Test 3 Spring

Question 1

1. How did WWII and its aftermath lead to Cold War

Answer 1

1. Atomic Bombs from US, later development by Soviets of Bomb
2. Trueman doctrine Announced - Greece Turkey 1947
3. Marshall Plan vs. Communism spread in Europe - Iron Curtain - distrust, opposition
4. Domino Effect - Dwight D Eisenhower
5. NATO
6. China Communist Revolution 1949
7. Warsaw Pact 1955
8. Red Scare - McCarthyism
9. Arms Race

Question 2

1. Identify and explain important - actions, responses, policies, and conflicts from 1945 - 1970

Answer 2

1. Korean War (1950-1953)
2. Vietnam War (1955-1975)
3. Space Race 1957 Sputnik
4. Civil Rights Movement
5. Cuban Missile Crisis
6. Rise of counter culture in America
   - Woodstock - 1969
   - Kent State Shootings 1970
   - March on Washington Viet Protest 1965
   - Civil Rights Movement
   - Women Rights - Feminine Mystique 1963
   - Environmentalism - Silent Spring 1962 pesticides
   and chem
7. Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 3

1. Controversies from 1945 to 1970

Answer 3

1. Bombings in Cambodia
2. Power given to president following Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964
3. US Public didn’t want to go to war, yet the gov did so by not calling war and slowly escalating in viet
4. It was found out the US didn’t know what victory would be
5. College Protest and Shootings for protest
6. Civillian Cassulties in Viet and Korea
7. Douglas McArthur was War hero and greatly respected and was fired after being insubordinate - wanted to invade up to China
8. Use of Napalm and Agent Orange, My Lai Masacre, Pentagon Papers
9. Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 4

1. Why did the Cold War Escalate

Answer 4

1. Ideological Differences
2. Trueman Doctrine and Marshall Plan vs USSR interest in Western Europe, Iron Curtain
   2.5 Conatinement and Domino Theory by Trueman and Eisenhower
3. US had Atomic Bombs, the USSR developed the same weapons - so Arms Race occurred because MAD
4. Cuba became communist - Bay of Pigs - Cuban Missile Crisis
5. Korea and Vietnam

Question 5

FActs

Answer 5

1. Cold War caused Highways
2. Truemans engagement in the Korean War from 1950 to 53 expanded presidential powers
3. 1964 Gultf of Tonkin - gulf of tonkin resolution,
4. Tet Offensive, agent ORange,

Question 6

Civil Rights

Answer 6

1. post war affluence didn’t reach black people