Starting of the Cold War

What event officially started the space race?

• Sputnik
• the Berlin Wall
• the Berlin Blockade
• the Cuban Missile Crisis

The western equivalent (mutual defense agreement) to the Warsaw Pact was which of the following?

• NATO
• Sino-Soviet alliance
• Rome-Berlin Axis
• SEATO

What was the Truman Doctrine?

• stated the United States would provide money to countries threatened by Communism
• Rebuild war torn Europe
• European Recovery Program

• Funded by Soviet Union to provide money to satellite states

Which statement BEST describes results of the Vietnam War in the United States?

• The American people were united in their support for the Vietnam War.
• The United States government repealed the draft and used a volunteer army in Vietnam.
• Many Americans protested against the nation’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
• Most Americans supported the government of North Vietnam during the war.

What was the Imaginary line that separated the West from the Communist Naitons

• Marshall Plan
• Conatinment
• Facism
• Iron Curtain

What war ended in a stalemate?

• Vietnam War
• Korean War
• Civil War
• World War II

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba
• asking Congress to declare war on Cuba
• authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba
• seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

Which of the following best describes the results of the Korean War?

• North Korea defeated South Korea, and now all of Korea is under Communist rule.
• China defeated Korea, and now all of Korea is under Chinese rule.
• The Korean War ended in a stalemate.  Today, North Korea is still a Communist nation, and South Korea is a free nation.
• The United States defeated Korea, and today Korea is a territory of the U.S.

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the US Communist Party increased
• US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
• Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
• US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

dividing line between North and South Korea

• Seventeenth Parallel

• Thirty-eighth Parallel

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain