Unit 9: 1945-1975

What is a Cold War?

• War fought in below 0* temperatures

• A war where no weapons are actually fired

• Any wars fought in Russia

• It's just another name for a war

What kind of government did the Soviet Union have?

• Dictatorship

• Communism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Which is true about Communism?

• Citizens did not have rights

• Government owns the land

• People have little personal freedoms

• All of these

Which country was first to launch a satellite in space and have a man in orbit?

• China

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• United States

What sparked the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union?

• The Soviet Union offended the President of the United States

• They didn't agree on many political beliefs which caused tension

• The Soviet Union invaded the US

• The United States bombed the Soviet Union

World War II ended shortly after the US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Four years later, the Soviet Union responded by successfully detonating an atomic bomb. How did these developments affect the policy of the United States?

• the US mobilized all of its armed forces

• the US drafted all young men into military service

• the US increased its efforts to construct nuclear weapons

• the US suspended diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

• it built up the western European armed forces

• it helped to rebuild an strengthen European economies

• it forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs

• it created a military alliance among western European and Northern American nations

Government control of industry.

• Capitalism
• Socialism

No class system.

• Capitalism
• Socialism

Production determined by supply and demand.

• Capitalism
• Socialsim