Cold War Strategies

The Strategy of Containment began under the presidency of . .

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

• Barack Obama

Containment called for

• Facing off against the Soviet Union in battle

• Preventing the spread of Soviet influence

• Dismantling Communism in Europe

• Defeating Germany in World War II

An example of Containment at work includes:

• The Marshall Plan

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• Support for the "Contras" in Nicaragua

Which strategy argued that "if the U.S. pushed the Communists to the brink of war, they would back down due to our nuclear superiority"?

• Brinkmanship

• Flexible Response

• Detente

• Reagan Doctrine

The President responsible for introducing "Brinkmanship" was

• Harry S Truman

• Dwight D Eisenhower

• Lyndon Baines Johnson

• George W. Bush

One strength of Brinkmanship is:

• It kept us out of involvement in colonial wars

• It stopped all Communist aggression

• by relying on our nuclear arsenal, the U.S. would save money

• It led to victory in Korea

One weakness of Brinkmanship was:

• It required spending a lot of money

• The large-scale use of nuclear weapons might lead to mutual anihilation

• It led to the U.S. getting involved in the Korean War

• It led to numerous "brushfire" wars

One area where we can see Brinkmanship in use was:

• The development of the hydrogen bomb

• The Hungarian uprising

• The war between Russia and Ukraine

• Vietnam

The strategy which called for the U.S. to build up its conventional forces in order to provide a number of ways the country could react to Communist challenges is known as:

• Containment

• Flexible Response

• Detente

• Reagan Doctrine

The President best known for putting flexible response in place was:

• Joseph McCarthy

• John F. Kennedy

• Jimmy Carter

• Rutherford B. Hayes