Cold War & Civil Rights

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?

• The US almost started a war with Cuba.
• The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
• The US landed a person on the moon.
• The USSR broke apart into nation-states.

The Cold War was mostly a competition between
the United States and

• Great Britian
• Korea
• Soviet Union
• Germany

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

What policy, led by President Truman, was adopted by the US to stop the spread of communism?

• Policy of Neutrality

• Policy of Containment

• Policy of Appeasement

Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War?

• It did not want another country in southeast Asia to fall under communism

• It did not want another country to be split

• It wanted to attack North Korea

• It wanted to sell more weapons to its allies

During the Cold War, this idea is the reason why no nuclear weapons were ever used by either the United States and/or Soviet Union

• Masters Against Defense

• Maximum Allowed Devastation

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Mutual Anti Detonation

Congress passed this after WWII to help rebuild Western Europe by spending $13 billion in economic aid and oppose communism...

• War Powers Act

• League of Nations

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Marshall Plan