The Cold War

U.S. political decision to stop the spread the communism without direct war with the Soviet Union entailed...

• confrontation with the Soviets.

• providing aid to European nations.

• containment of Soviet expansion.

• engaging in covert operations.

In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey. President Truman outlined a policy known as the __________________ which pledged the United States to fight the spread of communism worldwide.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Berlin Airlift

Senator Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-Communist witch hunt by

• accusing Alger Hiss of being a Soviet spy.

• urging the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to hold hearings.

• saying that there were spies in the U.S. army.

• claiming he had a list of Communists employed by the U.S. State Department

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

• punish Germany for its role in World War II.

• keep Communist countries weak.

• help Germany form a new government.

• help Western Europe recover from World War II.

In 1946 what did Winston Churchill describe as an “iron curtain” falling across Eastern Europe?

• the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• the adoption of the Declaration of Liberated Europe

• the establishment of pro-Soviet Communist governments in Eastern Europe

• the industrialization of Eastern European nations under the Marshall Plan

To what conflict does President Truman Refer to in the Excerpt?

“The Kremlin [Soviet Union] is trying, and has been trying for a long time, to drive a wedge between us and the other nations. It wants to see us isolated. It wants to see us distrusted. It wants to see us feared and hated by our allies. Our allies agree with us in the course we are following. They do not believe we should take the initiative to widen the conflict in the Far East. If the United States were to widen the conflict, we might well have to go it alone.”

—President Truman, from an address to the

Civil Defense Conference, May 7, 1951

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Chinese Revolution

• The Vietnam War

• The Korean War

The Korean War began when...

• American and Soviet troops clashed at the 38th parallel.

• American troops landed at the port of Inchon.

• Chinese forces crossed the Yalu River.

• North Korean troops invaded the south.

Which term was used by Eisenhower’s critics in order to describe the President’s willingness to threaten Nuclear War in order to maintain peace.

• Subversion

• Brinkmanship

• McCarthyism

• Containment

Why did the Soviet Union decide to blockade the city of Berlin?

• Too many people were entering East Germany from the west

• They wanted the U.S. to come in and take over all of Germany

• To gain control of all of Berlin

• All of the above

On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched the first satellite, the Sputnik, into outer space, and therefore, increased the possibility of launching weapons and spy satellites into space. As a result, the Cold War Era was popularized by a competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union known as...

• The Space Race

• The Race to the Top

• Covert Operations

• Military-Industrial Complex