Cold War test review

History test study

The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would provide ______ to nations threatened by communist expansion.

money

The Truman Doctrine promised to

give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

the marshall plan was based on the idea that

communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems

the Berlin wall was erected in order to

stop the flow of refugees from east germany

The United States considered Cuba a threat because

cuba, which was only 90 miles away, had ties with the soviets.

the Warsaw pact sought to

create a military alliance between the Soviet union and various eastern European nations

the United States sent troops to Vietnam to

stop the north from controlling the south

west Berlin was

a city entirely surrounded by east German territory

what happened to the Soviet industrial growth rate under Nikita khrushchev

it declined sharply due to emphasis on agricultural output

pierre trudeau’s liberal government passed canadas official language act, which

allowed both French and English to be used in the federal civil service

president Jimmy Carter protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by

cancelling u.s. participation in the 1980 Olympic games in moscow

which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over south korea

soviet union

during the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would

not invade Cuba

the Soviet blockade of west Berlin was intended to

halt the creation of a west German state

which led to increased fear that communists had infiltrated the u.s. government

the continued cold war in eastern and western europe

the marshall plan was designed to

restore the economic stability or european nations after world war ii

the u.s. government believed that if they lost south Vietnam to communism,

other Asian countries would also fall into communism

the United States and great Britain believed that the liberated nations of eastern Europe should

hold free elections to determine their futures

why were a group of Asian countries referred to as the Asian tigers

they were successful at creating industrial societies

u.s. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ___ became a communist nation in 1949

china

american student revolts in the 1960s were most often in response to

u.s. military action in southeast asia

at the end of world war ii, which country refused to end its colonial rule in vietnam

france

martin Luther king jr’s March on Washington d.c in 1963

created an awareness in Americans about civil rights as a national issue

which event led to improved relations between the United States and china

president Richard nixon’s state visit to china

the purpose of mao’s great leap forward program was to

allow more people to work in the industry

the United States and the Soviet union became rivals after world war ii because

communists and western capitalists distrusted each other

which of these Eastern European countries successfully avoided Soviet control

yugoslavia

u.s. promise to support countries fighting communism

truman doctrine

a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country

satellite state

a plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographical boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves

policy of containment

u.s. policy to rebuild war-torn europe

Marshall plan

a military alliance of the Soviet union and Eastern European states

Warsaw pact

father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb and dissident who was punished for defending human rights

Andrei Sakharov

u.s. president who called the Soviet union an evil empire

ronald reagan

nationalist government of China leader who fled to taiwan

chiang kai-shek

a characteristic of Japan's postwar governemtn

democratic

u.s. general who governed Japan after world war ii

douglas macarthur

u.s. president who cancelled u.s. participation in the 1980 summer Olympic games

jimmy carter

policy that the Soviet union had a right to intervene if communism were threatened in another communist nation

brezhnev doctrine

u.s. government programs that led to the rise of organized labor and the beginning of a welfare state

new deal

economic system based on the direct involvement of a government in the economy

state capitalism

president of south Korea who helped strengthen the economy through industrialization

park chung hee