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

Why did the Grand Alliance, and the Yalta System it spawned, come apart so quickly after the Japanese surrender? Could it have succeeded, or at least lasted longer, if Roosevelt had lived? Why or why not?

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1975 Helsinki Accords

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Berlin Wall

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). détente

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Yalta Conference

The Sino-Soviet dispute

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

Who referred to the Soviet Union as  the "Evil Empire"?

The "Vietnam syndrome" refers to the American public's fear of becoming involved in another Vietnam-type war.

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). containment

Wladyslaw Gomulka was successful in curbing Russian dominance and instituting domestic reforms during the 1950s in which East European country?

The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of

What role did Germany in general and Berlin in particular play in the evolution of the Cold War? Include in the discussion historical, ideological, and geographical factors.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). ABM Treaty/SALT I

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). peaceful coexistence

The leader who sought to prevent Soviet economic collapse and helped bring about the end of the Cold War was