Question 1

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

Accepted Answer

A)  President Johnson decided to escalate the fighting in nearby Laos. 
B)  North and South Vietnam settled their differences peacefully. 
C)  America took control of all of Vietnam. 
D)  North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finally attacked and defeated the south two years later. 
E)  the United States elected Richard Nixon as its new president. 
A)  President Johnson decided to escalate the fighting in nearby Laos. 
B)  North and South Vietnam settled their differences peacefully. 
C)  America took control of all of Vietnam. 
D)  North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finally attacked and defeated the south two years later. 
E)  the United States elected Richard Nixon as its new president. D

Question 2

The Brezhnev Doctrine

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A)  promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B)  demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C)  threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D)  was a warning to other Communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E)  promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
A)  promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B)  demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C)  threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D)  was a warning to other Communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E)  promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. D

Question 3

China's long isolation from the West began to end with the opening to America that was accomplished by

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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. E

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-the Viet Cong

Accepted Answer

The Viet Cong, also known as the Nationa

Question 5

Ho Chi Minh

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A)  was Mao Zedong's only major rival for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. 
B)  had concluded an agreement for Vietnamese independence in 1946 with the French, but then became engaged in a civil war against militant Buddhists. 
C)  led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D)  sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E)  became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam. 
A)  was Mao Zedong's only major rival for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. 
B)  had concluded an agreement for Vietnamese independence in 1946 with the French, but then became engaged in a civil war against militant Buddhists. 
C)  led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D)  sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E)  became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam.

Question 6

The crossing of which latitudinal parallel boundary and which boundary river were central to the outbreak and prolongation of the Korean War?

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A)  the 45th parallel and the Mekong River 
B)  the 38th parallel and the Yalu River 
C)  the 32nd parallel and the Amur River 
D)  the 35th parallel and the Huan Ho River 
E)  the 29th parallel and the Chin Di River 
A)  the 45th parallel and the Mekong River 
B)  the 38th parallel and the Yalu River 
C)  the 32nd parallel and the Amur River 
D)  the 35th parallel and the Huan Ho River 
E)  the 29th parallel and the Chin Di River

Question 7

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Did the fear of nuclear annihilation and the incredible cost of the United States' military buildup of the 1980s help to make the Cold War too ghastly to contemplate and,simultaneously,too expensive for either side to continue? Give evidence in support of your answer.

Accepted Answer

Yes, the fear of nuclear annihilation an

Question 9

After the defeat of the People's Liberation Army in 1948,Mao Zedong retreated to the north,where he established a new capital in Manchuria.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As a result of the American opening to China,

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A)  joint pressure was applied to ease Indian troops out of Sri Lanka. 
B)  the two sides agreed to set aside their differences over Taiwan. 
C)  the Chinese and Americans officially broke relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  the United States rejected the concept of the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland. 
E)  cooperation between America and China, for the purpose of curtailing Soviet Asian encroachment, disappeared. 
A)  joint pressure was applied to ease Indian troops out of Sri Lanka. 
B)  the two sides agreed to set aside their differences over Taiwan. 
C)  the Chinese and Americans officially broke relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  the United States rejected the concept of the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland. 
E)  cooperation between America and China, for the purpose of curtailing Soviet Asian encroachment, disappeared.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Marshall mission to China

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Mission to China refers to

Question 12

In spite of President Eisenhower's promise in the 1950s to "roll back" communism,in reality United States officials realized that any intervention in Eastern Europe could lead to nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

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A)  was unable to get formal United Nations support for South Korea when invaded in June 1950. 
B)  reluctantly supported the modified and limited return of 30,000 Japanese troops to the Korean peninsula to help rebuff North Korean forces. 
C)  became more determined to block Western contact with the Chinese government. 
D)  provided support for the invasion of the Chinese mainland by Nationalist forces from Taiwan. 
E)  saw the creation of an alliance with Soviet Russia to restrain Mao Zedong's ambitions. 
A)  was unable to get formal United Nations support for South Korea when invaded in June 1950. 
B)  reluctantly supported the modified and limited return of 30,000 Japanese troops to the Korean peninsula to help rebuff North Korean forces. 
C)  became more determined to block Western contact with the Chinese government. 
D)  provided support for the invasion of the Chinese mainland by Nationalist forces from Taiwan. 
E)  saw the creation of an alliance with Soviet Russia to restrain Mao Zedong's ambitions.

