US2 S1 Cold War + Civil Rights

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam

• East and West Asia

• North and South Korea

• Eastern communist Europe and Western democratic Europe

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

• by providing government housing for refugees

• by providing military assistance to Vietnam

• by providing money to any country trying to resist communism

• by selling weapons to Vietnam

Why did the US and Soviet Union oppose each other during the Cold War?

• The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US

• The two countries have different viewpoints of government, ideologies and economy.

• Due to the Treaty of Versailles

How is a Cold War different from a regular war?

• It's fought in the winter.

• It is a war that divides countries.

• It's fought in certain countries.

• It is an Arms Race, Proxy Wars and ideas instead of direct fighting

What is an arms race?

• The US and Soviet Union began to race and see who could conquer more countries.

• The US and Soviet Union began building and storing powerful weapons.

• The US wanted to have peace with the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union wanted to become allies with the United States

Which senator proposed that citizens turn in their neighbor if they suspected the neighbor was a communist?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Joseph McCarthy

• Harry S. Truman

• Richard Nixon

Which statement describes communism?

• a political system in which every person in society gets a vote

• a political and economic system in which the government owns and distributes wealth and resources

• a political system in which people are forced to live in communities

• an economic system in which the government takes everyone's money and invests it in the national stock market

In 1960, members of SNCC use ____ to desegregate lunch counters throughout the south.

• boycott

• sit-ins

• segregation