Cold War

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

• by providing government housing for refugees
• by providing military assistance to Vietnam
• by providing money to stop poverty

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel

Kennedy’s response to finding missile bases in Cuba was ___________.

• Military invasion in Russia
• Trade boycott
• Diplomatic treaty
• Naval quarantine

Which factor contributed to the increase in college degrees earned in the late 1940s?

• Demobilization
• Baby Boom
• Taft-Hartley Act
• G.I. Bill

What replaced the League of Nations in October of 1945?

• League of Allies
• Constitutional Convention
• NATO
• United Nations

Which country was Nikita Khrushchev the leader of in the 1950's?

• United Stated
• France
• Soviet Union
• Germany

Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?

• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Stalin
• Neil Armstrong
• Joseph McCarthy

What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?

• Countries joining together to end democracy
• Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
• Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
• Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)