The+Cold+War

Previous multiple choice questions have covered the following topics:

Containment George Kennan Marshall Plan Korean War McCarthyism CIA in Guatemala (1954) Sputnik Military Industrial Complex (Eisenhower warned against this in his farewell address) U-2 incident Suez Canal Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War Gulf of Tonkin (and the subsequent Resolution) Tet Offensive SALT Detente Vietnamization Iran Hostage Crisis

Listed below are DBQs and FRQs from past exams that deal with the Cold War:

__**DBQs**__ What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World war? How successfully did the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears? Use the documents and your knowledge of the years between 1948 and 1961 to construct your response.

__**FRQs**__ 1. Analyze the influence of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations in the decade following the Second World War: (1) Yalta Conference, (2) Communist revolution in China, (3) Korean War, and (4) McCarthyism.

2. "Foreign affairs rather than domestic issues shaped presidential politics in the election year 1968." Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to foreign and domestic issues.

3. In 1945, Winston Churchill said that the United States stood at the summit of the world. Discuss the developments in the thirty years following Churchill's speech which called the global preeminence of the United States into question.

4. How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in the era following the Second World War?

5. "1968 was a turning point for the United States." To what extent is this an accurate statement? In your answer, discuss TWO of the following: (1) national politics, (2) Vietnam War, (3) civil rights.

6. Assess the success of the United States' policy of containment in Asia between 1945 and 1975.

7. Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions of the world during the period 1945-1975: (1) East and Southeast Asia, (2) Europe, (3) Latin America, and (4) Middle East.

The United States and the Early Cold War** Origins of the Cold War Truman and containment The Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan Diplomatic strategies and policies of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations The Red Scare and McCarthyism Impact of the Cold War on American society
 * __AP Topics__

Cold War confrontations: Asia, Latin America, and Europe Beginning Detente
 * The Turbulent 1960s**