What is one way in which Stalin broke a promise that was made at the Yalta Conference?

He wouldn't allow Eastern European countries to have free elections.

He wouldn’t allow Germany to rebuild its urban areas.

He wouldn’t allow Germany to be divided into zones of occupation.

He wouldn't allow Eastern European countries to house Allied forces.

What allowed the UN to intervene when North Korea invaded South Korea?

The Soviet Union was purposely absent when the vote was taken.

The Chinese had entered the war to support North Korea.

The North Koreans had moved all the way to the 38th parallel.

The countries had decided to place Douglas MacArthur in charge.

The Great Leap Forward was a program designed to

increase farm and industrial output in China.

spread Chinese communism throughout Asia.

purge China of bourgeois tendencies.

protect North Korea from South Korea.

Containment was the strategy America used to

limit communism to the areas already under Soviet control.

offer financial incentives to communist countries to adopt democracy.

impose sanctions on communist countries until they adopted democracy.

ensure that communism did not gain a foothold in the United States.

Why did the Vietnames fight the French in Indochina?

The Viet Minh wanted independence.

Ho Chi Minh's forces were backed by China.

Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.

The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.

Which of the following was characeristic of "carpet bombing" during the Vietnam War?

Beaches and ports were avoided.

Guerilla warfare was a key component.

Bases and supply routes were off-limits.

The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of WWII because

officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe.

the Soviets had installed missiles in many of those countries.

officials believed Germany should control the area.

U.S. officials had wanted to control the natural resources located there.

Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to

force the West to leave Berlin.

put down a dangerous uprising in East Berlin.

keep Nazis from escaping the city.

The Cultural Revolution in China led to

the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

a flowering of art, architecture, and literature.

What strategy did Pol Pot use to take control in Cambodia?

He worked with international peacekeepers.

What caused the Chinese to send 300,000 troops to North Korea?

The UN troops pushed North Koreans to the Yalu River.

The UN regained control of South Korea.

The UN voted to support South Korea in the conflict with North Korea.

The UN decided to place the troops under the command of Douglas MacArthur.

The 1954 peace talks that resulted in dividing Vietnam into northern and southern halves reflected

lessons learned from World War II.

hopes for a permanent division of Vietnam.

the impact of events in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Why did Eisenhower order an embargo against Cuba?

Castro took over all of the U.S. owned sugar mills.

Castro shut down the Bay of Pigs.

Castro set up a naval blockade of Cuba.

Castro allowed the Soviets to build missile sites.

The Cold War ended when

Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed by a military coup.

Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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WHII - Topic 19: Cold War Conflicts

Which is a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II?

Which is a U.S. policy of giving eonomic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents?

Which is the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following WWII?

Which was a uprising in China led by Red Guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants & workers were equal?

Which is the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control?

Which is the boundary seperating the Communists nations of Eastern Europe from the democratic nations of West Europe?

Which is a group of Communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War?

Which is a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression?

Which is a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada?

Which is an international peacekeeping organization formed in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world?

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