08.03 Proxy Wars

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The American invasion plot was a total failure.
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Why was the Bay of Pigs an embarrassment for the United States?
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The rise of democracies in most of Latin America
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Which of the following was not an effect of proxy wars?
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Because many Americans died in these wars
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Why are the wars in Vietnam and Korea better remembered in the United States than other proxy wars?
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Popular opinion turned against South African apartheid.
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Why did the United States eventually stop supporting South Africa?
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Communists rule North Korean—China and the Soviet Union back North Korea
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Which cause and effect relationship is correctly matched?
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Most of the fighting in the Vietnam War took place in South Vietnam.
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Use the table below to answer the following question: United States Military Deaths by Country of Casualty What can be inferred from this chart?
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It was not a conventional war, and its costs are measured by the individual proxy wars.
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Use the graph below showing the cost of wars in the 20th century to answer the following question: Which is the best explanation for why the Cold War is not included in this chart?
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The Korean War
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Use the following graph and what you know about American military involvement to answer the question below: What accounts for the spikes in American defense spending in the 1950s?