Cold War Unit

The purpose of the United Nations is to....

The ability to wipe nations off the planet with nuclear weapons is called...

The "iron curtain" was a term used to describe the division between...

The space race started with the launch of...

Which of the following alliances was formed to block communism in Europe?

The use of military threats, arms buildups, and short of all out war by the US and USSR was...

The outcome of the Korean War was...

Which president convinced the Soviet Union to remove their missiles from Cuba?

One major ECONOMIC difference between communism and capitalism is that in a communist nation...

The warsaw pact was formed as a result of....

Main goal of the Truman Doctrine was...

in 1949, Chinese Communists formed the People's Republic of China, led by....

The Cuban missile crisis involved what 3 major countries?

Which military leader wanted to use atomic bombs to end the Korean War?

When the Vietnam war started, Ho Chi Minh controlled...

Gave roughly 13 billion dollars to Western Europe to help rebuild their economies

The original purpose of NATO was to...

In order to break the Soviet Union blockade against West Berlin, the US and Great Britain..

The two superpowers during the Cold War were....

 Communist leader of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War

The US involved itself in Vietnam because....

All of these are associated with the Cold War EXCEPT....

The Soviet Union was the 1st country to do what?

The closest we ever came to nuclear warfare

Which of the following would NOT fit in with the US' policy of containment?