AP®︎ US History: Topic 8.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.2 of AP US History – The Cold War from 1945 to 1980.
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Topic 8.2
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-8.1.I.A
What alliance was formed in 1949 to ensure collective security among Western nations?
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Topic 8.2: The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
Thematic Focus: America in the WorldWOR
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations, and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly important role in the world.
Learning Objective: Unit 8: Learning Objective B
Explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
Historical Developments: KC-8.1.I
United States policymakers engaged in a cold war with the authoritarian Soviet Union, seeking to limit the growth of Communist military power and ideological influence, create a free-market global economy, and build an international security system.
Historical Developments: KC-8.1.I.A
As postwar tensions dissolved the wartime alliance between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, the United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security, international aid, and economic institutions that bolstered non-Communist nations.
Historical Developments: KC-8.1.I.B.i
Concerned by expansionist Communist ideology and Soviet repression, the United States sought to contain communism through a variety of measures, including major military engagements in Korea.
Historical Developments: KC-8.1.I.C
The Cold War fluctuated between periods of direct and indirect military confrontation and periods of mutual coexistence (or détente).
