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

Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare by accusing American citizens of being communist spies?

• McCarthy/HUAC

• NAACP/Farm Workers Union

• Nativists/Muckrakers

• Philanthropists/Entrepreneurs

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 country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• the Soviet Union

• France

To stem the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin, the leader of the Soviet Union ________________________.

• began a war with Korea

• sent missiles to Cuba

• put down a revolution in Hungary

• built a wall in Berlin

What were the sites of the two major hot conflicts of the Cold War?

• Korea and Vietnam

• Germany and France

• Algeria and Morocco

• Cuba and Spain

After World War II, ____________ was split along the 38th parallel as US troops liberated it from the south and Soviet troops liberated it from the north.

• Japan

• French Indochina

• the Korean peninsula

• Berlin

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union nearly start a nuclear war over Cuba?

• The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba.

• The United States attempted to colonize Cuba

• The Soviet Union began a blockade of Cuba.

• The United States flew spy planes over Cuba.

What was the domino theory?

• A theory used to predict East German actions.

• A theory that explained the outcome of World War II.

• A theory that predicted the growth of the anti-war movement.

• A theory about the way communism might spread.