Cold War-Present America

Question 1

What was the Cold War

Answer 1

A war of words against the Soviets and Chinese, first used by Harry Truman. A journalist in the US was actually the first to coin the phrase

Question 2

What was the Berlin blockade

Answer 2

Soviets block railroad and street access to the west

Question 3

What was the Berlin airlift

Answer 3

The Berlin airlift brought food and other goods to West Berlin after the Soviets had cut it off from East Berlin

Question 4

What was containment

Answer 4

The United States plan to contain communism where it is

Question 5

What was the Tet Offense

Answer 5

Strategic battle by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces who published the US and South Vietnamese back, a turning point in the war

Question 6

What was McCarthyism

Answer 6

Making accusations of subversion or treason without evidence

Question 7

What was Vietnamization

Answer 7

Policy made by Nixon to pull US out of the Vietnam war by training South Vietnamese soldiers slowly pulling out US troops

Question 8

What was the My Lai Massacre

Answer 8

A company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the Vietnamese hamlet of my Lai in March 1968