Cold War HotSpots

What did Hungarian people seek in the Hungarian Revolts of 1956?

• To leave the Warsaw Pact

• Personal freedoms

• Removal of Russian secret police from Hungary

• All of these

The Suez Crisis revolved around the control of the Suez Canal. The Suez canal is located in __________(name the country)

The Americans supported the Mujahdeen when the Soviet Union invaded this nation.

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

• Iran

• Israel

The US became embroiled in the Vietnam War due to fears that Communism might spread if the North Vietnamese won. The theory that if one nation falls to Communism many others can is known as the

• Rube Goldberg Theory

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Theory

• Truman Doctrine

While the US did not enter the Suez Crisis at the time, American support in the Middle East has been traditionally behind this Middle Eastern ally.

• Syria

• Iran

• Palestine

• Israel

Who was the President of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Eisenhower

• Nixon

Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

• Stalin

• Brezhnev

• Khrushchev

• Gorbachev