Cold War Review 2019

After World War II, who remained as Superpowers?

Which part of Berlin was prosperous and succeeded quickly?

Which Doctrine was created by President Truman to help stop the spread of communism?

The Berlin Wall was built in order to

What two countries were involved in the Space Race?

What was the Iron Curtain?

The most tense 13 days of the Cold War occurred during  the event known as the _________ ________ ________ in Oct. 1962 as a "standoff between the two major superpowers". 

The Fall of the Berlin Wall occurred in 1989 and was relatively:

The Space Race was part of which war?

The Cold War spanned from 1945 to 1990.

Why do you think that the Soviets were opposed to capitalist way of life?

The threat of nuclear war- Mutual Assured Destruction(MAD) kept the Cold War "hot".

The domino theory stated that the US did not want to see any nation fall into communist hands, once one nation fell, then more would fall.... the topple effect of dominos....

Containment of communism was one of the main goals of the US during the Cold War.

Read the following portion from the speech by President Truman and answer the question below: "At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio; fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes. . . . . .The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. We must keep that hope alive." - US President Harry S. Truman What are the two choices that nations have to choose from according to Truman?   

Read the portion of the speech by JFK, concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis answer the following question: "...Neither the United States of America nor the world community of nations can tolerate deliberate deception and offensive threats on the part of any nation, large or small. We no longer live in a world where only the actual firing of weapons represents a sufficient challenge to a nation's security to constitute maximum peril. Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace." Using the statement above, what would be the best representation term about the Cold War, that could describe this event?