Cold War Conflicts

The main goal of the ____________________ was to stop the spread of communism.

• Truman Doctrine

• D-Day

• Treaty of Versailles

• Warsaw Pact

The Soviet Union set up the _________________________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

• iron curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Blockade

• German Democratic Republic

The _____________________ were defeated in the civil war in China despite billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

• Nationalists

• Communists

• Soviets

• peasants

General MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___________________________.

• Guatemala

• Hungry

• the Middle East

• Korea

The ________________ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

• Communists

• Nationalists

• South Koreans

• North Koreans

To label someone's activities as ____________________ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

• brinkmanship

• containment

• infiltration

• McCarthyism

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop _______________________.

• NATO

• a hydrogen bomb

• a space satellite

• an atomic bomb

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War, ___________________________.

• North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

• a communist government was established in South Korea.

• communist fears in the United States were lifted.

• China gained control of the entire peninsula

In a capitalist system, __________________________.

• the state controls economic activity.

• private citizens control economic activity.

• elected officials control economic activity.

• the dictator controls economic activity.

What is the willingness to go to the edge of war in order to keep the peace?