US History Module 6

How did the Soviets respond when France, Britain, and the United States combined their German zones of occupation into one nation?

What event established the principle that individuals are accountable for their actions even during time of war?

What action was the main cause for Nazis to be charged and tried for at Nuremberg?

The map below shows Germany divided into four quadrants: An outline of Germany is divided into four sections with four different colors. Each section is designated with a letter. Section A is the Northwest, B is the Northeast, C is the Southwest, and D is the Southeast. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license Which sections shown in the map above merged together in 1948 to support democracy in Germany?

What made the Marshall Plan necessary to U.S. leaders?

What was the greatest cause of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?

The quote below was written in the 1950s: [A]n iron curtain has descended across the Continent ... [F]amous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. Source: History Guide With whom is this quote associated?

How did NATO represent a historic change in American foreign policy?

With what is Mary McLeod Bethune associated?

What resulted from Britain's inability to provide financial support for Greece and Turkey?

The quote below was written by U.S. leader George Kennan: Now it lies in the nature of the mental world of the Soviet leaders, as well as in the character of their ideology, that no opposition to them can be officially recognized as having any merit or justification whatsoever. Such opposition can flow, in theory, only from the hostile and incorrigible forces of dying capitalism. Source: History Guide What does this quote justify?

The political cartoon below was created in the mid-1900s: A political cartoon shows a figure on the right holding a hose and spraying a large jet of red liquid that is labeled Red Smear. The liquid is falling on a large cluster of people on the left. © The Granger Collection/Universal Images Group/Image Quest 2012 What did the Red Smear in the cartoon symbolize?

False accusations against which organization led to the demise of Senator Joseph McCarthy?

What was the result of President Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program?

The political cartoon below was created in the mid-1900s: A political cartoon shows a smiling elephant running down an alley toward an overturned garbage can. The trash is spilled on the ground. The garbage can is labeled McCarthyism. © The Granger Collection/Universal Images Group/Image Quest 2012 What statement summarizes the idea in this cartoon?

The Rosenbergs were charged with the crime of espionage. What is espionage?

What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for?

Who was the chief organizer of the spy ring that passed secrets to the Soviets through Klaus Fuchs?

What has been the longest-lasting aspect of the tensions that arose between the U.S. and Cuba in the 1960s?

President Kennedy created this volunteer organization to bring education and technology to undeveloped countries?

Which event led to the establishment of NASA?

Which statement explains why Cape Canaveral was chosen as a launch site for rockets?

Which of the following is an action Castro took to decrease foreign influence on Cuba?

Which of these statements explains why Sputnik disturbed Americans?

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

How did the Tet Offensive mostly affect the course of the Vietnam War?

What was a result of the Geneva Accords?

Which event most directly contributed to the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

What was weakened by the outcome of the Vietnam War?

How did the media shape public perception of the Vietnam War?

What role did U.S. security forces play in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration?

What was the policy of Vietnamization?

(HC) Map of Cuban Missile Crisis 1961-1962. Shows U.S naval blockade going completely around the island and Soviet missile bases concentrated in on the Northwestern coast. Map shows that missiles launched from Cuba can go as far north as Chicago and as far west as Los Angeles. � 2012 The Exploration Company According to this map, how did the United States answer the Soviet threat of missiles in Cuba?

(MC) World map. Countries that received American intervention since 1945 are highlighted and include, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Chile, Germany, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Angola, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Indonesia. � 2012 The Exploration Company The majority of American intervention in foreign affairs occurred during which event?

(LC) Military map of Cuba in 1963, showing Soviet camps, ports of entry and missile sites mainly located on the northwestern coast. Regions of Cuba from west to east are labeled Pinar Del Rio, Havana, Matanzas, Las Villas, Camaguey, Oriente. � 2012 Bridgeman Art Library/Image Quest According to this map, which of the following regions contained the most Russian missile sites?

(LC) Map of the U.S showing changes in population from 1950 to 1970. A more than 50% gain occurred in MD, DE, FL, CO, AZ, UT, NV, CA, AL, HI. A 31 to 50% gain occurred in NH, NJ, VA, GA, OH, MI, ID, LA, TX, NM, WA, OR. A 21 to 30% gain occurred in MA, RI, NY, CT, NC, SC, IL, WI, MN. A 6 to 20% gain occurred in ME, VT, PA, TN, KY, AL, MO, IW, NB, KA, OK, WY, MT. A 5% decrease occurred in WV, MS, AK, ND, SD. � 2012 The Exploration Company According to this map, what region of the United States experienced the greatest growth in population during the 1950s and 1960s?

(MC)Which statement explains how U.S. involvement in Vietnam began?

(MC)The statement below was made by President Truman in the late 1940s: "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [conquest] by armed minorities or by outside pressures." This statement was made in respond to which of the following?

(MC)The Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal contributed to which of these trends?

(MC)Which statement describes one of the political consequences of the Watergate scandal?

(MC)Which statement summarizes one result of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?

(MC)The graph below shows the escalation of the U.S. military presence in Vietnam: Graph showing the number of American troops in Vietnam from 1960 to 1969. The graph shows the following data. 1960, 900 troops, 1961, 3,205 troops, 1962, 11,300 troops, 1963, 16,300 troops, 1964, 23,300 troops, 1965,184,300 troops, 1966, 385,300 troops, 1967, 485,600 troops, 1968, 536,100 troops, and 1969, 475,200 troops. © 2012 FLVS Which statement explains this rise in the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam during the 1960s?

(MC)The quote below is from a Declaration of Conscience written by Senator Margaret Chase Smith in the 1950s: "Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism . . . are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought. . . . Freedom of speech . . . has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others." In this quote, Smith is condemning which of the following?

(MC)The diagram below shows actions taken by supporters of Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare: Web diagram with a central oval and four surrounding ovals. The central oval reads, Second Red Scare. The surrounding ovals read, spread fears of widespread communist infiltration of American society, pressured people to accuse others of supporting communism, investigated citizens who had expressed socialist views, and question mark. © 2012 FLVS Which phrase completes the diagram?

(LC)Protests against the Vietnam War began during which president's term of office?

(LC)The Korean War led to conflict over strategies between which two men?

(LC)Why did the Allies hold trials in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II?

(MC)What resulted from the Soviet Union's development of atomic weapons?

(HC)Which of these was a similar feature of the periods that followed the two world wars?

(LC)Which of these grew rapidly during the two decades following the end of World War II?

(LC)Which president won election partly by promising to bring an end to the Korean War?

(MC)Which of these contributed to a rise in home-ownership in the United States after World War II?

(HC)This photo shows American military planes at a Berlin airport in 1948: A black and white photo taken from a high vantage point shows a line of six airplanes parked in a line from a top view. The planes have two propeller engines with a United States star and stripes air insignia. Trailer trucks are backing up to the rear doors of the planes, which are open. Large rectangular containers fill the trailers Public Domain Which statement explains the controversy surrounding the purpose of the planes?

(MC)The Berlin blockade is representative of which of these events?

(LC)How does a hydrogen bomb differ from an atomic bomb?

(MC)Which of these developments occurred during the 1950s and 1960s as the American middle-class achieved greater levels of prosperity?

(MC)Which resulted from the growth of the middle-class in the United States during the 1950s?

(MC)Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Korean War?

(MC)Which statement explains why the United States got involved in the Korean War?

(MC)Which statement describes a similarity between the League of Nations and the United Nations?

(MC)Which statement describes a key difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations?