Cold War

Question 1

Truman Doctrine

Answer 1

President Truman’s policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion.

Question 2

Berlin Wall

Answer 2

A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin.

Question 3

NATO

Answer 3

An alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and Western European nations to fight Soviet aggression.

Question 4

Warsaw Pact

Answer 4

Military alliance established in 1955 of the Soviet Union and other communist states in Europe.

Question 5

38th Parallel

Answer 5

38th Parallel The dividing line between South and North Korea.

Question 6

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 6

A general who Truman chose to command a force that was sent to Korea to attack after North Korea attacked Southern Korea.

Question 7

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 7

Major Cold War confrontation in 1962 –> Soviets building missile bases on Cuba, atomic missiles could reach US within minutes.

Question 8

Sputnik

Answer 8

The world’s first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.

Question 9

SALT Talks

Answer 9

Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles.

Question 10

US distrust Soviets for….?

Answer 10

1) Disliked communism and its rejection of religion and private property ownership; 2) Angered by Soviet efforts to overthrow noncommunist governments; 3) Soviets boasted of destroying free enterprise systems throughout the world

Question 11

Soviets distrust US for…?

Answer 11

1) The U.S., being the most powerful nation, would try to attack the Soviet Union; 2) They would rebuild Germany to challenge the Soviet Union

Question 12

Soviets made and broke a promise?

Answer 12

They promised to hold free elections in Eastern European nations, this was broken because they feared that by allowing European nations to elect their own type of leadership, the new governments would be anti-Soviet and would oppose them (causing challenges for the Soviet Union)

Question 13

Truman’s policy of containment

Answer 13

The Cold War Policy of keeping communism within its already existing borders and not allowing communism to spread further

Question 14

Berlin Airlift

Answer 14

Hundreds of American and British planes carried tons of food, oil, and supplies to the 2 million West Berliners everyday (lasted for a year until Stalin decided to lift the blockade because it wasn’t working)

Question 15

Marshall Plan

Answer 15

Congress’ plan to spend lots of money to rebuild Europe to reduce the treat of communist revolutions in Western Europe

Question 16

Cold War

Answer 16

After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States.