Cold War/ Civil Rights

What two countries are involved in the Cold War?

• US and Russia

• Japan and US

• Russia and China

• US and Soviet Union

What was the main cause of the Cold War?

• The conflict in Korea

• The difference in governments and economies in the US and the Soviet Union

• Rivalry for control of nuclear missiles

• The Soviet Union supported Hitler and Germany

The imaginary border between East Europe (communist) and West Europe (democratic) was called ____________________ by Winston Churchill.

• The Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Iron Curtain

The process of US pilots dropping food and supplies to people living in West Berlin was known as....

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Iron Curtain

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Red Scare

Name the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

• The US sent missiles to Cuba

• The US wanted Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba

• The US sent aid to Cuba

• The Soviet Union attacked Cuba

The leader of USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis was....

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Nakita Krushchev

What was the end result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Americans were defeated in battle.

• Both the US and USSR stopped making nuclear weapons.

• The Soviet Union removed their missiles from Cuba

• The US sent missiles to Florida

Who was Joseph McCarthy and why was he famous in the 1950s?

• He was a senator who wanted to improve relations between the US and the Soviet Union.

• He was Vice President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• He supported the Civil Rights movement.

• He was a senator who wanted to end communist activity in the US.

What is another name for NATO?

• Nothing among the ordinary

• Needs another treaty organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Atlantic Talent Office

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

• The US wanted North Vietnam to become a communist country.

• The US wanted to prevent the spread communism.

• The US was training soldiers to fight communist troops.

• The American people were protesting unfair treatment to South Vietnamese people.