U.S. Cold War Unit 12

What was Americas main focus in Foreign Policy during the cold war?

• Economic expansion
• Promotion of democracy
• Isolationism
• Containment of communism

What are two ways America used to stop the spread of communism

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Investing into Greece and Turkey

• Creation of NATO

• Signing the Lend-Lease Act

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

What is the Truman Doctrine

• The Truman Doctrine focused on promoting democracy in Europe without any military involvement.
• The Truman Doctrine was a military strategy to invade communist countries.
• The Truman Doctrine is a U.S. policy to contain communism by providing support to countries resisting it.
• The Truman Doctrine was a trade agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Was the Korean War successful in Americas goals of containment and was the country able to be reunited

• The Korean War was successful in containment but did not reunite the country.
• The Korean War failed in containment and the country reunified under communism.

• The Korean War was successful in both containment and reunification.
• The Korean War was a total failure in both containment and reunification.

What happen during the third phase of the Korean war?

• China joined the war making the UN retreat back

• North Korea army pushing troops all the way to Pusan

• A spilt between the country with a new border known as the DMZ

• A counter-attack by the UN that pushed all the way to the Yalu River

Which event would best describe the phrase Massive Resistance in American society?

• The integration of the military by President Truman.
• The establishment of the NAACP in 1909.

• The resistance to school desegregation in the South

• The celebration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What are two things that happened in American Society due to the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union?

• More focus on STEM education.

• Emphasis on traditional arts
• Rise in domestic tourism
• Fear that there was a missile gap

• Decreased military spending

Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States.

"The Marshall Plan speech"

What was the Main Idea of this part of the speech?

• The United States will oppose governments that block recovery and exploit human misery.
• The United States will support all governments regardless of their actions.
• Governments should prioritize political gain over humanitarian efforts.
• The Marshall Plan was solely about economic aid without political implications.

What did President Harry Truman Executive Order 9981 allow?

• It allowed for the expansion of the GI Bill.
• It allowed for the desegregation of the defense industry

• It allowed for the integration of public schools.
• It allowed for the desegregation of all branches of the military

What is this map trying to show?

• The map shows the population density of different countries.
• The map illustrates global trade routes and their importance.
• The map depicts how communism is spreading to Eastern Europe

• The map shows country that under Soviet and U.S. control

• The map depicts how communism is spreading to Asia