Question 1: use the following graph and what you know about american military involvement to answer the question below:
what accounts for the spikes in american defense spending in the 1950s?
a) the entry of the u. s. into the un the afghan war
b) the vietnam war
c)the korean war

question 2: why are the wars in vietnam and korea better remembered in the united states than other proxy wars?
a) because the united states lost these wars
b) because the united states won these wars
c) because many americans died in these wars
d) because these were the longest proxy wars

question 3: use the table below to answer the following question:
what can be inferred from this chart?
a) most of the fighting in the vietnam war took place in south vietnam.
b) the vietnam war resulted in large numbers of civilian casualties.
c)the majority of the casualties in north vietnam were not american soldiers.
d) military deaths in cambodia, laos, and thailand were under-reported.

question 4: which of the following was not an effect of proxy wars?
a) an arms race between the u. s. and the soviet union
b) the rise of democracies in most of latin america
c) a politically-united vietnam
d) the politically-divided korean peninsula

question 5: why was the bay of pigs an embarrassment for the united states?
a) it showed that havana had surveillance in washington.
b) the american invasion plot was a total failure.
c) kennedy did not understand cultural differences in cuba.
d) florida could not stop the arrival of thousands of cubans.

question 6: why did the united states eventually stop supporting south africa?
a) the government began enacting socialist land reforms.
b) popular opinion turned against south african apartheid.
c) south africa began taking arms and funds from the soviets.
d) the american public stopped supporting african intervention.

question 7: the soviets' exit from afghanistan led
a) a sweeping victory for democracy
b) series of transitional governments
c) soviet-style dictatorship
d) u. s.-backed muslim theocracy

question 8: proxy wars were primarily a product
a) american attempts to gain colonies
b) the soviet policy of the domino theory
c) soviet attempts to engage in a war with the u. s.
d) the american policy of containment

The correct answer for 1 is C)The Korean War 

The Vietnam war happened in the sixties and early seventies while the intervention in Afghanistan happened in the seventies when Soviets entered Afghanistan. The Korean war led to increased military spending because it was in the fifties and was led by both the United States army and the United Nations who helped.

The correct answer for 2 is C) Because many Americans died in these wars 

Unlike later wars where the military was about professionalism and voluntary participation, wars in Korea and Vietnam were when a lot of American people died because they would draft common people and send them to those wars which resulted in numerous deaths of American citizens who were forced to become soldiers.

The correct answer for 3 is A) Most of the fighting in the Vietnam War took place in South Vietnam. 

Over 55 thousand people died in South Vietnam while only over a 1000 died in the North. Fighting took place in the South because the North attacked south and when they tried to push back up north and take north, they failed. This led to the United States leaving the war and the northern communist regime taking south and uniting it in a communist country.

The correct answer for 4 is B) The rise of democracies in most of Latin America 

Democracies didn't rise all over Latin America, as a matter of fact there were many places in the area where there were totalitarian regimes. Vietnam and Korea being united and divided, respectively, was an effect of proxy wars. Korea was a war where it ended with a stalemate and an ante-bellum state, while Vietnam was a loss for US and the entire country became communist.

The correct answer for 5 is B) The American invasion plot was a total failure. 

The Bay of Pigs was a response to communists under Castro getting political power and taking the government away from the pro-american people. The Bay of Pigs invasion was supposed to be a coup in which they would bring their people back but it failed miserably and only reinforced the position of Castro as the leader.

The correct answer for 6 is B) Popular opinion turned against South African apartheid. 

South African government was predominantly white and they introduced the policies of Apartheid which were meant to disenfranchise the local African population. These policies were heavily disliked by the public community and they started introducing sanctions in order to stop them. US had to back off because of these reasons too.

The correct answer for 7 is B) series of transitional governments 

When the Afghan war began, the United States started supporting anti-soviet troops with logistics and training and supplies like weapons and resources in order to stop the Soviets. When the soviets left, there were no stable governments anywhere and Afghanistan had numerous problems with its transition period.

The correct answer for 8 is D) the American policy of containment

Soviets didn't want a war with the United States and Americans were not trying to get colonies. Domino theory was proposed by the United States and the policy of containment was about preventing communism from spreading.Proxy wars were led in countries where there were civil wars regarding communism and anti-communism sides.