Question 14

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

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A)  he wanted to stop the South Vietnamese policy of giving free land to the peasants. 
B)  he believed that the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would have taken over all of Vietnam if he hadn't. 
C)  he wanted to conquer all of Vietnam. 
D)  he planned to establish Vietnam as a staging point for an American military onslaught into China. 
E)  he viewed all of Vietnam as the perfect target for a final Cold War nuclear confrontation. 
A)  he wanted to stop the South Vietnamese policy of giving free land to the peasants. 
B)  he believed that the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would have taken over all of Vietnam if he hadn't. 
C)  he wanted to conquer all of Vietnam. 
D)  he planned to establish Vietnam as a staging point for an American military onslaught into China. 
E)  he viewed all of Vietnam as the perfect target for a final Cold War nuclear confrontation.

Question 15

Josip Tito

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A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or Communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs. 
A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or Communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs.

Question 16

The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to

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A)  maintaining world caloric intake, per adult, at an average of 1700 calories per day. 
B)  maintaining a rough military parity on the part of the superpowers to avoid a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. 
C)  establishing tonnage targets to reduce the size of the United States and Soviet navies. 
D)  equivalent national representation in the United Nations. 
E)  the American policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Communist China. 
A)  maintaining world caloric intake, per adult, at an average of 1700 calories per day. 
B)  maintaining a rough military parity on the part of the superpowers to avoid a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. 
C)  establishing tonnage targets to reduce the size of the United States and Soviet navies. 
D)  equivalent national representation in the United Nations. 
E)  the American policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Communist China.

Question 17

The first threat of a U.S.-Soviet confrontation took place in

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A)  Estonia 
B)  Cuba 
C)  Yugoslavia 
D)  Czechoslovakia 
E)  Iran 
A)  Estonia 
B)  Cuba 
C)  Yugoslavia 
D)  Czechoslovakia 
E)  Iran

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance

Question 19

The views of the United States government during the Korean War

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A)  remained contradictory, as the president wanted to attack China directly while General MacArthur urged extreme caution in order not inadvertently to start a nuclear war. 
B)  caused it to send over 1,500,000 troops to Korea, refusing to use Japanese troops. 
C)  changed dramatically, as it entered the war in a "police" role but, by 1952, was preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons. 
D)  came to the widely accepted conclusion that the United Nations did not have a legitimate role. 
E)  caused it to decide to isolate China from contact with other powers, forcing China to rely on the Soviet Union for support after 1950. 
A)  remained contradictory, as the president wanted to attack China directly while General MacArthur urged extreme caution in order not inadvertently to start a nuclear war. 
B)  caused it to send over 1,500,000 troops to Korea, refusing to use Japanese troops. 
C)  changed dramatically, as it entered the war in a "police" role but, by 1952, was preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons. 
D)  came to the widely accepted conclusion that the United Nations did not have a legitimate role. 
E)  caused it to decide to isolate China from contact with other powers, forcing China to rely on the Soviet Union for support after 1950.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Nikita Khrushchev and "peaceful coexistence"

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev was a prominent Soviet

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

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

The Brezhnev Doctrine

China's long isolation from the West began to end with the opening to America that was accomplished by

Identify the following terms. -the Viet Cong

Ho Chi Minh

The crossing of which latitudinal parallel boundary and which boundary river were central to the outbreak and prolongation of the Korean War?

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

Did the fear of nuclear annihilation and the incredible cost of the United States' military buildup of the 1980s help to make the Cold War too ghastly to contemplate and,simultaneously,too expensive for either side to continue? Give evidence in support of your answer.

After the defeat of the People's Liberation Army in 1948,Mao Zedong retreated to the north,where he established a new capital in Manchuria.

As a result of the American opening to China,

Identify the following terms. -Marshall mission to China

In spite of President Eisenhower's promise in the 1950s to "roll back" communism,in reality United States officials realized that any intervention in Eastern Europe could lead to nuclear war.

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

Josip Tito

The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to

The first threat of a U.S.-Soviet confrontation took place in

Identify the following terms. -Warsaw Pact

The views of the United States government during the Korean War

Identify the following terms. -Nikita Khrushchev and "peaceful coexistence"

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