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COLD WAR QUIZ

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The Cold War was mostly a competition between the US and

Soviet Union

What was the purpose of NATO?

to defend member countries from the threat of communism

What was the Truman Doctrine?

a policy to contain the spread of communism

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

To keep East Germans from entering West Berlin

Why did the US become involved in the Vietnam War?

US wanted to stop the spread of communism

What was the main cause of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union after WWII?

differences in government and economic beliefs

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

an iron curtain

Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in reference to the division of Europe?

Winston Churchill

Why was the Korean War fought?

To stop the spread of communism

Conflict in the 60s and 70s; the US sent soldiers to South Vietnam to try to prevent communism from taking over the nation

Vietnam War

Who was the Cuban leader that allowed Soviets to place missiles in Cuba?

Fidel Castro

Tension between the US and the Soviet Union in 1962 over nuclear missiles in Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis

Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin, and head of the Soviet Communist Party during the Cold War

Nikita Khruschev

Race between the US and Soviet Union to explore outer space during the Cold War

The Space Race

Race to build more and better weapons than the enemy

Nuclear Arms Race

US policy promising to help countries that the Soviet Union tried to turn communist

Truman Doctrine