11. Answer 1 – 50 • Help Western Europe’s economy recover from WWII, hopefully making Communism less attractive to them.

  12. Question 2 - 10 • The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan shared what common goal?

  13. Answer 2 – 10 • Containing Communism

  14. Question 2 - 20 • The “Iron Curtain” is a symbol of?

  15. Answer 2 – 20 • The division between Communist Eastern Europe and Western European democracies during the Cold War.

  16. Question 2 - 30 • This photo represents?

  17. Answer 2 – 30 • Duck and Cover drills in America because of American fears of a nuclear attack

  18. Question 2 - 40 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Communism

  19. Answer 2 – 40 • Soviet Union

  20. Question 2 - 50 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Individual freedoms

  21. Answer 2 – 50 • United States

  22. Question 3 - 10 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Command/government run economy

  23. Answer 3 – 10 • Soviet Union

  24. Question 3 - 20 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Citizens have no control over government officials

  25. Answer 3 – 20 • Soviet Union

  26. Question 3 - 30 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Democracy

  27. Answer 3 – 30 • United States

  28. Question 3 - 40 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Government control of means of production (factories, resources, labor)

  29. Answer 3 – 40 • Soviet Union

  30. Question 3 - 50 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Free elections

  31. Answer 3 – 50 • United States

  32. Question 4 - 10 • Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union • Free market/capitalism

  33. Answer 4 – 10 • United States

  34. Question 4 - 20 • Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television had what effect on Americans?

  35. Answer 4 – 20 • It helped create a credibility gap between the government and the American people because Americans could see that what the government was telling them wasn’t exactly true.

  36. Question 4 - 30 • What was the Domino Theory?

  37. Answer 4 – 30 • Felt that if Vietnam fell to communism, so would many other nations in Southeast Asia.

  38. Question 4 - 40 • Russian leader Mikhail Gorbechev’s policy of glasnost (openness) had what effect on Russian society at the end of the Cold War?

  39. Answer 4 – 40 • Soviet people could openly discuss politics.

  40. Question 4 - 50 • Russian leader Mikhail Gorbechev’s policy of perestroika (restructuring) had what effect on Russian society at the end of the Cold War?

  41. Answer 4 – 50 • It involved new economic planning including some capitalist reforms to try to stop the declining communist economy.

  42. Question 5 - 10 • What did the Pentagon Papers reveal?

  43. Answer 5 – 10 • The government had not been honest with the public about the Vietnam War. Officials had painted a better picture of the war then was actually true, and many officials publicly supported the war while privately opposing it.

  44. Question 5 - 20 • When the French left Vietnam, the United States stepped in to?

  45. Answer 5 – 20 • Protect the pro-Western government in South Vietnam.

  46. Question 5 - 30 • The Vietminh first formed in Vietnam (with U.S. support) to?

  47. Answer 5 – 30 • Push the Japanese out of Vietnam and gain independence.

  48. Question 5 - 40 • A main reason President Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear that, like had happened in Korea, it would?

  49. Answer 5 – 40 • Bring Chinese Communists into the war.

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