Cold War

This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.

• United Nations
• Alliance
• League of Nations
• NATO

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

• Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

• Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

• Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

• Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

• Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

• Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race.

• U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

• The U.S. started NASA.

• All of the above

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

• It decreased consumer spending.

• It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

• It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

• It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.

Read the passage.

“During Harry Truman’s presidency, food and supplies were dropped to the people of Berlin, Germany. They were experiencing starvation because of blocks set up by the Soviet Union.”

What was the "drop" called?

• VJ Day

• Berlin Wall

• Communist Containment Policy

• Berlin Airlift

How was the Cold War different from previous wars involving the United States?

• Previous wars were fought between the United States and European countries, and the Cold War was fought between the United States and the China.

• The Cold War refers to the political and economic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union-not an actual war.

• The Cold War was fought in the cold climate region of the Soviet Union, whereas previous wars were fought in warmer climate regions.

• The Cold War battles were fought with more modern weaponry since it took place in the 1960s.

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe

• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons

• To stop the spread of communism (Greece and Turkey)

• to send financial aid to Europe