UNITED STATES AFTER WORLD WAR II

• Which of the following is most definitely NOT associated with Cold War concerns.  a. Berlin Airlift of 1948;    
b. NATO alliance     c. Cuban missile crisis of 1962     d. Vietnam War;       e. Control of the Suez Canal

• Who led the UN forces in during the Korean War?
a. Gen. Eisenhower;    b. Gen. MacArthur;    c. Gen. Stilwell;   d. G. Patton

• As a result of the Korean War (1950 -1953)
    a.All of the Korean peninsula was united under a communist regime.
    b. All of the Korean peninsula was united under a democratic regime.
    c. Japan took over Korea and still holds it as a colony.
    d. A coalition government for all of Korea was formed.
    e. Korea remains divided at the 38th parallel with Communism in the North and democracy in the south.

• . Which of the following was NOT true about the TET offensive in Vietnam.
a. It caused the French to leave Vietnam.
b. It was a military disaster for the North because there was no spontaneous uprising of the populace in the south as the Communists had anticipated.
c.  It was a psychological disaster for the United States because the ugly scenes from an increasingly bloody war flashed upon TV screens in millions of American homes where people felt revulsion and guilt.
d. It occurred on Jan.31, 1968 the Holiday of the Lunar New Year  called “TET”.

• . Which of the following is NOT a reason for America's defeat in and/or withdrawal from Vietnam?
a. The government of South Vietnam was weak and corrupt.
b. America's superior technology was not well suited for guerrilla warfare.
c. American public opinion turned adamantly against the war as the Communist threat in Asia seemed increasingly irrelevant or nonexistent.
d. More American lives were lost in the Vietnam war than in any other war.
e. World opinion generally did not support American policy and action in Vietnam.
f. The North Vietnamese were revolutionaries with a tremendous will to win even though their losses amounted to 500,000 - 600,000.

•  Which of the following is NOT a reason for America's defeat in and/or withdrawal from Vietnam?
a. The government of South Vietnam was weak and corrupt.
b. America's superior technology was not well suited for guerrilla warfare.
c. American public opinion turned adamantly against the war as the Communist threat in Asia seemed increasingly irrelevant or nonexistent.
d. More American lives were lost in the Vietnam war than in any other war.
e. World opinion generally did not support American policy and action in Vietnam.
f. The North Vietnamese were revolutionaries with a tremendous will to win even though their losses amounted to 500,000 - 600,000.