Truman and Eisenhower Era

What was Dwight Eisenhower's nickname?

• Hank

• Bill

• Ted

• Ike

___________________means pushing to the edge of war without actually doing any real fighting.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Brinksmanship

• Nuclear Fallout

After Stalin's death, who took his place?

• Kruschev

• Putin

• JFK

• Roosevelt

The_____________Pact was an alliance between allied Soviet and Communist Countries. They would defend one another in times of war.

• Versailles

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• Warsaw

How was Vietnam divided after France lost its colony there?

• East and West

• North and South

• Into Counties

• Into Provinces

______________was an organization that was created to fight communism between America, France, and Great Britain.

• NATO

  (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• United Nations

  (United Nations)

• SEATO

  (South Easter Atlantic Treaty Organization)

This country was created after WWII and the Holocaust. Many survivors of the Holocaust immigrated here. Since its creation, there has been unrest and fighting in the Middle East.

• South Korea

• Israel

• Costa Rica

• Iran

Many people began to feel uneasy and anxious about the possibility of _____________fallout. They begin to practice drills at school and build fallout shelters.

• nuclear

• atomic

• hurricane

• missile

After WWII the United States and the Soviet Union were in an _____________ to see who could stockpile the most weapons and maintain a military advantage.

• movement

• admittance

• space race

• arms race

The____________lasted 40 years between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States wanted to contain communism. We never actually fought with the Soviet Union but were in wars with Korea and Vietnam.

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Cold War

• Spanish American War