Cold War Review

Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought for influence throughout the globe during the...

• Third World War

• American-Russo War

• Cold War

• Communist Revolution

Following the conclusion of World War II, what happened to Nazi Germany?

• Germany was left to rebuild itself independently.

• The Soviet Union used its control over the capital of Berlin to dominate Germany.

• Germany returned to its prewar political state.

• The United States, Britain, France and Soviet Union split Germany into militarized zones and occupied Berlin.

President Harry Truman used the policy of _______ to address Communism. This policy would become the key way the United States fought the Soviet Union.

• Containment

• Appeasement

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Reparations

During what time period did the United States begin to construct, test, and stockpile vast amounts of Nuclear Weapons?

• Dooms Day

• Communist Crisis

• Atomic Age

• Soviet Scare

Why was Senator Joseph McCarthy such a significant figure during the Cold War?

• No one respected McCarthy enough to take him seriously.

• McCarthy's claims that communists had invaded the U.S. government spread fear and hurt innocent people's lives.

• McCarthy was arrested for supplying the Soviet Union with classified information.

• McCarthy helped the Soviet Union and United States to settle their differences.

Why did the United States get involved with wars in Korea and Vietnam?

• The U.S. believed in "domino theory" and wanted to prevent communism from spreading in South East Asia.

• The U.S. wanted to colonize Asia after World War II.

• The U.S. saw these countries as an immediate nuclear threat to American citizens.

• The Soviet Union asked the U.S. for assistance in quelling post-WWII tension in Asia.

During the Space Race, when Neil Armstrong said “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”, the United States had achieved...

• the launching of the first satellite.

• the first cooperative space mission with the USSR.

• the first moon landing.

• the first chimpanzee orbiting around Earth.

What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The United States successfully overthrew the Cuba's communist government.

• Cuba's communist government successfully tested its first nuclear missile.

• The Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba and targeted the United States.

• Cuba launched nuclear missiles at U.S. allies in the Caribbean.

Even though the United States had superior weapons during the Vietnam War, why wasn't the United States able to quickly crush the Viet-Cong?

• The Soviet Union lent North-Vietnam nuclear weapons to use.

• The landscape of Vietnam, combined with the tactics of guerilla warfare, made the Viet-Cong hard to fight.

• The United States wasn't used to fighting in cities, where most of the fighting took place.

• A Soviet blockade prevented American supplies from reaching Vietnam.

During this war, young men were drafted, the TV publicized the war, and many civilians died. This caused the war to become unpopular with many Americans.

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War II

• Bay of Pigs Invasion