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VUS.13a; Postwar Outcomes

  1. Why was Europe divided in half after World War 2?
  1. What was the problem with the location of Berlin?
  1. What are “satellite nations”?
  1. What was it that Churchill described as the “Iron Curtain”?
  1. Why was Germany divided at the end of WW2?
  1. How was Berlin divided at the end of WW2?
  1. What 4 nations held control of Berlin and Germany at the end of WW2?
  1. What was the Marshall Plan?How much did it cost?
  1. What was the end result of the Marshall Plan?
  1. What limitations did the U.S. Place on Japan after the war?
  1. How did the U.S. assist Japan after the war?
  1. What was the result of that assistance?
  1. What was the general purpose of the United Nations?
  1. When was it formed and where is it located?
  1. Identify the following terms as they relate to the Cold War:

Containment:

Domino Theory:

Collective Security:

Massive Retaliation:

Brinkmanship:

Arms Race:

VUS.13b; Containment

  1. What was the Cold War? How long did it last?
  1. Explain what is meant by “Divided Camps”:
  1. How is NATO an example of collective security?
  1. How did was massive retaliation, brinkmanship and the arms race related?
  1. When did China become a communist nation? Who became their leader?
  1. Why was China’s communist revolution such a devastating blow to the U.S.?
  1. How did Richard Nixon attempt to solve the problem?
  1. Explain the relationship between China and the U.S. today:
  1. How was the Korean War started?
  1. What nation assisted North Korea against the U.N. security forces?
  1. How did it finish?
  1. How was it an example of containment?
  1. Identify these problems that Kennedy faced with Cuba;

The Bay of Pigs Invasion-

The Cuban Missile Crisis-

The Cuban Embargo-

  1. Which president is associated with these problems with Cuba?

VUS.13b; Vietnam War

1. What started the Vietnam War and why was the U.S. involved?

2. What was the domino theory?

3. Who was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietcong?

4. Briefly describe the role of each of the following presidents in the Vietnam War:

Dwight Eisenhower-

John Kennedy-

Lyndon B. Johnson-

Richard Nixon-

5. What problems faced the American soldiers while fighting in Vietnam?

6. What was the Tet Offensive?

7. Compare the arguments of the “Hawks” and the “Doves”:

8. How did the Vietnam War end?

9. What seems to be the legacy of the Vietnam War?

VUS.13b; Cold War at Home

  1. What aspects of the Cold War affected the daily lives of Americans?
  1. What was the point of “duck and cover”?
  1. Why were Americans encouraged to build bomb shelters?
  1. Explain the Cold War significance of the Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss?
  1. How did Senator Joseph McCarthy rise to power?
  1. What was his famous quote?
  1. How did he fall from power?
  1. Explain the impact of the Cold War on the economy of Virginia:

VUS.13c; American Sacrifice

  1. What was the key to American “victory” in the Cold War?
  1. How was this related to Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick Diplomacy”?
  1. Explain Kennedy’s Quotes:

The United States would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival of and success of liberty”

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

  1. What happened in Dallas, November of 1963?
  1. How were the veterans of Vietnam typically treated when they came home from the war?

VUS.13d; Collapse of the Soviet Union

  1. What types of pressures forced the Soviet Union to collapse?
  1. What is foreign policy?
  1. Which President is most closely associated with “bringing down” the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War?

How did he do this?

  1. What internal problems faced the Soviet Union during the 1980’s?
  1. Who is credited with bringing “reforms” to the Soviets?

What were those reforms?

  1. When did the Berlin Wall come down? What did it symbolize?
  1. What other events were going on in the world at the time?
  1. What marked the end of the Cold War?
  1. What factors continue to work against uniting the world under peace and security?

VUS.13e; Post Cold War Policies

1. What are the 4 basic goals of American foreign policy?

2. How do foreign aid, humanitarian aid and support for human rights support those basic goals of American foreign policy?

3. Identify the major developments in Eastern Europe during the presidency of George H. W. Bush:

4. What happened in Operation Desert Storm?

What new role did women play during this conflict?

5. What is NAFTA and how does it help American trade?

6. What was so controversial regarding granting full diplomatic relations with Vietnam?

7. Why did President Clinton lift sanctions against South Africa?

8. What military operation did President Clinton get involved in?

9. What is terrorism?

10. Who was to blame for the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001?

11. Why was the “war” in Iraq so controversial?

12. Why did the U.S. engage in military actions in Afghanistan?

13. Why is American Foreign Policy so much more difficult now that the Cold War is over?