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World History, 1750 – Present
U.S. History Review Reading #2
Foreign Policy, World War II and the Cold War – 20 pts
Directions: Using the reading provided, answer the following questions.
1. What was America’s attitude when war threatened Europe in the 1930s? (1 pt)
2. How was Franklin Delano’s Roosevelt’s attitude different? Name and explain one way he get around laws preventing U.S. involvement in the
war. (2 pts)
3 . What event finally pushed the U.S. into World War II? (1 pt)
4. Name two advantages the U.S. had over the nations of Europe at the end of World War II (2 pts).
5. What, however, was the United States eventually forced to accept in the aftermath of World War II? (1 pt)
6. Fill in the following chart about the policy known as containment (4 pts):
What was the goal of the policy known as containment?
How did the Truman Doctrine fit with
the overall goals of the policy of
contatinment?
How did the Marshall Plan fit with the
overall goal of containment?
How did the Berlin Airlift help support
the overall goal of the policy of
containment?
7. The following are two wars related to the Cold War. Fill in the matrix about these wars. (Note: This is out of order from the reading; after reading
the section on the Korean War, read the section on the Vietnam War. (6 pts)
War
What was the Cause?
How Did the Goal Relate to the
Policy of Containment?
What was the long term result?
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
8. Explain what is meant by the doctrine of mass retaliation (also known as Mutually Assured Descstruction). (2 pts)
9. Fill in the following “sequence of events” chart about the Cuban Missile Crisis (3 pts):
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Began When…
The United States Responded
By…
The Outcome Was…