Cold War

The Vietcong's power continued to increase in part because of 

• strong belief in communism

• the use of terror by South Vietnam

• the Vietnamese opposition to Diem's government

• the Vietnamese distrust of the U.S.

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Fidel Castro

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Nikita Khrushchev

The Vietcong used ___________ troops who blended in with the civilian population and used tactics such as ambushes and booby traps. 

• guerrillas

• the domino theory

• hawks

• untrained fighters

In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey, President Truman outlined a policy known as the ________, which pledged the United States to fight the spread of communism worldwide. 

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctorine

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Berlin Airlift

What separated North Korea and South Korea after the armistice that ended the Korean War? 

• Warsaw Pact

• Panama Canal

• DMZ

• Berlin Wall

What were Communist countries of Eastern Europe that were dependent on the Soviet Union called? 

• satellite nations

• dictatorships

• representative democracies

Why did some people not support the war in Vietnam?

• The U.S. had spent too much money on the war.

• The U.S. implemented an unfair draft.

• Americans wanted to see communism spread in Asia.

• The U.S. conducted bombing raids on Vietnamese civilians.

What was the result of the Korean War?

• Neither side won the Korean War.

• North Korea won and joined with South Korea.

• South Korea won and joined with North Korea.

• Communist China won the Korean War.

Why did the United States conduct the Berlin Airlift in 1948?

• to help get supplies into West Berlin

• to keep the Soviets away from Berlin

• to help people escape from East Berlin

• to drop bombs on the city of Berlin

Which communist country was nearest to the US in the 1960s?

• Soviet Union

• China

• North Korea

• Cuba