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AMH2020 final exam questions well answered to pass
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AMH2020 final examDuring the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union...
a. wanted to influence the third world to support its side
b. failed to understand that other factors, besides allegiance to communism or capitalism, contributed to
the situations in various third world countries.
c. fought proxy wars instead of fighting each other directly
d. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔d
Fidel Castro led the overthrow of... - correct answer ✔✔a dictatorship that was friendly to U.S.
corporations
Initially Fidel Castro's revolution had mass popular support because... - correct answer ✔✔Most Cubans
hated Batista, a brutal dictator supported by U.S. corporations
Kennan's "Long Telegram" was the basis for what? - correct answer ✔✔The "containment" policy.
Lyndon Johnson's administration escalated the war in Vietnam with Congressional approval after which
of the following? - correct answer ✔✔The Gulf of Tonkin incident.
The Marshall Plan... - correct answer ✔✔Was a successful, non-violent U.S. foreign policy that sought to
contain Communism by rebuilding war-torn economies in Western Europe.
The process of dismantling European colonial empires after WWII is called... - correct answer
✔✔Decolonization.
What do Novikov's and Kennan's telegrams suggest about the origins of the Cold War? - correct answer
✔✔That each side saw itself as acting defensively against an aggressive opponents.
, What showed that the U.S. position in Vietnam was worse than the Johnson administration had claimed
and caused Johnson to renounce his candidacy for the 1968 presidential election? - correct answer
✔✔The Tet Offensive.
Which of the following best describes how Ho Chi Minh viewed the Vietnam conflict, according to his
1967 letter?
a. Ho Chi Minh believed that he was fighting an anti-imperialistic war in order to gain independence for
Vietnam.
b. Ho Chi Minh's main goal was to destroy American liberty, which explains why the U.S. fought a war
against him.
c. Ho Chi Minh sought to spread Communism to the entire world, which was his priority over
Vietnamese independence.
d. Ho Chi Minh knew that he was a pawn of the Soviet Union, and so sided with the Soviet Union in the
Cold War. - correct answer ✔✔a
Which of the following contributed to the start of the Cold War?
a. The U.S. and Soviets had different visions for Germany
b. The U.S. sent troops to Vietnam
c. The Soviets sent troops to India
d. The CIA attempted to overthrow a Latin American dictator - correct answer ✔✔a
Which of the following contributed to the start of the Cold War?
a. ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union.
b. each side lacked an understanding of the other side.
c. the creation of nuclear weapons
d. all of the above. - correct answer ✔✔d
Which of the following is true regarding Kennan's Long Telegram?
a. It shows Kennan's view of how the Soviet Union viewed the United States and the West in general.
b. It proved that the Soviet Union was aggressive and sought world domination.
c. Its content can be taken as absolute fact without considering the source of the information.
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