24-25 Cold War (KW CMS)

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True or False: Containment is a U.S. foreign policy that aims to stop the spread of communism around the world.

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True

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What was Berlin Airlift?

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U.S. & British planes sent supplies to help the people of Berlin.

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What was the U.S. main goal in the Cold War?

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To stop the spread of communism around the world.

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Why did the Soviet Union put a blockade around West Berlin?

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The Soviet Union wanted West Berlin to become communist.

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The Korean War was an effort by the U.S to-

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carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

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True or False: The USA successfully stopped communism from spreading into South Korea in the Korean War.

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True

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Which Soviet action led to the threat illustrated on this map?

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The placement of nuclear weapons (missiles) installations in Cuba

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After the U.S. placed a naval blockade around Cuba, how did the Soviet Union respond?

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The Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. didn't invade Cuba.

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President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missiles sites in Cuba by-

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setting up a naval quarantine of Cuba and demanding the removal of missiles by the USSR