Question 1

What was true of the Diem regime in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)  It would win the Vietnam War. 
B)  It was the reason for the Tet Offensive. 
C)  It was supported by Chinese officials. 
D)  It was supported with military training and troops by the U.S. 
E)  It was overthrown by U.S. military officials with President Kennedy's approval. 
A)  It would win the Vietnam War. 
B)  It was the reason for the Tet Offensive. 
C)  It was supported by Chinese officials. 
D)  It was supported with military training and troops by the U.S. 
E)  It was overthrown by U.S. military officials with President Kennedy's approval.

Question 2

Communist China sent Chinese troops to assist Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong in the Second Indochina War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In East Germany ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of Communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification. 
A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of Communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification.

Question 4

The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as

Accepted Answer

A)  the Warsaw Pact. 
B)  NATO. 
C)  COMECON. 
D)  SEATO. 
E)  CENTO. 
A)  the Warsaw Pact. 
B)  NATO. 
C)  COMECON. 
D)  SEATO. 
E)  CENTO.

Question 5

Which country/countries do historians today believe started the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union 
B)  The U.S. 
C)  The Soviet Union, China, and the U.S. 
D)  The Soviet Union and China 
E)  The U.S. and the Soviet Union 
A)  The Soviet Union 
B)  The U.S. 
C)  The Soviet Union, China, and the U.S. 
D)  The Soviet Union and China 
E)  The U.S. and the Soviet Union

Question 6

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text

Accepted Answer

A)  remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization. 
B)  supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West. 
C)  states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspective and their irreconcilable political ambitions. 
D)  proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia. 
E)  blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy. 
A)  remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization. 
B)  supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West. 
C)  states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspective and their irreconcilable political ambitions. 
D)  proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia. 
E)  blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy.

Question 7

The 1975 agreement that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II, and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens, was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Stuttgart Memorandum. 
B)  Geneva Settlement. 
C)  Helsinki Accord. 
D)  Vienna Accord. 
E)  Tashkent Pact. 
A)  Stuttgart Memorandum. 
B)  Geneva Settlement. 
C)  Helsinki Accord. 
D)  Vienna Accord. 
E)  Tashkent Pact.

Question 8

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

Accepted Answer

A)  military occupation of Finland and Denmark. 
B)  direct participation in its aid benefits. 
C)  the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia. 
D)  the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E)  a new policy of international cooperation. 
A)  military occupation of Finland and Denmark. 
B)  direct participation in its aid benefits. 
C)  the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia. 
D)  the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E)  a new policy of international cooperation.

Question 10

"Star Wars" was John F. Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Korean War

Accepted Answer

A)  was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B)  began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C)  was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D)  involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E)  was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four month siege. 
A)  was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B)  began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C)  was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D)  involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E)  was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four month siege.

Question 12

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis. 
B)  was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power. 
C)  was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. 
D)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E)  caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones." 
A)  was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis. 
B)  was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power. 
C)  was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. 
D)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E)  caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones."

Question 13

Who took the first steps to opening the door with China and ending its long isolation from the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon Johnson 
B)  John F. Kennedy and John Foster Dulles 
C)  Dwight Eisenhower and Dean Rusk 
D)  Harry Truman and Dean Acheson 
E)  Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger 
A)  Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon Johnson 
B)  John F. Kennedy and John Foster Dulles 
C)  Dwight Eisenhower and Dean Rusk 
D)  Harry Truman and Dean Acheson 
E)  Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger

Question 14

In ______, the left wing revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Accepted Answer

A)  1945 
B)  1952 
C)  1959 
D)  1961 
E)  1968 
A)  1945 
B)  1952 
C)  1959 
D)  1961 
E)  1968

Question 15

Reforms implemented by Alexander Dubocek in ____ led to a period of great happiness known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary; Hungarian Revolution 
B)  East Germany; Nonalignment Movement 
C)  Poland; Warsaw Elation 
D)  Czechoslovakia; Prague Spring 
E)  Austria; Nationalist Summer 
A)  Hungary; Hungarian Revolution 
B)  East Germany; Nonalignment Movement 
C)  Poland; Warsaw Elation 
D)  Czechoslovakia; Prague Spring 
E)  Austria; Nationalist Summer

Question 16

Events causing Stalin to become uneasy about United States intentions between 1945 and 1950 included

Accepted Answer

A)  the provision of American economic and military aid to the Ukraine. 
B)  the stationing of United States ground forces in Finland and Iraq. 
C)  plans to merge the American, British and French occupation zones in Germany into a West German republic. 
D)  the ban on Soviet participation in the European Recovery Program. 
E)  the American threat to use atomic weapons the Middle East. 
A)  the provision of American economic and military aid to the Ukraine. 
B)  the stationing of United States ground forces in Finland and Iraq. 
C)  plans to merge the American, British and French occupation zones in Germany into a West German republic. 
D)  the ban on Soviet participation in the European Recovery Program. 
E)  the American threat to use atomic weapons the Middle East.

Question 17

What was the status of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China in the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It remained unchanged. 
B)  It was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C)  It was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D)  It was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E)  It improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia. 
A)  It remained unchanged. 
B)  It was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C)  It was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D)  It was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E)  It improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia.

Question 18

The early years of the administration of President Ronald Reagan witnessed a return to the harsh rhetoric of the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1975, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What was true of Tibet?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B)  It was "invaded," or "reoccupied" by China in 1950. 
C)  It was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D)  It was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E)  It staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953. 
A)  It had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B)  It was "invaded," or "reoccupied" by China in 1950. 
C)  It was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D)  It was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E)  It staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953.

Exam 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

What was true of the Diem regime in Vietnam?

Communist China sent Chinese troops to assist Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong in the Second Indochina War.

In East Germany ​

The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as

Which country/countries do historians today believe started the Cold War?

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text

The 1975 agreement that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II, and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens, was the

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

"Star Wars" was John F. Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

The Korean War

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Who took the first steps to opening the door with China and ending its long isolation from the West?

In ______, the left wing revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Reforms implemented by Alexander Dubocek in ____ led to a period of great happiness known as ____.

Events causing Stalin to become uneasy about United States intentions between 1945 and 1950 included

What was the status of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China in the 1950s and 1960s?

The early years of the administration of President Ronald Reagan witnessed a return to the harsh rhetoric of the Cold War.

In 1975, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

What was true of Tibet?

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