The Cold War Spreads

The purpose of "containment" was to--

• stop the spread of democracy
• stop the spread of hate
• stop global warming
• stop the spread of communism

In Cuba, a communist named ________ led a revolution to overthrow the Cuban president, Fulgencio Batista. Castro’s army achieved its goal in 1959.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Viet Minh

• Fidel Castro

• Winston Churchill

After WWII, the French tried to reestablish their colonial rule in Indochina. A communist leader in Vietnam named _______ led a rebel group, the Viet Minh to oppose the French.

• Dien Bien Phu

• Ho Chi Minh

• Vo Nguyen Glap

• Viet Minh

a Cold War theory that says if one nation in a region falls to Communism, others will follow

• tumble down theory

• domino theory

• checks and balances

• the struggle theory

North Vietnam began to encourage and aid communist rebels in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, to overthrow Diem’s government. To stop them, the _______ continued to provide financial and military aid to South Vietnam.

• United States

• Soviet Union

The Cold War between the United States and Cuba intensified in 1962. On October 15, a US reconnaissance plane spotted missiles being installed in Cuba. This event, which led to two weeks of panic among Americans and Soviets alike, was called the _________.

• Communist Panic

• U.S. vs. Soviet showdown

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Kennedy Blockade

Fidel Castro was successful at leading a revolution in Cuba because he gained the support of:

• Peasant farmers
• Wealthy landowners
• Foreign investors
• Government officials

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?

• Communist
• Democratic
• Socialist
• Monarchy

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 was the leader(s) of the Cambodian Genocide

• Pol Pot
• Stalin
• Slobodan Milosevic
• Ottoman Turks