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3. Question 1 - 10 English and French leaders attempted to appease Hitler when he made his first demands because?

4. Answer 1 – 10 They wanted to avoid another destructive war

5. Question 1 - 20 When Hitler invaded Poland and France, he used a new method of warfare called?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Blitzkrieg (lightening war)

7. Question 1 - 30 In the UN Security Council, what countries are permanent members with veto power?

8. Answer 1 – 30 United States U.S.S.R. (Russia) England France China

9. Question 1 - 40 The American strategy for defeating Japan in the Pacific was called?

10. Answer 1 – 40 Island-Hopping

11. Question 1 - 50 Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Containing Communism

13. Question 2 - 10 United Nations troops in Korea were driven back across the 38 th parallel by this new Communist power.

14. Answer 2 – 10 China

15. Question 2 - 20 Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his communist witch hunt by?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Saying that he had a list of Communists employed in the government

17. Question 2 - 30 The Truman Doctrine resulted in?

18. Answer 2 – 30 A pledge to fight communism with containment

19. Question 2 - 40 The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to?

20. Answer 2 – 40 Help Western Europe’s economy recover from WWII

21. Question 2 - 50 The “iron curtain” was a symbol of?

22. Answer 2 – 50 The division between Communist Eastern Europe and the Western democracies

23. Question 3 - 10 The Korean War began when what happened?

24. Answer 3 – 10 North Korean troops invaded the south

25. Question 3 - 20 “Brinkmanship” was?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Eisenhower’s policy of threatening nuclear war if the other side didn’t back down

27. Question 3 - 30 The Berlin Wall was erected by who and why?

28. Answer 3 – 30 The Soviets to keep people from escaping into West Berlin

29. Question 3 - 40 Rather than go to war over the “Cuban Missile Crisis”, JFK chose to?

30. Answer 3 – 40 Blockade Cuba to prevent more Soviet missile deliveries

31. Question 3 - 50 The “Cuban Missile Crisis” forced the U.S. and Soviet Union to consider..?

32. Answer 3 – 50 The consequences of a nuclear war

33. Question 4 - 10 Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped?

34. Answer 4 – 10 Create a credibility gap between the government and the people.

35. Question 4 - 20 Define the Soviet Union’s new policy of perestroika (restructuring)

36. Answer 4 – 20 Involves a new structure which includes some capitalist components

37. Question 4 - 30 The Soviet Union’s glasnost (openness) policy allowed the people to?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Openly discuss politics

39. Question 4 - 40 The Pentagon Papers revealed that?

40. Answer 4 – 40 The government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam. Many officials privately opposed the war despite promoting it publicly.

41. Question 4 - 50 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?

42. Answer 4 – 50 Bring China into the war

43. Question 5 - 10 What event happened at My Lai that profoundly shocked Americans?

44. Answer 5 – 10 Unarmed Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. troops

45. Question 5 - 20 President Johnson refused to allow a full-scale attack on the Ho Chi Minh Trail because?

46. Answer 5 – 20 It passed through Laos and Cambodia which were neutral in the war

47. Question 5 - 30 The Vietcong’s power continued to increase in part because of?

48. Answer 5 – 30 The Vietcong’s use of terror and the effects of American napalm and agent orange

49. Question 5 - 40 What are some reasons for the difficult nature of the Vietnam war for American soldiers?

50. Answer 5 – 40 Vietcong guerrilla fighting tactics Vietcong’s ability to melt into the civilian population American military tactics (napalm, agent orange, civilian deaths) turning many South Vietnamese to the Vietcong’s side

51. Question 5 - 50 The collapse of the Soviet economy was mostly due to?

52. Answer 5 – 50 Inefficient central planning and huge expenditures on the arms race