Cold War US/VA

Who were the two main world powers throughout the Cold War?

• China

• United States

• Soviet Union

• North Korea

• Great Britain

During the Korean War, who joined the side of Communist North Korea?

• Japan

• China

• UN

• Vietnam

What was formed as a defensive alliance amojng the US and Western European countries to prevent a Soviet Invasion of Western Europe?

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

• UN

What was created by the Soviet Union and her Allies in response to NATO?

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Axis

• United Nations

What policy was adopted by President Eisenhower to deter any nuclear strike by the Soviets?

• Massive Retaliation

• Imperialism

• Containment

• Isolationism

What was the result of the Korean War?

• A stalemate with South Korea free of communist occupation

• North Korea defeated South Korea

• South Korea defeated North Korea

• US and USSR went to war

Which side did the US help in the Vietnam War?

• North Vietnam

• South Vietnam

The US policy of withdrawing US troops from Vietnam and replacing them with South Vietnamese forces was known as

• Vietnamization

• Containment

• Withdrawl

• Leaving

What issue deeply divided the US in the 1960s?

• Vietnam War

• Communism

• The Space Race

• Radicalism

Who led Cuba after their communist revolution?

• Fidel Castro

• Che Guevarra

• Alger Hiss

• John F. Kennedy