Cold War Review part 1

The crisis highlighted in this newspaper headline was the

• Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba
• election of Fidel Castro as Cuban president
• Cuban opposition to Soviet missiles in Cuba
• placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union

When did the US policy of containment begin?

• In the 1940s to halt the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
• In the 1950s when Americans starting building bomb shelters
• in the 1960s during the Cuban Missile Crisis
• In the 1970s when the US and Soviet Union began disarmament discussions

Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• To end the war in the Pacific Theater quickly and stop more loss of life.
• To bring the Japanese Empire to its knees and ensure total victory.
• To ensure the USSR did not defeat the Japanese Empire first.
• To show the world that the US was now a Superpower.

Who is responsible for ushering in the nuclear age?

• The Japanese and bombing of Pearl Harbor.
• The USSR and the launching of Chernobyl.
• The US and the Manhattan Project.
• The Germans and the Blitzkrieg.

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E

In the four-year period following World War II, the United States was the only country in possession of atomic bombs and this contributed to its status as a superpower. The threat of using this weapon in the 1940s and 1950s was seen by most Congressional leaders as well as President Truman and President Eisenhower as a:

• technological mistake that had no use in foreign policy.
• dangerous weapon that should be destroyed.
• weapon that could be used widely across the world when needed to win war.
• tool to discourage the ambitions and goals of the Soviet Union.

World War II ended shortly after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Four years later, the Soviet Union responded by successfully detonating an atomic bomb. How did the United States react?

• The United States suspended diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
• The United States increased its efforts to construct nuclear weapons.
• The United States drafted all young men into the military service.
• The United States mobilized all of its armed forces.

Following World War II, the United States and the USSR were hesitant to become involved in direct military contact mainly because of

• mutual dependence on Middle Eastern petroleum.
• the potential for global nuclear destruction.
• pressure from Japan and Germany.
• the threat of China to both nations.

A race between the US and the USSR (Soviet Union) to build up nuclear weapons.

• Cold War
• Space Race
• Democracy
• Arms Race

Answer the following OST question:

• the treat of mass destruction
• the end of WWII
• the superpower status of each nation
• a reduced need for military inteligence