Cold War

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union encompassed the time period between which two major historical events?

• The end of WWll and the fall of South Vietnam

• The end of WWll and the fall of the Soviet Union

• The start of the Korean War and the fall of the Soviet Union

• The Cuban missile crisis and the fall of the Soviet Union

The Korean War began as a result of:

• Communist China’s invasion of both North and South Korea

• The Soviet Union’s invasion of both North and South Korea

• North Korea’s invasion of South Korea

• Japan’s failed attempt to conquer North Korea

. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy drew national attention in the early 1950’s by asserting that numerous communist spies had infiltrated the USA, among other institutions.This period of “McCarthyism” was fueled by:

• Fear of communist influence on the USA and Soviet spies

• The fall of South Korea to communist invaders

• Fidel Castro’s successful communist revolution in Cuba

• The fall of South Vietnam to communism

What was former British prime minister Winston Churchill referring to when he stated in 1946 that an “iron curtain” had been lowered across Europe?

• Travel to certain parts of Europe was nearly impossible because of the vast destruction caused by World War ll

• The separation of Berlin into West and East Berlin

• The huge number of homeless individuals that existed at the end of World War ll.

• The Symbolic meaning of Eastern European countries that became Communist under the influence of the USSR.

What did the Truman Doctrine establish?

• The United States would give Western European countries economic aid to rebuild their cities devastated by World War ll

• The United States would occupy Japan indefinitely because of its strategic importance

• The United States would “contain” communism by giving military aid to any democratic nation threatened by communist aggression

• The United States would use nuclear weapons to end the Korean War

In what country was The Bay of Pigs invasion a failed attempt by CIA trained operatives to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro?

• Cuba

• Hati

• Grenada

• Guatemala

The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) states that:

• A nuclear armed nation can only win a nuclear war against another country with nuclear weapons if it attacks first

• Nuclear armed nations are deterred from starting a nuclear war because both the attacker(s) and the defender(s) would be annihilated

• Nuclear weapons would never have to be used because countries have large conventional military forces

• NATO would resort to the use of nuclear weapons if it could not stop a Soviet invasion of Western Europe

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a security alliance between numerous countries from Europe and North America. Which of the following is a core point of NATO?

• All member states have pledged to never use nuclear weapons

• It has no military capability – the only way it can resolve international disputes is through diplomatic efforts

• An attack on one NATO member country is considered an attack against all members

• It will remain neutral if one of its member countries is attacked by Russia

The Berlin Airlift was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The airlifting of vital supplies was made necessary because:

• Soviet troops had overrun West Berlin, which had previously been under the control of American, British, and French forces

• President Truman did not believe it was important for the Western democracies to control West Berlin, but the US Congress disagreed and passed a bill that required the city to be supplied by air

• The Soviet Union blocked the railway and road access to the sectors of West Berlin then under American, British, and French control

• The Soviet Union stated that the American, British, and French forces had three months to evacuate West Berlin, or they would face a nuclear attack.