Question

Which of the following was not an effect of proxy wars?

an arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

the rise of democracies in most of Latin America

a politically united Vietnam

a politically divided Korean peninsula

Answer 1

Probably the first option -- an arms race between the US and the Soviet Union.

A proxy war implies working through someone or something else to get your agenda across which the other answers fit into, but the arms race was a direct challenge between both the US and the Soviets.

The rise of democracy in Latin American was a plus for the United States (helped in some way by the CIA's intervention). A politically united Vietnam under Communism after the Vietnam War helped the cause of the Soviet Union and its allies. And a politically divided Korean peninsula -- between the Communist North and the democratically allied South -- is also a direct result of the powers-that-be deciding who to support after WW2 (the Soviet and Chinese backed North and the US-backed South).

Answer 2

nope a's wrong

Answer 3

its B!