us history WWII and cold war

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

• Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

• The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

• Soviets were financing Cuba

• Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

Which best describes communism?

• Government is not involved in economy

• Business owners sell shares of their companies to the government

• Government is involved in planning and production

• Investment is encouraged by government

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...

• helped the CIA break a Soviet spy ring

• supported Senator McCarthy in exposing communists

• were executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

• Opposed the Soviet blockade of Berlin

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

• By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

• He didn't

• He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

• He protested in the United Nations

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

• The Domino Theory

• The Marshall Plan

• Mutually assured destruction

• Strategic defensive initiative

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

• the Korean War

• the Manhattan Project

• the arms race

• disarmament talks

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

• The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti

• The Soviets invaded Hungary

• The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government

• A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

• It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war

• It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable

• It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact

• It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans

Who won the space race?

• The Soviet Union

• The United States

What was the US plan with regard to containment?

• To provide money to secure communist government around the world

• To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union

• Appeasement

• To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger