Cold War Vocabulary

What bill did Congress pass to help rebuild Europe after WWII? (pg. 128)

• G.I. Bill

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

Why was Cuban missile crisis the closest the United States and the USSR came to military conflict during the Cold War? (pg. 131)

• the location of Cuba made very few parts of the U.S. vulnerable to attack

• the location of Cuba made large areas of the U.S. vulnerable to attack

Why did President Truman send American troops to South Korea during the Korean War? (pg. 129)

• He was trying to stop the spread of Communism to North Korea

• He was trying to stop the spread of Communism to South Korea

• He was trying to stop the capitalism of Communism to North Korea

• He was trying to stop the capitalism of Communism to South Korea

What did the Berlin Wall symbolize during the Cold War? (pg. 128)

• division between democracy & communism

• freedom for East Berlin, communism for West Berlin

• freedom for West Berlin, communism for East Berlin

• peace between the U.S. and the USSR

What was a cause of the Berlin Airlift? What was an effect/ result of the Berlin Airlift? (pg. 128)

• CAUSE:

  The Soviets created a blockade around West Berlin

• CAUSE:

  The Germans created a blockade around West Berlin

• EFFECT:

  U.S. avoided military action against the USSR

• EFFECT:

  Soviet blockade was unsuccessful

Which of the following is NOT a direct example of Containment policy? (pg. 129)

• Truman Doctrine

• Space Race

• Marshall Plan

• Korean War

Which of the following were effects of the Soviets' success launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957? (pg. 131)

• U.S. passed the National Defense Education Act

• Funding/ support for U.S. math & science classes decreased

• the Space Race began

• U.S. began to increase defense spending

Define the Cold War.

• an era of anti-communists sentiments

• 1947-1991

• actual nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• nuclear threats, military competition & espionage between the U.S. and the Soviet Union