Cold War

Which two superpowers fought against each other in the Cold War?

• Japan

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• United States

After WWII, the United States

• was left in ruins

• emerged as a world power

• emerged as a weak nation

• gained control of all the axis powers

What treaty was signed by the United States to help stop the spread of communism and growing threats of the Soviet Union?

• NATO

• Versailles

• Warsaw

• Berlin

What started the Korean War?

• South Korea invaded North Korea

• North Korea invaded South Korea

• China invaded North Korea

Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War?

• To help protect the North Korean government

• North Korea attacked the United States at Kitty Hawk

• To stop the spread of communism to South Korea

Who was the Wisconsin Senator who claimed communists were working in the American government?

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• Joseph McCarthy

• Nikita Khrushchev

When the Soviet Union set up missiles in Cuba pointing them at the United States, it became known as the

• Korean War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Vietnam War

• Soviet Missile Crisis

Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?

• To stop North Vietnam from spreading communism to South Vietnam

• North Vietnam attack the United States

• To stop South Vietnam from spreading communism to North Vietnam

An economic system where the government owns and controls businesses and land.

• Communism

• Iron Curtain

• Capitalism

• NATO

An economic system where private citizens are free to own and control businesses and land.

• Communism

• NATO

• Capitalism

• Iron Curtain