AMSCO AP US HISTORY EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Iranian overthrow - ✔✔In 1953, the CIA helped overthrow this government and
established a monarch ruler with close ties to the U.S. He provided favorable oil prices
and purchased American military arms. (p. 582)
✔✔Korean armistice - ✔✔In July 1953, China and North Korea agreed to an armistice
that would divide Korea into North Korea and South Korea near the 38th parallel. (p.
583)
✔✔Indochina - ✔✔In the early 1950s, France was fighting to retake control of their
colony in southeastern Asia. The French were defeated in 1954 and they agreed to give
up Indochina, which was divided into the nations of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. (p.
583)
✔✔Ho Chi Minh - ✔✔The North Vietnam Communist dictator who fought the French
until 1954, and South Vietnam until 1975. (p. 583)
✔✔Geneva Conference - ✔✔A 1954 conference between many countries that agreed
to end hostilities and restore peace in French Indochina and Vietnam. (p. 583)
✔✔division of Vietnam - ✔✔By the terms of the Geneva Convention, Vietnam would be
temporarily divided at the 17 parallel until a general election could be held. A prolonged
war (1954-1975) occurred between the Communist armies of North Vietnam who were
supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were
supported by the United States. (p. 583)
✔✔domino theory - ✔✔The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist
control then neighboring nations will also fall to Communist control. (p. 583)
✔✔Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - ✔✔In 1954, an international organization for
collective defend and block further Communist gains is Southeast Asia. (p. 583)
✔✔State of Israel - ✔✔In 1948, after a civil war in the British mandate territory of
Palestine left the land divided between the Israelis and the Palestinians, this nation was
founded. The United Nations oversaw the process and many neighboring countries
fought against the creating of this Jewish state. (p. 584)
✔✔Arab nationalism - ✔✔Arab nationalist General Gamal Nasser of Egypt, asked the
United States for funds to build the Aswan Dam on the Nile River. (p. 584)
✔✔Suez Canal Crisis - ✔✔In July 1956, Egypt sized the British and French owned Suez
Canal. Britain and France carried out a surprise attack and retook the canal. The United
, States sponsored a U.N. resolution condemning the invasion of Egypt. Eventually
Britain and France withdrew their troops. (p. 584)
✔✔Eisenhower Doctrine - ✔✔This 1957 doctrine, pledged United States economic and
military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by Communism. (p. 584)
✔✔Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - ✔✔In 1960, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela formed this organization of oil-producing nations. (p.
584)
✔✔atoms for peace - ✔✔In 1953, President Eisenhower's proposal to the U.N. to slow
down the arms race. (p. 585)
✔✔spirit of Geneva - ✔✔The 1955 meeting in Geneva, which produced the first thaw in
the Cold War. (p. 585)
✔✔open-skies - ✔✔The Soviets rejected this proposal for open aerial photography of
eachothers territory in order to eliminate surprise nuclear attacks. (p. 585)
✔✔Nikita Khrushchev - ✔✔The ruler of the USSR from 1958-1964. He reduced
government control of Soviet citizens and sought peaceful coexistence with the West.
(p. 585)
✔✔peaceful coexistence - ✔✔In early 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, gave a
speech in which he denounced the crimes of Joseph Stalin and supported "peaceful
coexistence" with the West. (p. 585)
✔✔Hungarian revolt - ✔✔In October 1956, Hungary actually succeeded in overthrowing
a government backed by Moscow. The Soviets sent in tanks to crush the freedom
fighters and restore control over Hungary. The United States took no action in the crisis
and gave de facto recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. (p.
586)
✔✔Warsaw Pact - ✔✔This 1945 agreement formed formed an alliance of the Eastern
European countries including the USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (p. 586)
✔✔Sputnik - ✔✔In 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the United States by launching the
first space satellites into orbit around the earth. Fears of nuclear war were intensified
since the missiles that launched the satellites could also deliver nuclear warheads
anywhere in the world within minutes. (p. 586)
✔✔NDEA, NASA - ✔✔In 1958, Congress created the National Defense and Education
Act (NDEA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (p. 586)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Iranian overthrow - ✔✔In 1953, the CIA helped overthrow this government and
established a monarch ruler with close ties to the U.S. He provided favorable oil prices
and purchased American military arms. (p. 582)
✔✔Korean armistice - ✔✔In July 1953, China and North Korea agreed to an armistice
that would divide Korea into North Korea and South Korea near the 38th parallel. (p.
