Cold War Quiz

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict during the Cold War?

• Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations

• Potential for global nuclear destruction

• Increased tensions in the Middle East

• Pressure from nonaligned countries

Which communist military organization formed from Eastern European countries during the Cold War?

• Soviet Union

• Axis Powers

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

The basic tenet of the Truman Doctrine was the policy of —

• Space Exploration

• Isolationism

• Containment

• Nuclear Domination

Which term refers to the American policy of holding communism in one place and not allowing it to spread?

• Containment

• Intervention

• Isolation

• Cease-Fire

Who caused a wave of panic and paranoia about communist infiltration of American government in the 1950s?

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• J Edgar Hoover

Which country built missile sites in Cuba in 1962 that caused a crisis with the United States?

• Germany

• Cuba

• China

• Soviet Union

What was one consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The United States conducted an airstrike on missile bases in Cuba.

• The United States removed missiles from Turkey.

• The Soviet Union ceased trade negotiations with the Cuban government.

• The Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall.

American forces fought the Korean War to —

• end the Cold War

• stop the spread of Communism

• help Korea become Communist

• gain more territory

The House UnAmerican Activities Committee investigations of the early 1950s were most similar to which event in U.S. history?

• WWI

• Prohibition

• Red Scare

• The Great Depression

Which statement regarding the Berlin Airlift is the MOST accurate?

• The U.S. attempted to force a Soviet surrender by bombing Berlin.

• The U.S. dropped humanitarian supplies into East Berlin to prevent famine.

• The U.S. provided West Berlin with aid after Soviet forces blockaded the city.

• The U.S. sought to contain the spread of communism among Allied powers.