Cold War Quizizz

The Cold War was about the...

• Containment of Capitalism

• Converting communist countries to socialist countries

• Containment of communism

• Stopping the spread of Communism

During the ​ (a)   the United States went beyond containment and began an offensive war to overthrow communism.

• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• World War II
• War of the Ring

Match the following Cold War vocab words to the correct definition

• Gave aid to nations after WW2 so they would not fall to communism

• Containment

• US would provide financial and military aid to any democratic nation falling to communism

• Marshall Plan

• U.S. airdropped supplies to the democratic part of Berlin. that the USSR cut off from the world

• Truman Doctrine

• U.S. would stop the spread of communism. BUT NOT overthrow already existing communist nations

• Berlin Airlift

This policy gave the President of the United States MORE power to wage war

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Give the President more power act

• Vietnamization

The United States officially declared war on Vietnam after this event.

• The Dagor Bragorath

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Gulf of Mexico Catastrophe

​ (a)   Korea invaded ​ (b)   Korea. This aggression prompted the United States to enact the Truman Doctrine.

• North
• South
• East
• West

Richard Nixon's policy of shifting the responsibility of the Vietnam War to South Vietnam.

• Containment

• Vietnamization

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Democracy

This policy decreased the power of the President to wage war

• War Powers Resolution

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Not this one War War

The purpose of Napalm and Agent Orange were to...

• Burn the foliage providing cover to the Vietcong

• Help clear a path for our cavalry

• To intimidate our enemy with our mastery of fire

• Contain Communism

Match the following

• In charge of finding communists working for the federal government. With no evidence.

• McCarthyism

• Failed assassination of Fidel Castro by the CIA. JFK's most humiliating moment in office.

• Bay of Pigs

• Red Scare 2.0

• Cold War

• Accusing someone of something serious without any evidence.

• House Un-American Activities Committee