Cold War Conflicts

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

• The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons

• The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

• Korean & Vietnam War

• Civil War & Spanish American War

• WWI & WWII

• Persian Gulf & War on Terror

The Cold War was a period of competition between which two countries?

• The Soviet Union and Afghanistan

• the U.S. and Afghanistan

• the U.S. and Korea

• the U.S and the Soviet Union

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

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Domino Theory

The organization that the Soviet Union created in response to the defense alliance created by the United States consisting of communist allies to the USSR was

• the United Nations

• the Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• the League of Nations

The organization that was formed to combat communism and protect member nations from a communist attack was

• the United Nations

• the Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• the League of Nations

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism. Communists from the north tried to take over the south. What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.

• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.

• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.

In the 1960s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam

• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong

• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.

• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.

• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.

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

• The US landed a person on the moon.

• The USSR broke apart into nation-states.

• The US almost started a war with Cuba.

• The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.