Domestic & Foreign Early Cold War

What term is commonly used to describe the state of geopolitical tension and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?

• World War II

• The Great Depression

• The Vietnam War

• Cold War

What metaphor did Winston Churchill use to describe the ideological and physical division between the democratic West and the communist East in Europe?

• The Great Divide

• Iron Curtain
• The Berlin Wall

• The Red Line

Which U.S. policy aimed to contain the spread of communism and provide economic and military assistance to countries resisting it?

• Truman Doctrine
• Containment Policy
• Marshall Plan
• NATO

What investigative committee was responsible for searching out and exposing communist sympathizers in the United States during the early Cold War era?

• House Committee on Foreign Affairs

• • Senate Committee on Armed Services

• • House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• • Joint Chiefs of Staff

What term describes the policy of developing and building up the military capabilities of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• nuclear disarmament
• peace talks
• arms race
• space race

What term is often used to describe the period of political and social persecution in the United States during the early Cold War, characterized by accusations of disloyalty and subversion without evidence?

• Dead Fish Grill

• The Silent Era

• The Great Purge
• McCarthyism

What international military alliance was formed in 1949, with the primary purpose of providing collective defense against aggression, especially from the Soviet Union?

• NATO
• OPEC
• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

The phrase "domino theory" was used to justify U.S. intervention in which region to prevent the spread of communism?

• Southeast Asia
• Africa
• Europe
• Latin America

This program assisted soldiers when they returned to civilian life

• Selective Service Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• G.I. Bill

• Baby Boom

What happened as a result of the increase in U.S. births that began in 1942

• the decline of family farming

• The spread of new diseases

• The reduction of defense spending

• The growth of suburbs