M2L4 PRACTICE QUIZ

Read the excerpt from U.S. President Harry Truman's announcement of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (1945). 

Truman announced that the releasing of atomic energy was 

• The real secret to defeat of the Soviet Union.

• Something that we didn't fully understand.

• The greatest weapon the United States could hope to possess.

• A new era in man's understanding of nature's forces.

Truman called the success of completing the atomic bomb as a victory in the battle of the

• Democracies

• Resources

• 20th Century

• Laboratories

Which current global problem was initiated with the development of atomic weapons?

• Threats to world peace from unrestricted nuclear proliferation.

• Increased health risks for humans and animals from industrial pollution.

• Changes in world weather patterns and species habitats due to melting polar ice caps.

• Elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the deforestation of the rainforests.

President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the 

• Axis powers deserved total destruction.

• Early ending of the war would save many lives.

• American public demanded that the bombs be used.

• World was ready for a demonstration of nuclear power.

The United States government published these World War I posters to encourage Americans to

• Reduce the use of consumer goods.

• Conserve scarce resources for the military.

• Invest in the war effort.

• Increase military enlistments.

Which situation was the immediate cause of the United States entry into World War I in 1917?

• German submarines sank United States merchant ships.

• The Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor.

• Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy.

• The League of Nations requested help.

The United States became the "arsenal of democracy" in the early 1940s because the United States

• Possessed the economic resources to produce massive amounts of war material.

• Relied on the nation's tradition of militarism.

• Introduced a series of strict draft laws.

• Had established strong alliances with other countries during the 1920s and the early 1930s.

During the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of 

• Pressure from nonaligned nations.

• The potential for global nuclear destruction.

• Increased tensions in the Middle East.

• The peacekeeping role of the United Nations.

Read the excerpt from the reference article about the arms race.

Today, nations like North Korea, Iran, and India

• Have access to nuclear power but are not capable of producing nuclear weapons.

• Have proposed their own nuclear de-escalation treaties with the United States and Russia.

• Cause Americans new concern over their nuclear capabilities and military intentions.

• Have all detonated nuclear weapons in order to demonstrate their military capability.

Read the excerpt from the reference article on the arms race. 

The purpose of the SALT was to

• Investigate the level to which the Soviet Union was willing to match America in its arms production.

• Limit the placement and use of nuclear weapons by the United States and the Soviet Union.

• Create a series of acceptable nuclear use scenarios in time of war.

• Formalize the principle of mutually assured destruction by increasing NATO placement of nuclear weapons.