Cold War

Why did the United States join the United Nations

• Stop the spread of communism

• Prevent Future wars

• Seek allies to fight Germany

• Improve condition in other countries

The Cold war is described as

• U.S. isolationism

• The war between the U.S. and Japan

• Hostilities between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• The United States war with Cuba

The goal of the Marshall plan was

• To stop the spread of communism in Europe

• Increase American power in North America

• Gain U.S. military control of Africa

• Provide help to Latin American countries

The Soviet Union blocked off Berlin because

• the UN sent troops to Vietnam

• Western powers united their Zones of occupation in Germany

• China became a communist power

• The Soviet Union was preparing for war with the West

The Iron Curtain is described as

• The symbolic divide between Eastern and Western Europe

• A physical wall separating Eastern and Western Europe

• A term used by the Soviet Union to describe the U.S.

• UN control of countries in Latin America

Which is true about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Soviet Missiles were placed in Cuba

• The U.S. had missiles in Europe close to the Soviet Union

• A compromise was reached between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• Nuclear war broke out

What does this cartoon represent about the Cuban Missile Crisis

• The tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

• The U.S. gaining control of Cuba

• Struggle between the U.S. and Korea

• The American war in Vietnam

What is the definition of Dominio Theory?

• If one nation fell to communism, others would follow (like Dominoes)

• Each country is a Dominio

• The USSR would eventually fall if the U.S. went to war

• The UN could stop communism

What is the U.S. goal of containment?

• Stop the spread of communism

• Kepp communism in countries where it already exists

• Help spread communism

• Do nothing about communism