Cold War Review US Hist

Why was the Cold War considered "cold"?

• War took place in Russia

• Lack of communication between countries

• No actual fighting took place

• Spread of isolationism

America's goal during the Cold War was to:

• Colonize the Philippines

• Return to isolationism

• Stop the Spread of Communism

• Limit investments to other countries to rebuild economy

The iron curtain was a metaphor for what?

• Newly designed tanks

• Berlin Wall splitting up communist East and democratic West Berlin

• The might of the US military

• Divide between communist and democratic countries in Europe

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to:

• Atomic War

• The collapse of democracy

• Ending communism

• Creating a new United Nations

Joseph McCarthy used what to take out his political enemies?

• Pentagon Papers

• Watergate Scandal

• Red Scare

• Political Cartoons

The idea that if one country falls to communism then the countries neighboring that country are now at risk of falling to communism is known as:

• Domino Theory

• Red Scare

• McCarthyism

• Imperialism

The Berlin Airlift was —

• A US Air Force project to fly German residents out of East Berlin during Soviet occupation.

• A top-secret World War 2 era plan to take over Germany.

• The US and UK flying food, fuel, and supplies to Berlin after the Soviets blocked it off.

• The German national soccer team that inspired the German people to unite in 1963.

The Second Red Scare —

• Was due, in part, to the successful Communist Revolution in China.

• Caused some Hollywood actors to be “blacklisted,” ending their careers.

• Led to the creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

• All of the above.

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

• Promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany.

• Keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin.

• Complete the post-World War II rebuilding of Berlin.

• Meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the:

• End of the Cold War.

• Collapse of the Taliban.

• Strength of the Warsaw Pact.

• Power of the European Union.