Cold War Semester Exam

Front

Who were the emerging superpowers following World War II? Options: Soviet Union & USA, Italy & Germany, Cuba & Vietnam, Great Britain & China

Back

Soviet Union & USA

Front

What did Churchill call the dividing line between the East & West?

Back

The Iron Curtain

Front

Which organization was formed to provide military support to Western nations?

Back

NATO

Front

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War? Options: Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz; Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare; Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor; Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

Back

Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

Front

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism? Options: Open Door Policy, Dollar Diplomacy, Big Stick Policy, Containment

Back

Containment

Front

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

Back

Marshall Plan

Front

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

Back

Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

Front

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

Back

It started the space race, U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education, and The U.S. started NASA.

Front

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

Back

Berlin Airlift

Front

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing a missile site in Cuba?

Back

JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.