Origins of the Cold War
What global conflict's aftermath helped cause the Cold War?
World War II
What plan gave billions in aid to rebuild Europe and stop communism from spreading?
Marshall Plan
What U.S. response to a Soviet blockade involved flying in supplies to Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
What Soviet achievement in 1957 led to a U.S. education overhaul?
The launch of Sputnik
What countries received the most aid from the Marshall Plan?
France and the United Kingdom
This ideological conflict was at the heart of the Cold War.
Communism vs Democracy
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism anywhere it tried to grow.
Containment
What wall symbolized the division between communist East and democratic West?
The Berlin Wall
What U.S. act increased science and math funding in schools after Sputnik?
National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
What Cold War program aimed to prevent economic collapse in Western Europe?
The Marshall Plan
What term describes countries like Poland and Romania that had communism forced upon them?
Satellite states
What alliance was formed to protect Western Europe from Soviet aggression?
NATO
What conflict did President Johnson justify by saying America had to 'keep a promise'?
The Vietnam War
What American mission culminated with a moon landing in 1969?
Apollo 11
Which U.S. action involved sending emergency aid to Berlin in 1949?
Funding the Berlin Airlift
What was one key agreement made at the Yalta Conference that later contributed to Cold War tensions?
The agreement to allow free elections in Eastern Europe, which the Soviet Union later ignored, increasing tensions with the West.
What doctrine declared that the U.S. would support free peoples resisting communism?
Truman Doctrine
What event involving Cuba almost brought the U.S. and USSR to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Name one way the U.S. responded to the Space Race that wasn't about launching rockets.
Investing in science education and research
What was the main purpose of President Truman’s 1947 speech to Congress, later known as the Truman Doctrine?
To declare that the United States would support free peoples resisting communism, marking the start of the U.S. policy of containment.
How did the Potsdam Conference increase tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Disagreements arose over the future of Germany and Eastern Europe, and the U.S. revealed its possession of the atomic bomb, creating mistrust.
What law passed in 1973 limited the Presidents ability to engage in war without Congressional approval?
War Powers Resolution
What was the effect of the Vietnam War on public opinion and policy in the U.S.?
It led to widespread protest and the War Powers Act of 1973
How did the launch of Sputnik affect Cold War tensions and U.S. priorities?
It increased U.S. focus on science, math, and technology to compete with the USSR
What was the purpose of the War Powers Resolution passed in 1973?
To limit the power of the President to engage in extended wars without Congress