Cold War

Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?

• Bitter personal disputes between Stalin and Truman

• The remaining anger of enemies on the opposing sides of World War II

• Soviet anger at US intervention in Greece and Turkey

• Economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Truman Doctrine is an example of which United States strategy?

• Containment

• Détente

• Soft power

• Force projection

What did the Marshall Plan do?

• Divided Germany into East Germany and West Germany

• Provided aid to the people of Europe

• Described a policy of “containment” of communism

• Declared war on the Soviet Union

Which of the following is NOT an example of containment?

• United States military aid to the right-wing government of Greece during the Greek Civil War

• United States defense of South Korea during the Korean War

• CIA assassinations of communist leaders in Latin America

• US involvement in the Vietnam War

Mutually-Assured Destruction (MAD) is most closely related to which of the following US strategies?

• Containment

• Massive retaliation

• Détente

• Isolationism

Which of the following was not a factor leading to the United States involvement in Vietnam?

• US Land interests in Vietnam

• The Gulf of Tonkin incident

• Corruption by South Vietnamese leaders

• Desire of the US to contain the spread of communism

_______ The growth of McCarthyism in the early 1950s was based on

• a) a public fear concerning the spread of communism in the United States

• b) outrage over government corruption

• c) dissatisfaction over the results of World War II

• d) hardline military officers who supported attacking the Soviet Union

Which of the following is not an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• The United States removed their nuclear missiles from Turkey

• The United States and Soviet Union established a hotline to improve communication

• The United States regained Cuba into their sphere of influence

• John Kennedy became more popular among the American people

What’s the name of the imaginary line of secrecy and mistrust between the USSR and the West?

• Demilitarized zone

• Iron Curtain

• Line of Demarcation

• NATO

Who won the Vietnam War?

• North Vietnam

• South Vietnam

• United States

• Soviet Union