1. UNIT 11 REVIEW

2. WHAT DOES THE TERM COLD WAR REFER TO?

3. IDEOLOGY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION WHERE NO ACTUAL FIGHTING TOOK PLACE.

4. WHAT WAS THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE?

5. POLICY OF CONTAINMENT THAT SAID IF ANY COMMUNIST NATIONS THREATENED COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, THE U.S. WOULD INTERVENE.

6. WHAT WAS OUR GOAL WITH THE CONTAINMENT POLICY?

7. TO PREVENT COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING.

8. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HUAC?

9. ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING AND TRYING COMMUNIST.

10. WHO WAS JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND WHAT ROLE DID HE PLAY DURING THE COLD WAR?

11. HE WAS A SENATOR THAT LEAD THE INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNIST IN THE U.S.

12. WHAT WERE LEVITTTOWNS?

13. SUB-URBAN AREAS AFTER WWII THAT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

14. IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER WWII WHAT WOULD YOU BE CONSIDERED?

15. BABY BOOMER

16. WHAT IMPACT DID TELEVISION, COMPUTERS, AND CELL PHONES HAVE ON THE U.S. AFTER WWII?

17. IT ALLOWED INFORMATION TO SPREAD FASTER, CREATED MORE COMMUNICATION

18. WHAT WAS EISENHOWER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD COMMUNISM?

19. HE DID NOT WANT IT TO SPREAD TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

20. WHY DID THE CUBAN REVOLUTION CONCERN US PRESIDENTS?

21. CUBA IS ONLY 90 MILES AWAY MEANING COMMUNISM IS CLOSE TO CHINA.

22. WHY DID THE US GET INVOLVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR?

23. TO PREVENT COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING TO THE REST OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

24. HOW DID THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FEEL ABOUT THE WAR?

25. THEY HAD A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK ON THE U.S. BEING INVOLVED.

26. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE MARSHALL PLAN?

27. IT HELPED TO REBUILD EUROPE AND STIMULATE THE U.S. ECONOMY.

28. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DIVISION IN EUROPE BEING CALLED AN “IRON CURTAIN”?

29. IT EXPLAINED THE SOLID DIVIDE BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE.

30. WHAT WAS THE GI BILL?

31. IT GAVE SOLDIERS BENEFITS AFTER WWII.

32. WHAT IMPACT DID THE TET OFFENSIVE HAVE ON NORTH VIETNAM AND SOUTH VIETNAM?

33. IT WAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL VICTORY FOR THE NORTH AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFEAT FOR THE SOUTH.

34. WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY?

35. THEY PROTESTED AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND POVERTY. IT BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES.

36. WHAT HAPPENED AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY?

37. A STUDENT PROTEST TURNED VIOLENT LEAVING 4 STUDENTS DEAD, AND 9 INJURED.

38. WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE FALL OF SAIGON?

39. VIETNAM HAD FALLEN UNDER COMMUNIST CONTROL.

40. WHAT WAS THE “RED SCARE”?

41. THE FEAR OF COMMUNISM SPREADING IN THE U.S.

42. WHAT EFFECT DID THE LAUNCHING OF SPUTNIK HAVE ON THE UNITED STATES? WHAT LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN RESPONSE?

43. PEOPLE FEARED THE U.S. HAD FALLEN BEHIND IN TECHNOLOGY. THE GOVERNMENT PASSED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT CAUSING SCHOOLS TO FOCUS ON MATH AND SCIENCE.

44. WHAT DID TRUMAN, EISENHOWER, KENNEDY, AND JOHNSON ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

45. THEY ALL WANTED TO PREVENT COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING.

46. WHO WAS MAO TSE TUNG? WHAT IMPACT DID HE HAVE DURING THE COLD WAR?

47. HE WAS THE COMMUNIST LEADER IN CHINA. THIS GAVE THE SOVIET UNION A MAJOR ALLY IN THE COLD WAR.

48. WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPACE RACE AND ARMS RACE?

49. THIS SHOWED THE IMPACT OF THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION, AND CREATED MANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

50. WHAT WERE THE PENTAGON PAPERS?

51. THIS EXPOSED UNAPPROVED PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

52. WHAT WAS OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER?

53. A SERIES OF BOMBINGS BY LYNDON B. JOHNSON TO TRY AND DESTROY THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL.

54. WHAT IMPACT DID THE MY LAI MASSACRE HAVE ON THE UNITED STATES?

55. IT CREATED A NEGATIVE OPINION OF SOLDIERS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

56. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BAY OF PIGS INCIDENT?

57. KENNEDY USED CUBAN EXILES IN A SECRET ATTACK TO OVERTHROW THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. THE MISSION WAS A FAILURE AND RESULTED IN ALL THE EXILES BEING CAPTURED OR KILLED.

58. WHAT INCIDENT CAUSED THE SOVIET UNION TO BE AWARE OF U.S. SPYING DURING THE COLD WAR?

59. U-2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT

60. WHAT IMPACT DID THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS HAVE ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION?

61. IT ALMOST BROUGHT BOTH COUNTRIES TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WARFARE.