The Cold War

This country placed Sputnik 1 into outer space in 1957.

• USSR
• United States
• Japan
• Germany

The USSR sent this artificial satellite into outer space in 1957. This started the space race between the USA and the USSR.

• Apollo Project
• Mercury Project
• Sputnik 1
• Flying Saucer Project

The fear of US citizens and some US Government officials that Communism would spread to the US was known as _______________.

• the Red Scare
• Black Tuesday
• Communist Declaration
• Warsaw Pact

This organization is a military alliance of western European countries and North American countries to stop the spread of Communism,

• Warsaw Pact
• Central Powers
• World Security Organization
• NATO

The Korean War occurred as a result of _____________________.

• the USSR invading Korea
• South Korea attacked Japan
• North Korea attacked South Korea to make all of Korea a communist nation 
• None of the answers

Who were the "super powers" during the Cold War years?

• Japan and Germany
• France and Italy
• USA and the USSR
• Canada and Cuba

The Wisconsin Senator that accused some American citizens of being communist,

• Senator Gail Halvorsen
• Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Senator John Davis
• Senator Mack Rogers

West Berlin citizens received food, fuel and other supplies dropped down to help them after World War II. It was know as __________.

• Australia Airlift
• Berlin Airlift
• Washington Airlift
• US Airlift

Which US President used the policy of containment to stop the spread of communism.

• President Roosevelt
• President Lincoln
• President Truman
• President Washington

He was the President after Truman. He worked to end the Korean War.

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Dwight Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin Roosevelt