Cold War Test Study Guide!

Test Date: Monday May 13th
HELP CLASSES will be given!

Vocabulary: About 10-12

· Containment
· Détente
· McCarthyism
· Cold War
· Iron Curtain
· Marshall Plan
· Truman Doctrine
· Berlin Airlift
· Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
· NATO
· Bay of Pigs
· Cuban Missile Crisis
· H.U.A.C.

Multiple Choice: About 20

How were the Red Scare after WWI, and McCarthyism SIMILAR to each other?
What the TRUMAN DOCTRINE, MARSHALL PLAN, and EISENHOWER DOCTRINE all had in common
WHY did the Cold War take place?
What was the constitutional issue with the Vietnam War and Korean War (hint: was war ever declared?)
How did America’s foreign policy change after WWII (hint: what is NATO?)
How did the US try to stop the spread of communism in Europe?
Why did President Truman dismiss General MacArthur during the Korean War?
What was the purpose of the WAR POWERS ACT?
What has been the aim of America’s foreign policy THROUGHOUT its history?
What was a RESULT of the GULF OF TONKIN resolution?
What caused the Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, and building of Berlin Wall?
What was a major result of the Korean War?
How are the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf Wars all similar (no declaration of war).
What was the main reason for the Marshall plan?
Why did the US become involved in Vietnam?
Reason for HUAC investigations
GOAL of the policy of Containment
Why did the relationship between USSR and US become strained after WWII

Thematic Essay: Cold War (from the August 2005 Regents Exam)

Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in
a conflict that became known as the Cold War. The Cold War created problems
that the United States addressed with specific actions. These actions had varying
degrees of success.

Task:

Identify two problems faced by the United States during the Cold War and for
Each

• Explain how the problem led to conflict between the United States and the
Soviet Union (Give the reasons why this problem led to conflict)

• Describe one action taken by the United States in response to the problem (tell us about the action; don’t just say what it was! How did it work? What happened?)

• Evaluate the extent to which the action taken was successful in solving the
problem (how successful was the action? Why?)

You may use any Cold War problems from your study of United States history. Some
suggestions you might wish to consider include the postwar economic upheaval in Western
Europe (1945–1947), Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe (1945–1948), threat of Communist
takeover in Greece (1947), Soviet blockade of Berlin (1948), nuclear arms race (1950s–1970s), and placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba (1962)

Resources:
Chapter 9 (p 90-99) of the BLUE Review Books, p. 108, 112 of the BLUE Book (for Bay of Pigs, Vietnam)

Textbook Chapter 26

Regentsprep.org – follow the links for Foreign Policy/Cold War

Fdmurphy.com – follow the links for essay writing

Socialstudieshelp.com