Cold War Conflicts
North Korea embraced communism while South Korea chose democracy.
Who was responsible for coining the phrase "The Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
The phrase "The Iron Curtain" is associated with what era of history?
Cold War
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 come to an end?
The Soviet Union removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba and the United States removed its missiles from Italy and Turkey.
What effect did the Korean War have on the governments of North Korea and South Korea?
The war did not change the governments.
In the 1950’s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was MOST closely associated with issues related to
Communists in the United States
Which of these was the most noticeable symbol of the "Iron Curtain"?
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a confrontation between which two countries?
The start of the Korean War in 1950 is MOST associated with which of these?
the spread of Communism
Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam in the 1960s?
It feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President ____ and Soviet leader ____ almost took the world into a nuclear war.
Kennedy, Khrushchev
The term "Cold War" describes political conflicts between what two countries?
Why did the Soviet Union choose Cuba as their location for nuclear weapons in what became known as the "Cuban Missile Crisis"?
It was close to the U.S., which gave the Soviets the ability to threaten a nuclear attack.
The United States’ policy of "containment" during the Cold War held that it was of vital importance to keep Communism from spreading.
In which conflict was containment successful?
The Korean War