The Cold War

The goal of the US in the Cold War was...

• expansion

• imperialism

• containment

• conquering

The U.S. President in power as the Cold War emerged was...

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

The nation that was divided between Eastern communist control and Western capitalist powers.

• Japan

• Russia

• Poland

• Germany

To combat the Soviet Union's blockade of shipments into West Berlin, the U.S. and its allies...

• flew supplies in.

• smuggled supplies in through an undercover network.

• forced supplies through with military escorts on the ground.

• delivered supplies by boat.

In which Asian nation did Soviet-backed communist forces invade a US-supported democratic region?

• China

• The Philippines

• Korea

• Taiwan

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• Korea united as a communist nation.

• Korea remained divided in half -- one side communist, the other democratic.

• Korea united as a democratic nation.

• Korea was taken over by communist China.

Cold War tensions erupted in the Western Hemisphere when this county became communist in 1959.

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with...

• an agreement by both the Soviet Union and the US to remove missiles.

• the Soviet Union giving into an ultimatum from the US.

• a successful US invasion that overthrew the communist government.

• the US giving in and allowing the missiles to remain in place.

What defines a Cold War?

• a build-up of tensions that never breaks out in open warfare.

• a war that takes place during winter.

• a war that occurs when one side feels disrespected by the other.

• a war over territory.

Why was NATO created?

• To protect world peace and security

• To promote diplomacy between communist and democratic nations

• To spread communism

• To stop the spread of communism