Cold War

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.

What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

What ended the Great Depresssion (1929-1938)?

• New Deal Programs
• WWII
• Roosevelt's 3 R's
• Great Migration

A Cold War Treaty organization was: 

• NAFTA      
• NATO
• Prussian Pact 
• Danzig Accords

“To counter the possibility that the Western countries could not protect themselves against the Soviet Union, the Truman Administration formed a European-American alliance that would commit the United States to bolstering the security of Western Europe.”
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The above statement is describing which organization?

• The Big Three 
• NATO 
• Warsaw Pact 
• Marshall Plan

 One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

• a.   promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
• b.   keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
• c.   complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
• d.   meet the requirements of the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization (NATO)

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

• The United States worked to stop the spread of communism.

• The United States withdrew from its European alliances

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.