583)
✔✔Indochina - ✔✔In the early 1950s, France was fighting to retake control of their
colony in southeastern Asia. The French were defeated in 1954 and they agreed to give
up Indochina, which was divided into the nations of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. (p.
583)
✔✔Ho Chi Minh - ✔✔The North Vietnam Communist dictator who fought the French
until 1954, and South Vietnam until 1975. (p. 583)
✔✔Geneva Conference - ✔✔A 1954 conference between many countries that agreed
to end hostilities and restore peace in French Indochina and Vietnam. (p. 583)
✔✔division of Vietnam - ✔✔By the terms of the Geneva Convention, Vietnam would be
temporarily divided at the 17 parallel until a general election could be held. A prolonged
war (1954-1975) occurred between the Communist armies of North Vietnam who were
supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were
supported by the United States. (p. 583)
✔✔domino theory - ✔✔The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist
control then neighboring nations will also fall to Communist control. (p. 583)
✔✔Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - ✔✔In 1954, an international organization for
collective defend and block further Communist gains is Southeast Asia. (p. 583)
✔✔State of Israel - ✔✔In 1948, after a civil war in the British mandate territory of
Palestine left the land divided between the Israelis and the Palestinians, this nation was
founded. The United Nations oversaw the process and many neighboring countries
fought against the creating of this Jewish state. (p. 584)
✔✔Arab nationalism - ✔✔Arab nationalist General Gamal Nasser of Egypt, asked the
United States for funds to build the Aswan Dam on the Nile River. (p. 584)
✔✔Suez Canal Crisis - ✔✔In July 1956, Egypt sized the British and French owned Suez
Canal. Britain and France carried out a surprise attack and retook the canal. The United
, States sponsored a U.N. resolution condemning the invasion of Egypt. Eventually
Britain and France withdrew their troops. (p. 584)
✔✔Eisenhower Doctrine - ✔✔This 1957 doctrine, pledged United States economic and
military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by Communism. (p. 584)
✔✔Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - ✔✔In 1960, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela formed this organization of oil-producing nations. (p.
584)
✔✔atoms for peace - ✔✔In 1953, President Eisenhower's proposal to the U.N. to slow
down the arms race. (p. 585)
✔✔spirit of Geneva - ✔✔The 1955 meeting in Geneva, which produced the first thaw in
the Cold War. (p. 585)
✔✔open-skies - ✔✔The Soviets rejected this proposal for open aerial photography of
eachothers territory in order to eliminate surprise nuclear attacks. (p. 585)
✔✔Nikita Khrushchev - ✔✔The ruler of the USSR from 1958-1964. He reduced
government control of Soviet citizens and sought peaceful coexistence with the West.
(p. 585)
✔✔peaceful coexistence - ✔✔In early 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, gave a
speech in which he denounced the crimes of Joseph Stalin and supported "peaceful
coexistence" with the West. (p. 585)
✔✔Hungarian revolt - ✔✔In October 1956, Hungary actually succeeded in overthrowing
a government backed by Moscow. The Soviets sent in tanks to crush the freedom
fighters and restore control over Hungary. The United States took no action in the crisis
and gave de facto recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. (p.
586)
✔✔Warsaw Pact - ✔✔This 1945 agreement formed formed an alliance of the Eastern
European countries including the USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (p. 586)
✔✔Sputnik - ✔✔In 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the United States by launching the
first space satellites into orbit around the earth. Fears of nuclear war were intensified
since the missiles that launched the satellites could also deliver nuclear warheads
anywhere in the world within minutes. (p. 586)
✔✔NDEA, NASA - ✔✔In 1958, Congress created the National Defense and Education
Act (NDEA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (p. 586)
