1950s/early cold war EOC review

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

For collective security, the U.S. created __A__, and the Soviet Union responded by creating the __B__.

• A = Truman Doctrine  B = Iron Curtain
• A = Berlin Wall  B = Marshall Plan
• A = GI Bill  B = atomic bomb
• A = NATO  B = Warsaw Pact

The purpose of "containment" was to--

• stop the spread of democracy
• stop the spread of hate
• stop global warming
• stop the spread of communism

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Warsaw Pact
• Domino Theory

Which of the following would best describe The Cold War?

• Fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in between both World Wars

• Short lived war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

• Conflict and tension between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R that lasted over 40 years

• Long term military fighting and aggression between the U.S. and China

North Korea invaded South Korea

• to stop communism

• to unite through communism

• to fight the Russians

• to fight the Americans

Brinkmanship

• accumulation of weapons

• taking us to the edge of war

• diplomatic means to settle disputes

• firing first, asking questions later

Domino Theory

• Gain independence through colonization

• free elections are established

• all countries will become capitalist

• one country falls to the communists, its neighbors follow suit.

The use of smear tactics and untrue accusations

• Communism

• McCarthyism

• Fake news

• MacArthur Rule

The space race began with the launching of

• Spitfire

• Flopnik

• Stayputnik

• Sputnik