Sample Assessment Items

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  1. The Cold War was
    A. a series of military skirmishes between the United States and Germany.
    B. a technological war between the United States and Japan.
    C. a conflict between the United States and Iraq.
    D. a philosophical war between the United States and the Soviet Union.*

  2. One outcome of the Yalta Conference was
    A. the division of Germany into four sectors, controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.*
    B. an agreement from the Soviet Union to allow free travel across their borders with Germany.
    C. an agreement between the United States and Japan to share occupation of Korea.
    D. a commitment between the United States and Great Britain to end communism and the Soviet Union.

  3. The events in the box above were the result of
    A. a worldwide depression following World War II.
    B. an invasion of Moscow by Poland with support from NATO.
    C. the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.*
    D. free democratic elections in the Soviet Union.

  4. Truman’s policy of preventing the expansion of communism was
    A. called the Manhattan Project.
    B. known as containment.*
    C. the Warsaw Pact.
    D. known as brinkmanship

  5. Vietnam, divided during the Cold War, became a controversial conflict for the United States. Currently, Vietnam is
    A. a democratic country with free elections.
    B. an area where the United States has stationed troops to patrol the demilitarized zone.
    C. a wealthy country due to technological innovations that are exported to the United States.
    D. a country that has been reunited under a communist government.*

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