Cold War Practice

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race.

• U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

• The U.S. started NASA.

• All of the above

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction a missile site in Cuba.

• JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

• JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

• JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

• JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

• It decreased consumer spending.

• It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

• It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

• It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

• Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

• Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

• Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race.

• U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

• The U.S. started NASA.

• All of the above