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Cold War
1. Which was a common factor in the United States
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that caused the Red Scare following World War I
and McCarthyism following World War II?
A. racial tension in major cities
B. signs of economic downturn
C. fear of communist expansion
D. the counterculture movement
2. Following World War II, France attempted to reestablish control over its colony, Indochina,
which included Vietnam. Leaders of the
Vietminh, a communist-supported independence
movement in Vietnam, fought against France’s
efforts to retake the colony. The United States
viewed this conflict as part of the Cold War and
aided France.
This U.S. action was based on which policy?
A. a policy of opposing colonialism
B. a policy of helping Japan rebuild its economy
C. a policy of containing the spread of
communism
D. a policy of participating in United Nations’
peacekeeping efforts
3. The Cold War between the United States and the
Soviet Union was partly the result of the
expansion of the Soviet Union in Central and
Eastern Europe as World War II ended.
Describe one U.S. concern about the Soviet
Union’s domination of Central and Eastern
Europe after 1945.
Cite a relevant action taken by the United
States in response to the identified concern.
Write your answer in the Answer Document. (4
points)
4. After World War II, Germany was divided into
two nations, East Germany and West Germany.
Though they remained politically divided for over
forty years, the people of these two nations shared
a common cultural heritage. Which action was
influenced by this cultural heritage?
A. West Germany joined NATO in 1955.
B. East Germany joined the Warsaw Pact in
1955.
C. The people of East Germany supported
reunification with West Germany.
D. The people of West Germany supported
withdrawing from the United Nations.
Which factor helped lead to the Cold War
between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A. differing intentions between the two nations
for the political and economic rebuilding of
Eastern Europe after World War II
B. the lack of U.S. aid to the Soviet Union under
the Lend-Lease Program during World War II
C. both nations being members of the United
Nations Security Council after World War II
D. uneven prosperity between the two nations
after the Great Depression
6. The use of atomic weapons at the end of World
War II fostered fears about their potential use
during the Cold War years.
These fears were critical in determining the U.S.
response to
A. the Marshall Plan.
B. the Berlin Blockade.
C. the Cuban Missile Crisis.
D. the independence movement in India.
7. Which factor contributed to increased migration
of people among regions of the United States in
the second half of the 20th century?
A. new restrictions on immigration from Asia
B. increases in the number of small family farms
C. the construction of the Interstate Highway
system
D. increased immigration from Northern and
Western Europe
8. In 1959, rebel forces led by Fidel Castro
overthrew the government of Cuba. Castro’s
communist dictatorship seized privately owned
farms and factories. People who spoke out against
the government were imprisoned. From the 1960s
through the 1980s, many people fled from Cuba
to the United States.
Based on these conditions, the reasons for this
migration were
A. health concerns.
B. economic concerns.
C. environmental concerns.
D. racial concerns.
9. During the years between 1945 and 1950, the
period directly following World War II, the
Soviet Union expanded its influence in Central
and Eastern Europe.
• Describe two concerns the United States had
about this expansion.
• For each concern, identify a related action
taken by the United States to counter Soviet
activities in Europe during this time period.
Write your answer in the Answer Document. (4
points)
10. In the years following World War II, the
countries of communist Eastern Europe were
often referred to as being “behind the iron
curtain.”
These countries were perceived as a single region
based on
A. a common cultural heritage.
B. unique physical features.
C. economic and political characteristics.
D. widespread immigration from other regions.
11. Beginning in the late 19th century, many Jewish
people immigrated to Palestine in the hope of
eventually establishing a Jewish state. In 1948,
Israel became an independent country. In the
following years, Arab and Israeli armies fought
several wars.
A major reason for this conflict was that Arab
countries
A. feared Israeli urbanization would ruin their
agriculture.
B. believed Israel was created on lands
belonging to Palestinians.
C. believed Israel supported the Soviet Union in
the Cold War.
D. were angered by the refusal of Israel to enter
into trade agreements.
12.
Following World War I, Great Britain was given
a mandate (order) by the League of Nations to
govern Palestine. Jewish immigration to Palestine
greatly increased during the 1930s and 1940s.
Violence erupted between Palestinian Arabs and
Jewish people. Unable to resolve the conflict,
Britain turned the problem over to the United
Nations. The maps on the previous page show
changes to this region as a result of the U.N.
Partition Plan of 1947.
According to the maps, how did the U.N.
Partition Plan propose to prevent further violence
between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish people?
A. The physical features of the region were used
to separate the Jewish people from the
Palestinian Arabs.
B. An economic union was created that made the
Jewish people and thePalestinian Arabs
dependent on each other.
C. Two political regions were created in order to
divide the control of Palestine between the
Jewish people and the Palestinian Arabs.
D. Palestine was placed under the jurisdiction of
the United Nations, and its boundaries were
redrawn to include Jewish people and
Palestinian Arabs.
13. Following World War II, the Soviet Union
dominated the countries of Eastern Europe. Forty
years later, the Soviet bloc disintegrated, and the
Soviet Union broke apart as well.
These later events led to
A. struggles for political control in countries
formerly under the control of the Soviet
Union.
B. the Chinese Communist Revolution.
C. renewed conflict between Israel and its
neighbors.
D. the dismantling of the NATO alliance.
14. At the end of World War II, Soviet armies
liberated the countries of Eastern Europe from
Nazi Germany. The occupation of these countries
by the Soviet Union contributed to the
development of the Cold War by
A. contributing to conflict in the Middle East.
B. bringing about the reunification of Germany.
C. strengthening the authority of the United
Nations.
D. dividing Europe into communist and noncommunist spheres.