USII Cold War

Which of the following terms refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII and lasted until 1991?

• Iron Curtain

• Soviet-Communist War

• Korean War

• Cold War

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

• The United States worked to stop the spread of communism.

• The United States withdrew from its European alliances

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.

Which reason explains why President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine?

• The Soviet Union interfered in the domestic affairs of Greece and Turkey.

• The Soviet Union refused to allow Greece and Turkey to join the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union provided economic assistance to Greece and Turkey.

• The Soviet Union prevented Greece and Turkey from accepting the Marshall Plan.

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

• Communism

• Fascism

• Capitalism

• Botulism

Match the following vocabulary words

• agreed-upon border between communists North Korea and Democratic South Korea

• 38th parallel

• Eisenhower's plan to connect the nation through a system of roadways-middle class move to suburbs

• Arms Race

• Beginning of a competition for weapons superiority after both US & Soviet launch nuclear weapons

• United Nations

• Federal employees were investigated for suspicious activity

• Loyalty Review Boards

• International peacekeeping organization designed to promote global justice

• Interstate Highway Act

Match the following vocabulary words

• Couple charged with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union

• Jonas Salk

• Discovered Polio Vaccine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• state department official accused of spying found guilty of perjury by HUAC

• Alger Wars

• A confrontation between the free nations of the world (US) and the communists of the world (Soviets)

• Rosenburgs

• Continuing the policy of containment he agreed to send aid to any Middle Eastern country

• Cold War

What is the map associated with?

• The US and British response to the Berlin Wall

• The US and British response to the Berlin Blockade

• The Soviet Union building the Iron Curtain

• The division on Berlin

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

• It built up the western European armed forces.

• It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

• It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

• It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

• the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

• the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

• the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

• the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer