1. The Cold War
Study guide

2. 1. Name the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cold War

3. 2. What type of government structure does the United States have?
Democracy- people vote for elected officials to represent them
Capitalism- Economic system where the supply of products is determined by the demand from consumers

4. What was an example of one of these treaties?
3. What was the purpose of the United States signing treaties with foreign countries during the Cold War?
To stop the spread of communism.
What was an example of one of these treaties?
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization

5. Name this event. What term is associated with the Senator’s name?
4. Describe Senator McCarthy’s role in spreading the fear of communists in American government.
Senator McCarthy told Americans he had a list of communists who had infiltrated the American government. Their goal was to take over the United States and to spread communism.
Name this event. What term is associated with the Senator’s name?
Red Scare and/ or McCarthyism.

6. What is meant by the term “iron curtain”?
5. Who stated, “An Iron Curtain has fallen across the European continent”?
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain
What is meant by the term “iron curtain”?
The border between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe.

7. 6. Describe how the government works in a Communist society.
The government of a communism country controls the means of production.

8. 7. Describe how a democratic society works.
The government of a democratic society is voted into office by the people that they represent.

9. 8. What is the United States’ role in the Berlin Airlift?
The United States used airplanes to brings food, coal, and other needed supplies into West Berlin to keep the people from starving and to stop it from becoming part of East Germany.

10. 9. Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
The United States became involved in the Korean War because the North Koreans attacked South Korea. They wanted to make the entire country communist. South Korea asked for the United Nations and NATO’s assistance.

11. 10. Name the Soviet Leader:
During World War II:
Joseph Stalin
Cuban Missile Crisis:
Nikita Khrushchev
Vietnam War:
Brezhnev

12. 11. What was feared might happen during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nuclear War

13. 12. What did the United States do to prevent the Soviet Union from shipping missiles to Cuba?
The United States created a 500 mile blockade all around Cuba refusing to allow Soviet ships to bring the missiles into the country.

14. What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
13. Describe how the Vietnam War impacted the United States. How did Americans feel about the war?
The Vietnam impacted Americans in that American soldiers were sent to stop the spread of communism. Over time as the war went on people protested the war.
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
The United States military lost the War.

15. 14. Why was the draft put into place during the Vietnam War?
The United States needed more soldiers due to high casualties.

16. 15. Name the president during
The Construction of the Berlin Wall
Harry S. Truman
The Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy