Cold War Review

The goal of the United States during the Cold War was to contain the spread of _____________.

• democracy

• immigration

• communism

The US and ______________ developed distrust and rivalry after WWII.

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Britain

Senator Joseph _________ fueled fear by announcing that hundreds of communists were working in the US government.

• Stalin

• King

• McCarthy

The ______________ was built by the Soviets to separate the capital of Germany which had been divided by the allies at the end of WWII.

• Berlin Wall

• Civil Rights Movement

• German Wall

The Space Race was started when the Soviet Union successfully launched an unmanned satellite, __________.

• Apollo

• Sputnik

• Montgomery

When the Korean War ended in a stalemate, South and North Korean ___________.

• governments became democratic.

• governments became communist.

• governments did not change.

The US and Soviet Union came close to nuclear war during the ___________________.

• WWII

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Vietnam War

Which country is below China on the world map?

• Cuba

• Korea

• Vietnam

In both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, the ______________________

• wars were caused by communists.

• wars were won by the US

• US was trying to contain the spread of communism.

President ______________ desegregated the military in 1948.

• Johnson

• Truman

• Kennedy