2021 Cold War Review USH

What president started the building of interstates?

What was the DECISIVE factor of the US pulling out of Vietnam?

Joseph McCarthy claimed that this group was taking over the government but never had any evidence...

What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What country was split due to Cold War influences?

What was the name of the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies?

What was the goal of the "containment" policy?

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

What theory stated that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall to communism?

What was the name of the community that built houses like an assembly line?

What was the goal of the Marshall plan of 1947?

What person took over in Cuba after the revolution of 1959?

What was significant about the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953?

What was the name of the organization set up after WWII to keep peace in the world?

What invention "shrunk the world" for Americans?

Which statement best describes the "Iron Curtain?"

What battle showed the American people saw the war was not going in favor of the US despite earlier reports?

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis a very scary time for American citizens?

Which of the following was NOT an affect of air conditioning?

The League of Nations and the United Nations were similar in that they both

What was special about the presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?

The United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to go to war because

The Korean and Vietnam wars were both fought as a part of what U.S. policy?

What was the name of the Military alliance between the US and its allies?

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Why was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the US called the Cold War?

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

What president had a plan to improve the US called the Great Society?

What was the name of the guerrilla fighters living in South Vietnam fighting against the US called?

What was the name of the first satellite to reach space?

Why was the US worried about Vietnam and Korea falling to communism?

Which of the following was NOT a reason the interstate system was built?

Which of the following is NOT true about the first satellite being launched into space?

Why did builders during the 50's only give home buyers a few plans to choose from?

What two countries directly benefited from the Truman Doctrine the most?