Cold War

According to Winston Churchill, what was dividing Europe between the communist East and the democratic West?

• the Truman Doctrine

• 
  the Warsaw Pact

• an iron curtain

• a nuclear weapon

What was the main cause of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union after WWII?

• the Soviet Union's support of Germany

• differences in government and economic beliefs

• rivalry for control of nuclear missiles

•  the conflict between North and South Korea

What two messages did the Berlin Airlift send?

• 
  The United States was concerned about the nuclear arms race.

• The Soviet Union was not interested enough to continue to divide Berlin.

• Berlin was able to get through conflict without outside help.

• Western Allies were not willing to allow the Soviet Union to have West Berlin.

• 
  The United States was determined to stop the spread of communism.

 Which statement best explains the reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War?

• The United States wanted to prevent other countries from becoming Communist.

• The United States hoped to convince North Vietnam and its allies to join NATO.

• 
  The American military was already training forces to fight Communist troops.

• The American people wanted to protest actions that harmed South Vietnamese people.

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• to keep Americans from entering the U.S.S.R.

•  to keep East Germans from entering West Germany

• 
  to keep Germany from invading Great Britain.

• to keep the U.S.S.R from invading West Germany

What was the main purpose of NATO?

• 
  to stop the Red Scare in the United States

• 
  to respond to the Warsaw Pact

• 
  to defend member countries from the threat of communism

• to end the construction of nuclear missiles

The Cold War was mostly a competition between the United States and

• Great Britain.

• The Soviet Union.

• Germany.

• 
  Poland

Sam was looking at historical posters and saw the one shown above. This poster was most likely created as a result of which event?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Vietnam War

• Space Race

• Korean War

What event in the 1960s brought the world close to a nuclear war?

• Apollo project

• Berlin Wall

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union was a rivalry between what two forms of government?

• 
  communism and dictatorship

• democracy and monarchy

• 
  communism and socialism

• communism and democracy