Cold War assessment

What is the difference between the Soviet Union and the U.S?

• Soviet Union is democratic, US is communist

• both countries are democratic

• both are communist

• US is democratic, Soviet Union is communist

What happened during the Red Scare?

• Many democrats were arrested

• People were born with red hair

• Innocent people were investigated/

  arrested for being communist

• People who didn't cooperate were sent back to work

What is the "Iron Curtain"?

• Nations of Europe after WW2

• when they built the Titanic

• Part of Europe that was isolated through a communist government

• division between America and Europe

Why did America become involved in the Vietnam Conflict?

• US wanted to stop communism from spreading

• US wanted North Vietnam to join NATO

• American military was already training forces to fight Communist troops

• US was training soldiers in North Vietnam

Who "won" the Space Race?

• Soviet Union

• China

• US

• Japan

Ronald Reagan

• leader of the Soviet Union who wanted to bring change

• US president, helped develop a better relationship with the Soviet Union & helped end the Cold War

• communist leader of Cuba

• US president during the Cuban missile crisis