Exploring the Cold War: Key Events and Figures

Who was sent back to Russia to create an internal crisis?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladimir Lenin

• John Lennon

• Joseph Stalin

What was the main goal of Stalin's Five-Year Plans?

• To promote peace with Western countries

• To increase agricultural production

• To transform the country into an industrial power

• To boost the Soviet military

What was the main reason for the establishment of NATO?

• To promote trade between member countries

• To establish a new world currency

• To encourage cultural exchanges

• To provide mutual defense against the Soviet Union

Which event marked the official start of the Cold War according to many historians?

• The Berlin Airlift

• The announcement of the Truman Doctrine

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

What did the Soviet Union do in response to the US's A-bomb?

• Signed a peace treaty

• Developed their own atomic bomb

• Cut diplomatic ties with the US

• Surrendered to the US

What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• To keep Western spies out of East Berlin

• To prevent East Berliners from defecting to the West

• To beautify the city

• To serve as a tourist attraction

What did Kennedy do in response to the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• Ignored the situation

• Negotiated the wall's removal

• Sent tanks to Checkpoint Charlie as a show of strength

• Declared war on the Soviet Union

How did the US and Soviet Union avoid nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The crisis is still ongoing

• By slowly moving their tanks back

• Through a mutual agreement to remove missiles

• By signing a peace treaty

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The US and Soviet Union went to war

• The Soviet Union gained control over Cuba

• The missiles were removed from Cuba

• Cuba became a US territory

What led to the end of the Cold War?

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• A military defeat of the Soviet Union

• The election of a new US president

• The signing of a peace treaty between the US and Soviet Union