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AP U.S. History Exam 1.42. A similar poster from the era might state that the purpose of fighting World War II was to...what?
AP U.S. History Exam 2.42. How does the image compare to the role the United States played in peace settlements following World War II?
AP U.S. History 2.4 Period 7: 1890-1945. Besides forcing Japan to surrender, what was another primary goal of dropping the second atomic bomb?
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.42. How does the image compare to the role the United States played in peace settlements following World War II?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Cold War,
- 00:06
the immune system's battle against respiratory infection.
- 00:11
All right, how does the image compare to the role
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the United States played in peace settlements
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- 00:16
following World War II?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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All right, well, after World War II, the planet had a
- 00:27
pretty big diplomatic mess on its hands.
- 00:29
So let's see which answer best describes how the U.S.
- 00:31
contributed to this global clean-up effort.
- 00:35
In regards to the peace settlements following World War II, was
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A - the United States too focused on the Cold War
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to participate?
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Well, hmm. The Cold War didn't freeze things up
- 00:45
until a few years later. So, uh, well, that
- 00:48
cools A's chances, so good-bye, A.
- 00:50
In the aftermath of World War II, did B - The United States
- 00:53
take a similar position to World War I
- 00:55
and struggle in the negotiations?
- 00:57
Well, when the United Nations took over as the globe's
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diplomatic overseer, the U.S. decided that
- 01:03
this time, they'd like to be a part of the conversation.
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That's the opposite of what happened
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with the League of Nations. So, yeah, good-bye, B.
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Well after World War II, was D -
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the United States left out of peace settlements
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due to its use of atomic weapons? Huh.
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Well, actually the U.S. made a pretty big impact
- 01:20
after dropping the atomic bomb,
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so people were definitely interested in what America had to say.
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Which means that following World War II, C -
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the United States played a key role in peace settlements
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and came out of the war as a superpower.
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Between its central role in peace talks and its
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prominent position in the United Nations,
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the United States left World War II as one of
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two major world powers.
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So C is the correct answer.
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Though the Soviet Union and the U.S. ended World War II as
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allies, it would take only a few years for their relationship
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to, uh, cool down, causing global tensions to heat back up again.
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[ clinking ]
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