Causes and Effects of the Cold War.

Why was the Cold War called the Cold War?

• Because it was mad cold in the Soviet Union

• Because it never heated up into actual conflict between the USA and USSR.

• Because the USA and USSR turned a "cold shoulder" on each other.

• Because there was never a battle during the Cold War.

What word best describes the time period of the Cold War?

• Decade

• Age

• Era

• Generation

What is meant by containment in the Cold War?

• Communism could stay where it was, but it would not be allowed to spread.

• West Berlin was contained inside of Soviet territory.

• The nuclear weapons were being contained by the USSR.

• Communism had to be contained to the Soviet Union only.

What did the Truman Doctrine create?

• The language through which Americans viewed the world: America as tyrannical and the Communists as free

• The language through which Communists viewed the world: America as free and the Communists as tyrannical

• The language through which Americans viewed the world: America as free and the Communists as tyrannical

• The language through which Communists viewed the world: Communists as free and the Americans as tyrannical

What did America propose the Marshall plan to be a response to?

• A plan to help people escape the Soviet Union.

• An economic crisis in America

• An outbreak of armed conflict in Europe.

• An economic crisis in Europe

What was the Berlin Crisis a result of?

• The city of Berlin entirely fell to communism after Soviet invasion.

•   West Berlin being cut off from the rest of West Germany after Germany was split apart.

• The Soviets bombing West Berlin.

• The Berlin wall stopped necessary trade between the Eastern and Western sides of Berlin.

Which of the following were not a result of the Red Scare?

• Anti-Communist propaganda

• Embracement of left-leaning ideologies.

• Films

• Espionage

Why were the words “Under God” added to the pledge of allegiance in 1954?

• None of the above.

• Because it had been taken away in the 1920's and America wanted to add it back.

• Americans wanted to be better Christians than the Soviets.

• Because the Americans wanted to separate themselves from the Soviets, who were atheists.

Why did the US develop an advanced interstate system?

• All of the above.

• To have a quick evacuation route in case of nuclear war.

• To allow for efficient and quick interstate trade.

• For emergency landings of aircrafts.

What concept did espionage (the usage of spies) lead to?

• The Berlin Crisis

• The Truman Doctrine

• McCarthyism

• The Marshall Plan