24-25 Cold War Flashcards

Front

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were similar in that they were both

Back

Part of the larger containment policy

Front

The post-WWII policy designed to block the spread of communism was called

Back

Containment

Front

That period of time after World War II in which the United States and Soviet Union engaged in a war of ideologies was known as…

Back

The Cold War

Front

What is the first significant crisis of the Cold War?

Back

The Berlin Blockade

Front

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Back

The discovery of offensive Soviet missiles in Cuba

Front

Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?

Back

Neil Armstrong

Front

The Marshall Plan was

Back

An economic plan to rebuild western Europe

Front

Why was the Chinese Civil War seen as a failure of the policy of containment?

Back

China became Communist, with only a small portion remaining free

Front

NATO and the Warsaw Pact both had the function of:

Back

Creating an agreement between nations to support each other in supporting a certain type of government

Front

The U.S. and the USSR never engaged in direct combat with each other.

Back

True