Foreign Policy
What conference during WWII agreed on the division of Germany?
Yalta Conference
What was the first war the US was involved in during the Cold War?
Korean War
What did the Berlin Airlift respond to?
Berlin Blockade
Where was JFK assassinated?
Dallas TX
What school did Mr. McGinthy graduate from
Mason High School
Michigan State University
What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
To contain the spread of communism by rebuilding Western Europe
Which Cold War conflict ended with a ceasefire and the creation of the DMZ?
Korean War
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe?
Iron Curtain
What was the Red Scare primarily concerned with?
Fear of communism
What does the word "glasnost" mean?
Openness
What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?
To contain the spread of communism
What was the main objective of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
To overthrow Fidel Castro
Which country built the Berlin Wall?
East Germany/Soviet Union
Which ideology did the US support during the Cold War?
Capitalism
How many nuclear weapons were fired during the Cold War
0
What did the domino theory suggest about the spread of communism?
The fall of one nation to communism could lead neighboring countries to fall as well
Which Cold War event directly caused the formation of NATO?
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
What major event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the counterculture movement during the Vietnam War?
Opposition to the war and mainstream culture
What is Mr. McGinthy favorite drink?
Monster Energy Drinks
Towards the end of the war a common goal that the US and the Soviets thought would help bring an end to the war was?
The term "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD) was most closely associated with which Cold War policy?
Brinkmanship
What was the main purpose of proxy wars during the Cold War?
To avoid direct conflict between superpowers
Civil Rights
Where did the United States place nuclear weapons during The Cold War, and what country responded and how did they respond?
Turkey, USSR, transporting nuclear weapons to Cuba