Cold War Quiz

Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?

• To contain communism

• To spread democracy

• To gain territory

• To support France

What was Reagan's policy towards the Soviet Union?

• Non-interventionism

• Peace through strength

• Detente

• Mutual assured destruction

What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Kennedy and Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles

• Cuba became a US territory

• A nuclear war started

• The US invaded Cuba

What event marked the beginning of the Berlin Blockade?

• The Truman Doctrine announcement

• The signing of the NATO treaty

• Stalin stopping all ground access to Berlin

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• The end of communism in Korea

• Communism was contained

• North Korea took over South Korea

• A significant shift in the border between the Koreas

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The signing of the INF Treaty

• The establishment of NATO

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To establish military bases in Europe

• To provide financial aid to rebuild European economies

• To promote communism in Europe

• To rebuild European armies

What was the main conflict of the Cold War? Pick two.

• Capitalism vs. Communism

• Democracy vs. Authoritarianism

• Nationalism vs. Globalism

• Isolationism vs. Imperialism

What was the main goal of the United States' policy of containment during the Cold War?

• To spread communism to other countries

• To isolate the United States from international conflicts

• To prevent the spread of communism to other countries

• To promote peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

In what decade did the Cold War end?

• 1970s

• 1960s

• 1980s

• 1990s