1. U.S. History Final

2. Red Kim Jung Un DuckAndCover 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 Who was the communist dictator of the U.S.S.R (Russia) during WWII?

4. Answer 1 – 10 Joseph Stalin

5. Question 1 - 20 How did the U.S. and Russia differ in their ideas of how they felt they should treat Germany after WWII?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Russia felt Germany must pay reparations and be weakened. The U.S. wanted to help rebuild Germany’s economy to avoid the same conditions that had led to WWI.

7. Question 1 - 30 United Nations troops in Korea were driven back across the 38 th parallel when this communist power got involved.

8. Answer 1 – 30 China

9. Question 1 - 40 Name one positive effect of the Korean war.

10. Answer 1 – 40 Communism did not take over all of the Korean Peninsula.

11. Question 1 - 50 The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Help Western Europe’s economy recover from WWII, hopefully making Communism less attractive to them.

13. Question 2 - 10 The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan shared what common goal?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Containing Communism

15. Question 2 - 20 The “Iron Curtain” is a symbol of?

16. Answer 2 – 20 The division between Communist Eastern Europe and Western European democracies during the Cold War.

17. Question 2 - 30 This photo represents?

18. Answer 2 – 30 Duck and Cover drills in America because of American fears of a nuclear attack

19. Question 2 - 40 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Communism

20. Answer 2 – 40 Soviet Union

21. Question 2 - 50 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Individual freedoms

22. Answer 2 – 50 United States

23. Question 3 - 10 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Command/government run economy

24. Answer 3 – 10 Soviet Union

25. Question 3 - 20 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Citizens have no control over government officials

26. Answer 3 – 20 Soviet Union

27. Question 3 - 30 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Democracy

28. Answer 3 – 30 United States

29. Question 3 - 40 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Government control of means of production (factories, resources, labor)

30. Answer 3 – 40 Soviet Union

31. Question 3 - 50 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Free elections

32. Answer 3 – 50 United States

33. Question 4 - 10 Match the country with its values. a.) United States b.) Soviet Union Free market/capitalism

34. Answer 4 – 10 United States

35. Question 4 - 20 Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television had what effect on Americans?

36. Answer 4 – 20 It helped create a credibility gap between the government and the American people because Americans could see that what the government was telling them wasn’t exactly true.

37. Question 4 - 30 What was the Domino Theory?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Felt that if Vietnam fell to communism, so would many other nations in Southeast Asia.

39. Question 4 - 40 Russian leader Mikhail Gorbechev’s policy of glasnost (openness) had what effect on Russian society at the end of the Cold War?

40. Answer 4 – 40 Soviet people could openly discuss politics.

41. Question 4 - 50 Russian leader Mikhail Gorbechev’s policy of perestroika (restructuring) had what effect on Russian society at the end of the Cold War?

42. Answer 4 – 50 It involved new economic planning including some capitalist reforms to try to stop the declining communist economy.

43. Question 5 - 10 What did the Pentagon Papers reveal?

44. Answer 5 – 10 The government had not been honest with the public about the Vietnam War. Officials had painted a better picture of the war then was actually true, and many officials publicly supported the war while privately opposing it.

45. Question 5 - 20 When the French left Vietnam, the United States stepped in to?

46. Answer 5 – 20 Protect the pro-Western government in South Vietnam.

47. Question 5 - 30 The Vietminh first formed in Vietnam (with U.S. support) to?

48. Answer 5 – 30 Push the Japanese out of Vietnam and gain independence.

49. Question 5 - 40 A main reason President Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear that, like had happened in Korea, it would?

50. Answer 5 – 40 Bring Chinese Communists into the war.

51. Question 5 - 50 What happened at My Lai that profoundly shocked Americans?

52. Answer 5 – 50 Vietnamese civilians were massacred and even raped by U.S. soldiers.