Question 1

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Accepted Answer

A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B) peasant enthusiasm to Mao's promises to give land to the peasants. 
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II. 
A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B) peasant enthusiasm to Mao's promises to give land to the peasants. 
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II.

Question 2

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

Accepted Answer

A) Five Point Program. 
B) Stillman Plan. 
C) Acheson Plan. 
D) European Community. 
E) Marshall Plan. 
A) Five Point Program. 
B) Stillman Plan. 
C) Acheson Plan. 
D) European Community. 
E) Marshall Plan.

Question 3

How did the relationship between China and the Soviet Union evolve after 1948? What disagreements brought about an end to the Sino-Soviet alliance in 1961? Which factors appear to have been most important? How did a renewed U.S.-Sino relationship shape history after the mid-1970s?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between China and the S

Question 4

The US hoped to avoid deeper involvement in China by ​

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A) ​allowing Stalin to act in an advisory capacity to Chiang kai-Shek. 
B) ​negotiating an arrangement between Chiang and Mao. 
C) ​maintaining a significant military presence in neutralized Japan to intimidate both sides of the Chinese Civil War. 
D) ​relying on NATO and the United Nations to arbitrate the situation. 
E) ​reluctantly endorsing Mao but not providing any support in hopes of appeasing Communist Russia. 
A) ​allowing Stalin to act in an advisory capacity to Chiang kai-Shek. 
B) ​negotiating an arrangement between Chiang and Mao. 
C) ​maintaining a significant military presence in neutralized Japan to intimidate both sides of the Chinese Civil War. 
D) ​relying on NATO and the United Nations to arbitrate the situation. 
E) ​reluctantly endorsing Mao but not providing any support in hopes of appeasing Communist Russia.

Question 5

How did the wars in Korea and Vietnam relate to the Cold War and affect its course? In what way was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The wars in Korea and Vietnam were both

Question 6

Was Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" an accurate reflection of the actual state of relations between East and West in 1946? Why or why not? Did Churchill's words contribute to the polarization of East and West?

Accepted Answer

Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" wa

Question 7

The term "Evil Empire" referred to the

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviet Union. 
B) Chinese government. 
C) United States in the rhetoric of Iran's revolutionary Islamic regime. 
D) Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. 
E) French government, as unofficially characterized by President Jimmy Carter. 
A) the Soviet Union. 
B) Chinese government. 
C) United States in the rhetoric of Iran's revolutionary Islamic regime. 
D) Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. 
E) French government, as unofficially characterized by President Jimmy Carter.

Question 8

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 9

As a demonstration of his willingness to participate in "peaceful coexistence," in 1955 Khrushchev called for Soviet withdrawal from ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​East Germany 
B) ​Hungary 
C) ​Austria. 
D) ​Manchuria. 
E) ​Yugoslavia. 
A) ​East Germany 
B) ​Hungary 
C) ​Austria. 
D) ​Manchuria. 
E) ​Yugoslavia.

Question 10

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

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 11

Identify the following terms.
-Nicarauga, the Sandinistas, and the Contras

Accepted Answer

Nicaragua is a country in Central Americ

Question 12

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 13

All except which of the following developments occurred at the Yalta Conference held in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A) The Allies agreed to a process of free elections in the liberated nations of Europe. 
B) Roosevelt reassured Stalin that the Soviet Union's legitimate territorial and security concerns would be met. 
C) The establishment of the United Nations was agreed to by the Allies. 
D) The leaders of the three Allied nations were deeply divided over the future of Japan. 
E) The three Allied leaders were seemingly in broad agreement about the immediate future. 
A) The Allies agreed to a process of free elections in the liberated nations of Europe. 
B) Roosevelt reassured Stalin that the Soviet Union's legitimate territorial and security concerns would be met. 
C) The establishment of the United Nations was agreed to by the Allies. 
D) The leaders of the three Allied nations were deeply divided over the future of Japan. 
E) The three Allied leaders were seemingly in broad agreement about the immediate future.

Question 14

Which events made Stalin uneasy about the United States' intentions between 1945 and 1950?

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 15

Identify the following terms.
-Afghanistan, the "Soviet Vietnam"

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan, often referred to as the "S

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-ABM Treaty/SALT I

Accepted Answer

The ABM Treaty (Anti-Ballistic Missile T

Question 17

The Third World refers to ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​participants in a pact coordinated by Nehru, Sukarno, and Tito. 
B) ​impoverished areas of the world unexposed to "civilization." 
C) ​nations that were unable to shake off colonial occupation post WW II. 
D) ​non-aligned countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 
E) ​any nation that was neither Communist nor Democratic. 
A) ​participants in a pact coordinated by Nehru, Sukarno, and Tito. 
B) ​impoverished areas of the world unexposed to "civilization." 
C) ​nations that were unable to shake off colonial occupation post WW II. 
D) ​non-aligned countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 
E) ​any nation that was neither Communist nor Democratic.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

Accepted Answer

The 1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

Question 20

Which of the following countries became Communist in February of 1948 under Klement Gottwald?

Accepted Answer

A) ​Romania 
B) ​Czechoslovakia 
C) ​Yugoslavia 
D) ​Hungary 
E) ​East Germany 
A) ​Romania 
B) ​Czechoslovakia 
C) ​Yugoslavia 
D) ​Hungary 
E) ​East Germany

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

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

How did the relationship between China and the Soviet Union evolve after 1948? What disagreements brought about an end to the Sino-Soviet alliance in 1961? Which factors appear to have been most important? How did a renewed U.S.-Sino relationship shape history after the mid-1970s?

The US hoped to avoid deeper involvement in China by ​

How did the wars in Korea and Vietnam relate to the Cold War and affect its course? In what way was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War?

Was Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" an accurate reflection of the actual state of relations between East and West in 1946? Why or why not? Did Churchill's words contribute to the polarization of East and West?

The term "Evil Empire" referred to the

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

As a demonstration of his willingness to participate in "peaceful coexistence," in 1955 Khrushchev called for Soviet withdrawal from ​

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

Identify the following terms. -Nicarauga, the Sandinistas, and the Contras

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

All except which of the following developments occurred at the Yalta Conference held in 1945?

Which events made Stalin uneasy about the United States' intentions between 1945 and 1950?

Identify the following terms. -Afghanistan, the "Soviet Vietnam"

Identify the following terms. -ABM Treaty/SALT I

The Third World refers to ​

Identify the following terms. -Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

Identify the following terms. -1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

Which of the following countries became Communist in February of 1948 under Klement Gottwald?

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