Study Guide
Cold War
1. What was the purpose for the creation of the United Nations?
2. What famous line did Kennedy say in his inaugural speech?
3. What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
4. How was the Red Scare of the 1920’s similar to McCarthyism in the 1950’s?
5. How does the phrase “triumph over communism” describe US efforts during the Cold War?
6. US involvement in the Korean War is an example of what US foreign policy?
7. How did the Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan attempt to stop the spread of communism?
8. What plan was created to extended economic aid to Europe after WWII?
9. Why was the formation of NATO significant?
10. How did US involvement in the Korean War impact the outcome?
11. Why did the US get involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars?
12. What role did President Reagan play in bringing about the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War?
13. What is the domino theory?
14. After WWII, the Soviet Union controlled what areas of the world?
15. What happened to Germany after WWII?
16. Why was America fearful after the launch of Sputnik?
17. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
18. What was the purpose of the War Powers Act?
19. What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
20. What does collective security, as represented by the formation of NATO mean?
21. How did the Communists come to power in China?
22. How did US military involvement in Vietnam reflect the domino theory?
23. Which policy, implemented by Eisenhower’s administration was created to deter nuclear strikes by the Soviets?
24. How did the Korean War end?
25. Which of the following was the main goal for the US in Vietnam?
26. What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do?
27. What was the name given to the massive 1968 surprise attacks launched on US facilities and South Vietnamese
cities by Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese regulars?
28. How was support for the war divided?
29. The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow which leader?
30. What led to the most serious crisis of the Cold War and brought the US to the brink of nuclear war?
31. During the 1950s and 60s how did Americans prepare for nuclear attacks?
32. What made Senator McCarthy famous in the 1950s?
33. What is McCarthyism?
34. Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and why are they famous?
35. What is the term used to describe the easing of Cold War tensions between the US and USSR in the 1970s?
36. What is Glasnost and perestroika and why were they enacted?
37. What was Regan trying to do when he said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”?
38. What did the fall of the Berlin Wall signal?
39. Identify the historical significance of the following:
a. Containment Policy
b. McCarthyism
c. Vietnamization