Cold War Review

Mark all that are correct: Which is a similarity between the Soviet Union and the United States after WWII?

• They are both a free enterprise economy

• They were allies during World War II

• The people of both countries have rights and freedoms

• They were two of the world's most powerful nations

An invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe

• The 38th Parallel

• The Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• The Equator

What was the goal of the United Nations?

• Many nations wanted to form allies to prepare for war

• Many nations wanted to promote global peace and encourage social justice

• Many nations wanted to end world hunger

• Many nations wanted to defeat the Soviet Union during The Cold War

The Marshall Plan: Select all that apply

• The U.S provided food, shelter, and materials to help European countries stand up to communism

• Strengthen relationships between the Soviet Union and the U.S

• Cost $13,000,000,000

• A strategy to push communism out of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was a military alliance between the nations of ______________

• Western Europe

• Eastern Europe

After World War II, North Korea had what type of government?

• Democratic

• Communist

What was President Truman's response to North Korea's attempted invasion of South Korea?

• President Truman dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea

• President Truman sent American Troops to help South Korea fight.

• President Truman sent money to South Korea.

• President Truman stationed a missile defense base in South Korea.

After the Korean War, South Korea fell to communism and is still communist today.

• True

• False

Which was NOT a threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuba sent communist spies to the United States

• Cuba is located 90 miles off the coast of Florida

• The Soviet Union donated nuclear weapons to Cuba

• The Soviet Union's missile bases were in close proximity to our naval bases

A very unpopular and protested war in America during the 1960's

• The Korean War

• The Cold War

• The Vietnam War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis