Early Cold War Test Review

Period when the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for influence around the world but never engaged in an official war against each other.

• Korean War

• WWII

• Cold War

• Containment

Policy announced by President Harry Truman in 1947 that committed the United States to opposing communist expansion. Gave military aid to Greece & Turkey

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• NATO

• Berlin Airlift

During the Cold War, the United States followed this policy which aimed at stopping the spread of communism.

• Red China

• NATO

• Containment

• Korean War

U.S. policy launched in 1947 that provided monetary & economic aid to rebuild European economies so that the people in these countries would reject communism

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

Offered to veterans returning from WWII providing assistance in getting an education,job, and business opportunities

• GI Joe

• Baby Boomers

• GI Bill

• Patriot Act

Why was it important to the United States to beat the Soviet union in the space race?

• Prove their technological superiority

• Proof they can own the moon

• Proof they can contain communism

• Prove the United State can get the first man to enter space

The launch of the Soviet Union satellite "sputnik" made the US react in what way?

• Decrease defense spending to calm the american people

• increase the housing boom market spending

• Establish an armistice in Korea

• Increase defense depending on these such as NASA and education in Science & Math

The term ______ has become identified with making harsh accusations without evidence. It fueled the Red Scare through unsupported accusations of communism.

• Containment

• McCarthyism

• HUAC

• Hollywood Ten

As a result of the Berlin Airlift the United States was able to...

• End communism in East Berlin

• Establish a new market of trade in Germany

• Create new US aircraft's

• Bypass a Soviet Blockade without provoking a military conflict

The 12 nation pact created a mutual defense alliance between the United States and Western European Countries

• NATO

• WARSAW Pact

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations