Cold War

Question 0

circumstances when the President can send troops into combat under the War Powers Act?

Answer 0

• Only when fighting is imminent (about to break out)

- Troops can only remain in combat for up to 3 months and then need to come home or receive Congressional approval.

Question 1

Truman doctrine

Answer 1

the US would provide aid to anyone trying to fight communism

Question 2

What is the relationship between the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act?

Answer 2

The War Powers Act was an attempt to reverse the Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Question 3

examples of the containment policy/Truman Doctrine in action?

Answer 3

• Berlin airlift
• involvement in the Korean War
• Marshall plan

Question 4

Event that caused the US to begin sending large numbers of troops to Vietnam?

Answer 4

Gulf of Tonkin incident

Question 5

explanation of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?

Answer 5

Large stockpiles of nuclear weapons would keep the US & Soviet Union from attacking each other b/c if they did both sides would be completely destroyed.

Question 6

Order of terms and policies

Answer 6

domino theory, containment, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine

Question 7

Countries that were communist for most of the Cold War?

Answer 7

• North Korea
• china
• Soviet Union
• east Germany
• most Eastern European countries

Question 8

What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of in the cold war?

Answer 8

Showed the length communists would go to control their people and prevent them from leaving

Question 9

What did the War Powers Act do?

Answer 9

Limit how long the president can send troops into combat