Cold War

The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union resulted in the federal govt under Kennedy doing this?

• demanding that the Soviet Union remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba

• creation of NASA and spending more money on math/science education

• launching a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union

• investigating communist spies in America

Which was a major effect of the Cold War on the US in the 1950's?

• Congress passed laws preventing US contact with nay communist countries

• The US refused to enter nay military alliances

• Many Americans feared that communist spies were trying to infiltrate the US

• all Americans were required to take loyalty oaths

The Truman Doctrine was a US cold war program that was intended to do this?

• contain the spread of communism by giving economic aid to Greece and Turkey

• stop the proliferation (build up) of nuclear weapons by the Soviet Union

• use the United Nations as a tool to recue threats from the Soviet Union

• airlift essential food and supplies into West Berlin

Which conclusion can best be drawn from the US involvement in Kores and the Vietnam War?

• war is the best way to support nations

• popular wars have assured the re-election of presidents

• the threat of nuclear war is necessary to settle a conflict

• the Cold War extended beyond conflicts with the Soviet Union

In 1950, this US senator accused govt workers, public figures, & military members of ties to communism?

• Hollywood Ten

• Julius Rosenberg

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

How did the US respond in 1950 when communist North Korea invaded non-communist South Korea?

• Truman declared the US would remain neutral

• Truman signed a peace treaty with North Korea to end the war immediately

• Truman ordered US troops along with UN troops to aid South Korea

• Truman ordered atomic bombs be dropped on Korea

Alger Hiss' conviction, the Rosenberg trial & the McCarthy hearings are all Cold War examples of this?

• Containment- the US policy of stopping the spread of communism

• Racism- people being mistreated because of their race or ethnicity

• Nativism- strong dislike of immigrants

• Red Scare- fear of communist threats inside the US

This US cold war program provided economic aid to ALL European countries so they could rebuild & avoid being taken over by communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Detente

What was a major result of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

• Fidel Castro was removed from power in Cuba

• United Nations forces invaded Cuba

• the US & Soviet Union both agreed to remove their nuclear missiles (from Cuba & Turkey) to avoid war

• trade between Cuba and the US increased

Most Americans who opposed sending US troops to fight in the Vietnam War believed that?

• nuclear weapons should be used to end the war instead

• the US should not police the world in an effort to stop communism

• the Vietnam War should be extended into China

• international trade would be interrupted