The Cold War 3/26/24

A __________________ is where the state, not the citizens or businesses, owned nearly all the property, made decisions and determined production.

• capitalist democracy

• monarchy

• communist dictatorship

• none of the above

After World War II, a new type of conflict developed between the Soviet Union and the United States that involved competition between the two countries in everything they did. What was this conflict known as?

• The Civil War

• The Cold War

• The World War

• The Economic War

After World War II, the United States signed several treaties that led to alliances with foreign countries. These alliances called for the nations that signed them to protect each other, even if an enemy attacked only one of them. Which factor caused the United States to sign the treaties?

• the outbreak of many revolutions in South America and Latin America

• the growing threat of the Soviet Union and world communism

• the failure of United States troops to fight effectively in World War II

• the growing sense of trust between the U.S. and Soviet Union

How did the relationship between the US and Soviet Union change in the decade following WWII?

• During WWII, the two countries fought against each other directly with weapons, afterward, they did not.

• During WWII, neither country built atomic or nuclear weapons; afterward, both of them built these weapons.

• During WWII, both countries were democracies; afterward, the Soviet Union became a dictatorship.

• During WWII, the two countries were allies; afterward, the countries were enemies.

Who became the First Secretary of the Communist Party (Premier of Soviet Union) after Joseph Stalin died?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• JFK

• Richard Nixon

The hunt for communists in America led by Joseph McCarthy was known as what?

• The Korean War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Red Scare

• The Vietnam War

The Cold war was different from most wars because it was a war of

• friendship

• ideas, words, and threats.

• fighting

• nuclear weapons

"It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent." —Winston Churchill, March 5, 1946. What is this speech about the "Iron Curtain" referring to?

• Soviet collapse in Western Europe

• It is the same as the Berlin Wall

• The divide between communist and non-communist countries in Europe

• Soviet victory over all European countries and the U.S.

• television coverage showed Americans what was happening in the war • the U.S. drafted young men in order to get more soldiers to fight • troops from North Vietnam proved hard to beat and showed they would not give up How did the issues listed above impact the U.S. in the Vietnam War?

• Many Americans started to think the U.S. should not be involved in the war and began protesting.

• Reporting the news became more important as an industry than it had been before.

• People started to fear that communism would spread to the United States.

• The U.S. government started giving more war powers to the president.

What made people start to get angry with the U.S. government for being a part of the Vietnam War? Choose the BEST answer.

• People were not angry about the war in Vietnam.

• People saw articles about the war in the newspaper.

• They were able to see the violence of the war on TV for the first time.

• They heard about the war on the radio.