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Which statement best explain why the US became involved in the Vietnam War?

To prevent other countries from becoming Communists

To convince N. Vietnam to join NATO

The US military was already training soldiers to fight

Americans wanted to protest South Vietnam

What message did the Berlin Airlift send to the Soviet Union?

Western Allies were not willing to give up Berlin

The Soviet Union did not want to divide Berlin

Berlin was able to get through conflict with no outside help

The US was concerned about the nuclear arms race

The Cold War was mostly a competition between the US and

Soviet Union

Great Britain

Germany

Poland

What was the purpose of NATO?

to defend member countries from the threat of communism

to end the construction of nuclear weapons

to support the Warsaw Pact

What was the Truman Doctrine?

a policy to contain the spread of communism

the space race

a program to develop the hydrogen bomb

the antiwar movement

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

To keep East Germans from entering West Berlin

to keep Germany from invading Great Britain

to keep the Soviet Union from invading West Germany

which statement explains why the US became involved in the Vietnam War?

US wanted to stop the spread of communism

To convince N.Vietnam and its allies to join NATO

To train communist forces for battle with Russia

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

differences in government and economic beliefs

the Soviet Union's support of Germany

rivalry for control of nuclear missiles

the conflict between north and south Korea

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

an iron curtain

the Warsaw Pact

Truman Doctrine

the Berlin Wall

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

Winston Churchill

Franklin Roosevelt

Dwight Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

what was the result of the Korean War?

Korea remained divide N.Korea still communists. STALEMATE

Korea was united under a communist government

Communism did not exist in any part of Korea after the war

Why was the Korean War fought?

To stop the spread of communism

US wanted to keep south Korea from invading North Korea

China supported South Korea so US went to help North Korea

War between South Korea, supported by US and UN, and North Korea, supported by China

Korean Conflict

Vietnam War

Cuban Missile Crisis

President during much of the Cold War. Became Pres. after JFKennedy assassination

Lyndon Johnson

Gerald Ford

Dwight Eisenhower

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

Korean War

Nuclear Arms Race

35th President of the US, President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson

Dwight Eisenhower

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

Fidel Castro

Nikita Khruschev

Joseph Stalin

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

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam war

Korean Conflict

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

Nikita Khruschev

Joseph Stalin

Fidel Castro

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

The Space Race

The Arms Exploration

Space Initiative

Race to build more and better weapons than the enemy

Nuclear Arms Race

Space Arms Race

Battle of Arms

Period of panic and fear that communism was spreading in the United States

Red Scare

Truman Policy

Warsaw Pact

Senator that headed a movement to find any communists within American government and society

Joseph McCarty

Lyndon Johnson

Harry Truman

Nikita Khruschev

The belief that if S.Vietnam fell to the communists, other parts of Asia would also become communists.

Domino Theory

Communism control

Red Scare

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

Truman Doctrine

McCarthyism

NATO

The US aided West Berlin by flying in food and fuel when Soviet troops cut off the city’s supply

Berlin Airlift

Berlin Wall

Flight for food

What was the Berlin Wall?

Wall built to keep East Berliners from escaping to W.Berlin

Imaginary border btw. east and west Berlin

Wall built to keep West Berliners from escaping to E.Berlin

Who first used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe Europe during the Cold War?

Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

Franklin Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

What was the "Iron Curtain"?

Imaginary line that divided East and Western Europe

Wall of steel constructed to separate Berlin

Border between the US and the Soviet Union

Alliance between the Soviet Union and the communist controlled nations of eastern Europe formed in response to NATO

Warsaw Pact

League of Nations

Axis Powers

Allied Powers

government of the people - citizens elect their representatives by voting

democracy

communism

facism

What is a "Cold War"?

War fought without weapons on a battlefield.

war fought during the winter months

War fought between more than two countries

government owns all businesses and land and the people have little choices

communism

democracy

free enterprise

Organization headed by Eleanor Roosevelt, formed to stop the spread of communism

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Warsaw Pact

League of Nations

The Cold War was competition between which countries?

US and Soviet Union

Soviet Union and Germany

US and Germany

The most powerful nations in the world

superpowers

Allies

Power Partners