What was containment?

Communism could stay, but it would not be allowed to spread

The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to...

protect “freedom loving peoples against communist threats."

The Marshall Plan was a...

successful plan to rebuild Europe by spending lots of money

Which is NOT one of the four principles of containment?

Allow further expansion of Soviet power

Why do we have the Cold War to thank for our highway system?

To allow our military to move more easily across the country, To allow people to evacuate in case of a nuclear bomb

What was the consequence of containtment?

We fought wars in Korea and Vietnam

Walter Lippman thought that casting the Cold War as a battle between good and evil would

causes us to be on the wrong side of some conflicts

Why would we want Europe and Asia to be freemarkets?

We can buy and sell stuff more easily

What did Faulkner mean when he said...

more concerned w/ the pain of nukes than to pain of living

What didn't happen when we rebuilt Japan?

We let their Emperor stay in power

Why did they create the "commuist buffer?"

To keep Germany from invading them again

One effect of the Loyalty Review System and McCarthyism is that people were forced to

Prove their loyalty by indentifying communists

How did the Soviets build a "communist buffer"?

Used the military already in countries to take over them

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Crash Course Cold War

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1
The CIA, National Security Council, and the Atomic Energy Commision were some what immune to
the law
to separation of powers and checks and balances
communism
government oversight
2
Why did this "communist buffer" upset the U.S.?
Godlessness was spreading
Capitalism was spreading
Terrorism was spreading
Communism was spreading
3
What was containment?
Communism could stay, but it would not be allowed to spread
Communism had to be contained behind a wall of sanctions
Slavery had to be contained until slave owners suffocated
Slavery could stay, but it would not be allowed to spread
4
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to...
protect “freedom loving peoples against communist threats."
“build the latest andgreatest nuclear weapons”
“overthrow and destroy the Soviet Union”
“usearms control treaties to reduce nuclear weapons”
5
The Marshall Plan was a...
successful plan to rebuild Japan by spending alot of money
failed plan to rebuild Japan by spending a lotof money
successful plan to rebuild Europe by spending lots of money
failed plan to rebuild Europe by spending alot of money
6
Which is NOT one of the four principles of containment?
Foster the seeds of destruction in the USSR
Reduce the Kremlin's influence
Allow further expansion of Soviet power
Expose the falsity of Soviet Pretensions
7
Why do we have the Cold War to thank for our highway system?
To allow our military to move more easily across the country
White Flight
To allow people to evacuate in case of a nuclear bomb
Suburbia
8
What was the consequence of containtment?
We fought wars in Korea and Vietnam
We fought wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
The war to expand “slaveocracy."
We fought a war called "Bleeding Kansas"
9
Walter Lippman thought that casting the Cold War as a battle between good and evil would
allow us to win the Cold War
cause us to always be on the right side of conflict
cause us to lose the Cold War
causes us to be on the wrong side of some conflicts
10
A free market economy is one based on _________ with the least possible government interference
patents and copyrights
supply and demand
monopolies and trade deals
communism
11
Why would we want Europe and Asia to be freemarkets?
We can sell more stuff to them
We don’t have to buy or sell stuff to them
We can buy and sell stuff more easily
We can buy more stuff from them
12
What did Faulkner mean when he said...
We are no longer afraid of dying from disease
concerned w/ the pain of nukes; our hearts fill w/ tragedy
Weare no longer afraid of nuclear death
more concerned w/ the pain of nukes than to pain of living
13
What didn't happen when we rebuilt Japan?
We gave their women the right to vote
We let their Emperor stay in power
We told them they couldn't have a military anymore
We wrote their Constitution for them
14
What senator FALSELY claimed to have a list of communists who had infiltrated the government?
McDonald
McDuck
McGruff
McCarthy
15
Why did they create the "commuist buffer?"
To prevent the Ukraine from joining NATO
To keep Germany from invading them again
To keep the U.S. from launching a nuclear attack
To support the Taliban
16
One effect of the Loyalty Review System and McCarthyism is that people were forced to
Prove their loyalty by indentifying communists
Prove their loyalty by joining the civil defense corp
Prove their loyalty by memoring the entire Constitution
Prove their loyalty by joining the military
17
How did the Soviets and China get their nuclear technology?
Spies
Terrorists
Wal-Mart
Hackers
18
How did the Soviets build a "communist buffer"?
They sent nuclear weapons to Cuba
Used the military already in countries to take over them
They build the Berlin Wall
Formed NATO to protect the North Atlantic

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