The Cold War

What is containment?

• Blocking the advance of both Soviet power and communism

• Pursuing a policy of peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

• Surrendering to Soviet demands

• Supporting the spread of communism in Europe and Asia

Ultimately, what led to the rise of the U.S. and the Soviets as two superpowers

• The Vietnam War

• The Soviet Union's refusal to support free elections in Poland

• The Korean War

• Soviet and U.S. development of atomic weapons

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To provide collective security against the Soviet Union

• To help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II

• To unify Germany country under a single communist government

• To create a defensive system of missiles

What is NATO?

• An international military alliance opposing Soviet aggression

• A program that provided U.S. aid to help rebuild Eastern European economies

• A policy of peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

• A communist organization

What did Kennan warn in his Long Telegram?

• The Soviets would peacefully coexist with capitalists

• The U.S. would spread communism

• The Soviets couldn't peacefully coexist with capitalists

• The U.S. might get involved in long, distant wars over communism

What is the Truman Doctrine?

• a promise that the U.S. contain the spread of communism

• a promise to never confront the Soviets in a war

• a promise to never use nuclear weapons during war again

• a promise to only focus on problems in the U.S.

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

• Republican senator who accused others of being communist

• Democratic politician who condemned communist hearings

• A communist spy in the State Department.

• A military official who argued communism wasn't a threat

What events in America caused fear and paranoia in the 1940s and 1950s?

• Concerns about Soviet espionage in the US atomic program.

• German reunification

• Worries about spending too much on the Marshall Plan

• The spread of communism in Asia

What was the Red Scare?

• period of intense anti-communism in the U.S.

• period of intense pro-communism in the U.S.

• period of violence arising from civil rights protests

• period of intermittent proxy wars

What is McCarthyism?

•  the practice of making unsupported accusations

• the practice of ending false accusations

• the practice of giving clear, supported evidence

• The practice of forgiving communist espionage