US History Cold War Review

Which of the following was NOT a Cold War battleground?

1968 massacre by US troops of about 500 women and children; it increased opposition to the war

Did the US get involved in Vietnam gradually, or all of a sudden?

How was the US able to secure support from the United Nations for the defense of South Korea?

Policy of promoting democracy in Europe by giving financial aid to countries devastated by WWII

The American foreign policy of preventing the spread of communism

Gorbachev’s late 1980s policy of greater “openness” and freedom in Soviet Society

Which of President Johnson’s accomplishments has been overshadowed by the Vietnam War?

What happened to the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War?

During the Cuban Missile crisis, what did the Soviet Union do that caused the US concern?

What happened to many people who were accused during the Red Scare?

NATO member countries were in ____, while Warsaw Pact countries were in _____.

Which was NOT a reason the war in Vietnam became unpopular with some of the American people?

What was the effect of the war in Vietnam on American politics?

What industry/industries came under heavy suspicion in the Second Red Scare?

Publicly accusing ppl of subversive activities without evidence 

US thought it was fighting __ , + North Vietnamese thought they were fighting for ____.

___ is an economy with private ownership and ___ is an economy controlled by the govt.

According to McNamara, the Gulf of Tonkin incident illustrates which lesson of the Vietnam War?

Law that gave President Johnson the power to increase US military involvement in Vietnam

At the beginning of the Cold War, what was the goal of the Soviet Union?