Honors Cold War Test Prep

The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, founded in 1949, was

The Truman Doctrine was formulated, initially, as a response to the 1946 withdrawal of

In response to Nagy’s declaration of Hungarian independence, Khrushchev reacted by

Saved Berlin from falling to Soviet Control

U.S. president ____ was forced to resign to avoid impeachment because of the Watergate scandal.

Coined the term "Iron Curtain"

In 1989, East Germany tore down of one of the last symbols of the Cold War, the

The United States feared capitalist Soviet Union

Soviet Unions answer to NATO

Postwar birthrates rose in the late 1940s and 1950s, creating a

The Berlin Wall was built in order to

Soviet controlled states

Even after Stalin’s death in 1953, the Soviet Union made it clear that it would NOT

The Warsaw Pact sought to

In political history, the term “détente” refers to

What did the Truman Doctrine say the US would provide to countries threatened by Communism?

The theory that stated that the USSR had a right to intervene if communism was threatened?

Which of the following nations was a member of the Warsaw Pact?

The Russian term "perestroika" means

The United States fought in this southeast Asian country to stop the spread of communism

Truman waged this type of war in Korea

Which U.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act?

The city of Berlin, located deep inside the Soviet zone of a postwar divided Germany, was

The United States and Great Britain believe that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should

Increases in workers’ wages, increased credit, and built-up demand led to the creation of

The first conflict between the USA and USSR

the Soviet Union’s Council for Mutual Economic Assistance failed because

What country became a communist nation in 1949

In 1970, 4 students at ____ were killed by the Ohio National Guard during antiwar protests.

Which Communist nation remained independent of Soviet control?

The U.S. senator responsible for the anti-Communist movement known as the “Red Scare” was

Student protests of the late 1960s were reactions against all of the following EXCEPT

The division of West Europe and USSR controlled East Europe was the beginning of the Cold War

Policy to keep communism where it was

This theory gave the U.S. a reason to get involved in conflicts in Asia

To stop the spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of

The Marshall Plan was designed to

Ordered the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961

What did America fear when the Russians launched Sputnik I in 1957?

Fired for publicly criticizing Truman during the Korean Conflict (WAR)