Question

-The city of Berlin played a significant role in Phase I and Phase II of the Cold War. Why was it such a big deal?

  

1. Because it was the physical dividing line between the East and West. (wrong answer)

   

1. Because the western half of the city was a "capitalist island in a sea of communism."

  

1. Because it symbolized the end of WW2 and the beginning of the Cold War.

   

1. Because of all the above reasons.

-The Countries involved in the 1954 Geneva Conference Agreed that

  

1. North and South Vietnam should be two permanently independent countries.

  

1. North and South Vietnam should be reunified by popular elections.

  

1. the United States should provide military aid to South Vietnam.

-During the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon promised to

  

1. seek an honorable conclusion to the Vietnam War

  

1. withdraw American combat forces from South Vietnam.

  

1. halt the air raids over North Vietnam.

  

1. continue the Kennedy-Johnson policies in Vietnam.

Answer 1

1. It was a big deal because of all the above reasons. The city of Berlin had the Berlin Wall which symbolised the physical and ideological divided between the West and the East Germany.