The Cold WAR

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

• Japan & China

• United States & Japan

• Great Britain & Soviet Union

• United States & Soviet Union

One of the biggest changes to the United States after World War II was _______________________________.

• that we lost our freedoms.

• the period of isolationism ended.

• we became a communist country.

• we were owned by Great Britain.

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.

• isolationism

• independence

• communism

• democracy

True or False: After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.

• True

• False

True or False: The Iron curtain was a huge iron barrier wall that was built between East and West Germany.

• True

• False

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

• Prussia

• Berlin

• Austria

• Bismark

What was the Berlin Wall?

• An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

• An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower