stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
U.S. History: Cold War Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
U.S. History: Cold War
U.S. History: Cold War
25 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
277 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
25 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
25
Answers
1
What document helped create the U.S. foreign policy of Containment?
The "Iron Curtain Speech"
Imperialism
Kennan's "Long Telegram"
The Truman Doctrine
2
A mutual defense alliance between Eastern European communist countries designed to offset NATO
Wansee Conference
The United Nations
Triple Alliance
Warsaw Pact
3
M.A.D.
Major Atomic Detonation
Mutual Assured Destruction
Major Atomic Destruction
Mutual Assigned Decoy
4
Who caused the Cold War according to this cartoon?
Lenin
U.S.
Soviets
U.N.
5
The belief that the US should assist
any
free people fighting to resist communism
Marshall plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Containment
Truman Doctrine
6
This U.S. president fought against Communism in Berlin and Korea.
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
7
Soviet Leader after Stalin Died?
Yeltsin
Brezhnev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
8
This group was the focus of a congressional investigation of communist Influence in Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood 20
Hollywood 5
Hollywood 10
9
Who started the Cold War according to this Political cartoon?
The U.S.
Neither side
The Soviets
Both the Soviets and the U.S.
10
This Soviet leader tried to force the allies out of Berlin by blockading the roads.
Trotsky
Eisenhower
Lenin
Stalin
11
According to this cartoon, what is Stalin trying to do?
Block the basketball
Stop European recovery
Hurt the United States
push communism on Eastern European states
12
This Senator falsely accused people of being communists as a way to make a name for himself.
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Reagan
Nixon
13
Cold War Tactic: Uses false or misleading information to make the enemy look bad.
M.A.D.
Espionage
Foreign Aid
Propaganda
14
What does this political cartoonist think about the U.S. space program?
They need to work harder
It is doing it's job
The U.S. space program is ahead of the Soviets
The Soviets are losing the space race
15
This one-time war leader made The famous “Iron Curtain” speech
Chamberlin
Truman
Churchill
Eisenhower
16
What Cold War tactic is shown in this cartoon?
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
M.A.D.
Truman Doctrine
17
Capitalism
Economic policy of the Soviet Union
Economic policy of the United States
Political policy of the Soviet Union
Political policy of the United States
18
The Iron Curtain speech was significant because
It caused cold war tensions to decrease
it was given in Fulton Missiouri
It helped start the cold war by pitting east (Communism) v. west Democracy
it built a wall in Europe dividing East from West
19
A defense alliance between the US and European democracies designed to stop communist expansion
Warsaw Pact
The Allies
The U.N.
NATO
20
The origins of the Cold war: this event made it clear the soviets would not follow promises made at Yalta.
Elections in Poland
1949 1st explosion of the Nuclear bomb.
Teheran Conference
Occupation of East Berlin
21
Significance of Hungarian Uprising 1956?
The U.S. rushed in and helped them defeat communism.
The U.S. refused to help them defeat communism.
The Soviets allowed Hungary independence.
The U.S. sent money to help them defeat communism
22
Why did the U.S. want to get involved in Korea 1950?
Truman thought the Chinese were going to conquer Korea.
Truman wanted Korea as a U.S. colony
Truman was concerned about appeasment of the communist aggressive actions.
Truman wanted to contain the spread of communism
23
Cold War Tactic: to take the world to the edge of nuclear war to get the other side to back down.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
Containment
24
Which of the following
did not
help create the "Red Scare" in the 1950's.
China became communist
McCarthy's congressional accusations
the Yalta Conference
U.S.S.R. Detonated their first Atomic Bomb
25
This American President represented the US at Yalta.
Churchill
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
