In What Way Did the Chinese Civil War Prove Significant

question 27

Multiple Choice

In what way did the Chinese civil war prove significant for the cold war?

• A)It reassured Truman that the scope of the cold war was diminishing because communism had not proved a major issue between the fighting Chinese factions.
• B)It led the U.S.military to intervene immediately and demonstrated the strong support Americans showed early on for such a massive intervention.
• C)It resulted in the victory of Communists over Chinese Nationalists, although the United States would continue to recognize the Nationalist government as the official government.
• D)It ended with the Chinese Nationalists' victory over the Communists because of their detonation of the first atomic weapons since World War II.
• E)It led to an alliance between the U.S.government and the Communist Chinese government, for their version of communism was much different than the Soviet Union's.

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