Cold War

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide billions in financial assistance to several western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.

• The U.S. government started NASA.

• U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.

• All of the above

What words should you immediately associate with the Cold War?

• Hitler & the Nazis

• Economic recession

• Containment of Communism

• Corruption & Industrialization

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.

• United Nations
• Alliance
• League of Nations
• NATO

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

• •European nations needed to build more factories
• •Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
• •The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
• •There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• European Alliance

• Iron Curtain

What is a suitable title for this list?

• Victories to stop Communism

• Confrontations of the Cold War

• Policies to rebuild Europe

• World War II fights

Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

• fall of the Berlin Wall> Cuban missile crisis

  >adoption of the Marshall Plan

• Cuban missile crisis> fall of the Berlin Wall>

  adoption of the Marshall Plan

• fall of the Berlin Wall> adoption of the

  Marshall Plan> Cuban missile crisis

• adoption of the Marshall Plan> Cuban missile

  crisis> fall of the Berlin Wall