USHC Unit 6 Section 6 #2 - Wilson HS

What is the contest between nations to gain weapons superiority?

• Arms Race

• Space Race

• Perestroika

• Detente

The arms race was established on the belief that if one nation has enough weapons of mass destruction, like nuclear missiles, their enemy would be less likely to attack. What is this concept known as?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Massive Retaliation

• Globalization

• Glasnost

The Soviet Union took the early lead in the space race with the successful launch of the Sputnik satellite. Which of the following was NOT a response by the United States to this event?

• National Education Act

• American sabotage of the Soviet space program

• Creation of NASA

• The moon landing in 1969

Which of the following best identifies the result of the Korean War?

• The United States liberated the Communists in Korea

• Korea was united under a new communist government

• The United States ended the war with atomic force

• Korea remained divided after the war

What was the policy in which the United States promised any Middle Eastern nation protection if their were threatened by Communist expansion?

• Marshall Plan

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Atlantic Charter

What was name of the event in which the United States failed in overthrowing Fidel Castro and the Communist government of Cuba, hurting the global prestige of the United States?

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iran-contra Scandal

• Tet Offensive

How did the United States respond to the discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• The United States invaded Cuba

• The United States launched an airstrike on the missile sites in Cuba

• The United States carried out a naval "quarantine" of Cuba

• The United States installed additional nuclear missiles in Mongolia

What is the term used to identify the extreme, reckless accusations of communist ties to communism during the Red Scare following World War II?

• McCarthyism

• Perestroika

• Detente

• Glasnost

What is the term given to identify the ideological, economic, and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from the conclusion of World War II to 1991?

• Hundred Years War

• Great War

• Great Revolution

• Cold War

What was the policy of preventing the expansion of communism throughout the world?

• Totalitarianism

• Containment

• Detente

• Mutually Assured Destruction