TEKS US History High School - H.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
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- Q 1/7Score 0This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?29To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn cityTo rescue thousands of stranded political refugeesTo deploy substantial invasion forcesTo provide supplies to a blockaded city
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- Q1This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn cityTo rescue thousands of stranded political refugeesTo deploy substantial invasion forcesTo provide supplies to a blockaded city60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q2Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South AmericaEnforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North VietnamConducting air shipments of vital supplies to East BerlinEstablishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba30sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q3As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to -transport Polish refugees to safetybypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflictintimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military powerprevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q4President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by -asking Congress to declare war on Cubaseeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cubaordering a naval blockade of Cubaauthorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q5Which sentence best completes this diagram?Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q6Which statement correctly completes this time line?The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q7Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?U.S. leaders created the United Nations.The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan.The Soviet Union established the "Iron Curtain" after World War II.30sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
