USH Cold War Review

What was one major cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• A mutual agreement to share all military secrets

• Ideological conflict between capitalism and communism

• The collapse of the United Nations

• A global pandemic in 1946

The term “Red Scare” most directly refers to:

• Fear of nuclear war in the 1980s

• Fear of the spread of communism at home in the U.S.

• U.S. fear of China’s economic rise

• Soviet fear of U.S. culture invasion

Which of these was part of the U.S. strategy of containment after WWII?

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Marshall Plan

• The Non-Aggression Pact

• The League of Nations

The formation of NATO in 1949 was significant because:

• It allied Western nations in military cooperation against Soviet expansion

• It disbanded the United Nations

• It was a Soviet economic alliance

• It ended the Korean War

The Korean War (1950-1953) is best described as:

• A direct battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• A proxy war between U.S./UN forces and communist North Korea/China

• A war inside Florida

• A battle over nuclear weapons only

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) is an example of:

• U.S. withdrawal from Europe

• A nearly catastrophic confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear weapons

• A civil rights protest

• A trade agreement with Cuba

Why was nuclear technology such a major source of tension during the Cold War?

• Both sides feared that nuclear weapons could destroy the world

• The U.S. refused to research nuclear energy

• The Soviet Union banned all nuclear testing

• Scientists stopped developing new technology

Which U.S. president launched the “Great Society” domestic programs while also escalating the Vietnam War?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

Which of these foreign policy events increased Cold War tensions?

• Truman’s use of the atomic bomb

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• All of the above

The Vietnam War is linked to which Cold War concept?

• Containment and the “domino theory”

• Laissez-faire economics

• Isolationism of the 1930s

• The gold rush