the cold war

Period when the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for influence around the world but never engaged in an official war against each other.

• Korean War

• WWII

• Cold War

• Containment

During the Cold War, the United States followed this policy which aimed at stopping the spread of communism.

• Red China

• NATO

• Containment

• Korean War

Why was it important to the United States to beat the Soviet union in the space race?

• Prove their technological superiority

• Proof they can own the moon

• Proof they can contain communism

• Prove the United State can get the first man to enter space

The launch of the Soviet Union satellite "sputnik" made the US react in what way?

• Decrease defense spending to calm the american people

• increase the housing boom market spending

• Establish an armistice in Korea

• Increase defense depending on these such as NASA and education in Science & Math

The term ______ has become identified with making harsh accusations without evidence. It fueled the Red Scare through unsupported accusations of communism.

• Containment

• McCarthyism

• HUAC

• Hollywood Ten

The 12 nation pact created a mutual defense alliance between the United States and Western European Countries

• NATO

• WARSAW Pact

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

The United States had to increase their defense spending in order to keep up with....

• The fall of Turkey & Greece

• The Arms & Space Race

• The Korean War

• The race of the Future

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent 

• an economic depression.
• the return of Nazi ideas.
• the spread of nationalism.
• the spread of Communism.

Sputnik was the world’s first

• artificial satellite
• computer
• hydrogen bomb
• spaceship

The Korean War ended in 1953 with

• Soviet troops in place to guard the North Korean border.
• China pulling out its troops and ending its support for North Korea.
• the defeat of North Korea, which pulled back farther north.
• North and South Korea once again divided near the 38th parallel.