Cold War Assessment Honors

One major difference between capitalism and communism is—

• In a capitalist system, individuals can own businesses and property.

• Communism was a theory of government that never became popular in Asia.

• A capitalist society ensures that the government has total control over the banking system.

• In a capitalist system, everyone is required to share good and services equally.

What was the Marshall Plan?

• A. A corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that asserted American supremacy in Western Europe.

• B. U.S. Ambassador Phillip Marshall’s proposal for peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• C. A covert CIA plot to overthrow Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.

• D. The U.S. initiative to help Europe rebuild after World War II.

The Truman Doctrine was a policy of -

• Using small-yield nuclear weapons against America’s communist enemies

• A corollary to the Marshall Plan which added Portugal and Spain to NATO.

• Aiding any country or group fighting against communism in order to stop it from spreading.

• America’s use of the atom bomb against communist revolutionaries on Bikini Atoll.

What was McCarthyism?

• The philosophy that used fear of communism to promote one’s own agenda.

• Another name for détente; named for Senator Joseph McCarthy, an avid supporter of world peace.

• The mutually beneficial political policy that led to a treaty between the US and the USSR in 1989.

• The philosophy that used fear of capitalism to promote American businesses.

The Berlin Airlift was —

• A U.S. Air Force project to fly German residents out of East Berlin during Soviet occupation.

• A top-secret World War 2 era plan to take over Germany.

• The U.S. and the U.K. flying food, fuel, and supplied to Berlin after the Soviets blocked it off.

• The German national soccer team that inspired the German people to unite in 1963.

The 38th Parallel was/is the —

• Line of latitude that divides communist North Korea from democratic South Korea.

• Line of longitude marking the boundary between Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War.

• Approximate location of the Berlin Wall.

• None of the above.

The U.S. fought wars in Korea and Vietnam in order to achieve—

• Containment

• Détente

• Socialism

• Domino Theory

The Korean War began when—

• The United Nations sent troops to annex North Korea.

• South Korea sent troops into the North to subdue Marxist revolutionaries threatening Pyongyang.

• Chinese troops invaded North Korea.

• North Korean troops invaded South Korea.

Who was Ho Chi Minh?

• A North Korean general.

• The leader of the democracy movement in South Vietnam.

• The leader of communist forces during the Vietnam War.

• The first president of newly-democratic South Korea.

A major difference from previous wars was that the U.S. war in Vietnam —

• Was over very quickly.

• Was fought almost entirely overseas.

• Did not have the overwhelming support of the American public.

• Saw young men drafted into military service.