1950s (CW) and Civil Rights

This is a picture of the leaders of the "Big Three," the leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain. Who were they?

• Chamberlain, Truman, and Stalin

• Stalin, Churchill, and Truman

• FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

• FDR, Truman, Stalin

What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?

• reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Arsenal

• establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances

• developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations

• restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

What development led to an aggressive change in American foreign policy?

• Soviet government refusing to leave Iran

• Socialist uprisings across Northern Africa

• Communist pressure in Greece and Turkey

• Stalin's meetings with the Mexican government

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Josef Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating

• Soviet Union
• SATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Bloc

The U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for control of the world's politics in a conflict called____________________.

• The Atomic Race

• The Nuclear War

• The Cold War

• The Soviet War

McCarthyism is also known as

• The Blue Scare
• The Red Scare
• The Witch Scare
• The Red Death

What caused McCarthyism?

• President Truman making atomic bombs.
• Japanese spies.
• Bombing China.
• Increased fear of communism.