Cold War (Ch 22)

What was massive retaliation?

• The threat of economic sanction
• the threat of nuclear weapons
• the threat of conventional weapons

What is an ICBM?

• Intercontinental Ballistic missile
• It purpose was to reach a target within 30 minutes
• Part of Truman's strategy against the Soviets
• Two of the answers are correct

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the US Communist Party increased
• US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
• Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
• US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

What does NATO stand for?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• Northern Alliance Trade Origins
• Native American Tribal Organization

Threatening nuclear strikes to back down opponents

• Massive Retaliation
• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Hydrogen Bomb

Type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960

• U-2
• U-571
• U-7
• Sputnik

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
• The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
• The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
• The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?

• Greece and Germany
• Greece and Poland
• Greece and Ukraine
• Greece and Turkey