American History Second Semester Exam Review: Cold War and the United States

American History Second Semester Exam Review: Cold War and the United States

KG - University

20 Qs

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American History Second Semester Exam Review: Cold War and the United States

American History Second Semester Exam Review: Cold War and the United States

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is containment?

Trying to keep communism from spreading 
Trying to build a stockpile of weapons to fight Russsia
The same government program to keep knowledge of Japanese internment camps from spreading
The name for containing radiation in Japan after the atomic bombs

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United Nations was created to

rebuild Europe after WWII
promote international peace and protect human rights
to be a governing political system
to establish geographical and political boundaries 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Korean War was

a victory for the United Nations and containment was successful.
a victory for North Korea and communism won.
a stalemate where neither side won, and the boundaries didn't change.
chaos. Russia almost joined and we almost had nuclear war. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

To keep Americans from visiting East Germany
To embarrass the Western nations
To stop East Germans from fleeing into West German to escape communism
To show how successful communism was

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was in charge of the communist "witch hunts" in the 1950s?

Joseph Stalin
John Donne
Mao
Joseph McCarthy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

________ was the idea of taking the U.S. to the edge of war to prevent communism from spreading.

Brinkmanship
The Marshall Plan
The Potsdam Conference
Containment

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who authorized the training of Cuban exiles to try to help the U.S. overthrow Cuban leader, Fidel Castro? 

Johnson
Truman
Kennedy 
Stalin

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