Cold War

At the end of World War II, conflict arose between the US and the Soviet Union. This was because the two countries wanted to promote their forms of government. As a result, conflict developed between these two former allies. This conflict was called:

• Cold War

• Isolationism

• Iron Cutrain

• Conflict

In 1946 the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an Iron Curtain had fallen across the European continent. This Iron Curtain was

• Another name for the English Channel which separated Great Britain from attack.

• A wall built between two countries controlled by NAZI Germany and France.

• An imaginary line that separates Eastern Europe's communist countries from Western Europe's democratic countries.

• Another name for the Alps which protected Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union.

After WWII the US signed several treaties with foreign countries. These treaties called for the nations that signed them to protect each other, even if an enemy attached only one of them. Which factor caused the US to sign the treaties?

• The US was forced to sign because Great Britain required it.

• The growing threat of Soviet Union and world communism.

• The failure of United States troops to fight effectively in WWII

• The growing sense of trust between China and Soviet Union.

In 1950 the US and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?

• South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.

• North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.

• North Korea attacked China to spread communism.

• South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.

The US carried out the Berlin Airlift in 1948. Which is NOT a reason the US decided to conduct the Berlin Airlift?

• To get supplies into West Berlin so that the people would not starve.

• To keep the Soviets out of West Berlin and to keep in democratic.

• To provide people from East Berlin with a way to escape to the west.

• To drop bombs on the city of West Berlin.

The US and other nations joined together from NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization. What is NOT a reason that NATO was formed?

• The help Joseph Stalin rebuild the Soviet Union at the end of WWII.

• To stop the spread of communism around the world.

• The US became afraid of the growing power of the Soviet Union.

• To support new democracies with money and military support.

Read teh description of the important Cold War Leader. Which leader is being described?

He became leader of the Soviet Union when Stalin died, wanted to establish bases of nuclear missiles in Cuba, and he withdrew missiles from Cuba after he reached an agreement with John F. Kennedy.

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladmir Lenin

• Leonard Brezchev

The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the US was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which even listed below is an event that happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The US wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.

• The US placed missiles in Cuba.

• The US wanted the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.

• The US attacked Cuba.

The Cold War was a series of events that led to tension between the US and the Soviet Union. Which event was NOT a major event from this time period?

• Vietnam War

• Berlin Airlift

• Treaty of Versailles

• Cuban Missile Crisis

America's involvement in the Korean War showed that the US would do all that was needed to prevent...

• spread of Communism

• communist spies from Korea

• placing missiles in Korea

• use of nuclear weapons against Americans