The Cold War

Which best describes communism?

• Government is not involved in economy

• Business owners sell shares of their companies to the government

• Government is involved in planning and production

• Investment is encouraged by government

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

• By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

• He didn't

• He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

• He protested in the United Nations

How did the US support Chinese Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War?

• America supported the Communists, not the Nationalists

• By sending millions of dollars in financial aid

• By proposing changes through the UN

• By sending troops to China

The National Security Act established the...

• Center of Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Department of State

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

• the Korean War

• the Manhattan Project

• the arms race

• disarmament talks

The Eisenhower administration is responsible for the ___________, which is still important today.

• cable TV

• landing on the moon

• interstate highway system

• communication satellite system

What was the US plan with regard to containment?

• To provide money to secure communist government around the world

• To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union

• Appeasement

• To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger

Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

• NATO

• The Iron Curtain

• The Berlin Wall

• The Great Wall

The Cold War was between the US and

• Korea

• China

• Germany

• The Soviet Union

Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?

• Soviet Union and Germany

• US and Great Britain

• France and Great Britain

• US and Soviet Union