Cold War Vocab

The Cold War was

• The tense period between the end of World War II (1945) and the final dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991) in which the Western powers, led by the US, and the Soviet bloc nations

• An ongoing war between the U.S. and other industrialized countries about global warming

• A continuation of WWII

• The United States' effort to spread communism into the Eastern bloc of Soviet countries

The Iron Curtain was

• A method of communication used by dictators

• the spread of communism

• a barrier to communication or information between the free world and the Eastern bloc

• the spread of democracy

The Truman Doctrine was

• declaration of peace between the US and Nazi Germany

• declaration of war between the US and Soviet Union

• policy of providing economic and military aid to countries interested in becoming communist

• policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

What was the cause of the Korean War?

• US intervening to protect North Korea from Communist South Korea

• US intervening to protect South Korea from Communist North Korea

• US intervening to protect South Korea from Cuba

• US intervening to protect South Korea from Germany

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

• a Republican senator who claimed that Communists had infiltrated the government. and conducted several public investigations of Communist influence on U.S. foreign policy.

• A Republican senator who started the first Communist party in the United States

• A Republican senator who was later found to be a Soviet spy

• A Republican senator who died during the Bay of Pigs