USII 8a- Cold War Beginnings

To hold back the spread of communism, the United States adopted which policy?

• Estrangement! 
• Isolationism! 
• Appeasement!
• Containment!

The Purpose of the Marshall Plan was to:

• Destroy Western Europe.
• Rebuild Western Europe.
• Create the Warsaw Pact.
• Defend against the Soviets!

The Soviet Union's leader, Khrushchev, place missiles in Cuba and when the United States learned this, about the missiles, President John F. Kennedy placed a blockade around Cuba. The world was in fear of a nuclear attack. What do we call this time?

• Soviet Missile Crisis
• Cuban Missile Crisis 
• French Missile Crisis

What made the Cold War different from every other war?

• The war took place in several different countries
• nuclear weapons were unsed
• the war took place in regions with cold climates
• no armed conflict occurred between the US and the Soviet Union

Which country was the leading communist nation during the Cold War?

• France
• Soviet Union
• North Korea
• Germany

What was the main goal of the US during the Cold War?

• preventing the spread of communism
• providing help for communist nations
• build the economy of the US
• encourage immigration to the US

US tried to stop the spread of communism to other countries 

• containment policy
• decontaminate 
• communist policy
• democracy

The Cold War was a fight between _________________ & ____________________

• democracy/communism
• U.S./Soviet Union
• Allies/Soviet Union
• Germany/Allies

Containment is

• stopping the spread of communism
• keeping the Soviet Union from gaining more territory
• limiting how fast Germany can recover from WWII

The part of Germany that was poor and controlled by the Soviet Union was _____.

• North Germany
• South Germany
• East Germany
• West Germany