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Cold War Quiz 1

Authored by Erin Tubbs

History

11th Grade

Cold War Quiz 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The US foreign policy following WWII that focused on the belief that the United States had to prevent the USSR from expanding and Communism from spreading was known as

Mcarthyism

Mutually Assured Destruction

Containment

The Marshall Plan

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” This statement summarizes the foreign policy known as collective security which is the reason the U.S. joined ______________ to protect itself from communist aggression.

The United Nations (UN)

The Warsaw Pact

The League of Natiosn

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term “Iron Curtain” refers to _____.

The Berlin Wall which was built in 1961 to separate East and West Germany

the policy by the Soviet Union to give more rights to the people of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union’s policy of trying to stop Hitler from gaining any more territory during WWII

the invisible/symbolic line that divided communist and non-communist Europe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.

Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is a valid conclusion based on United States involvement in the Korean War?

The policy of containment was applied in Asia as well as in Europe

United Nations economic sanctions are more effective than military action.

The American people will support United States participation in any war, whether declared or undeclared.

United States cooperation with a wartime ally ends when the war ends.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Shortly after World War II, the cold war developed mainly as a result of the

United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations

Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe

competition between the superpowers to explore outer space

Nazi versus Fascist aggression

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economic arm of the Truman Doctrine which provided economic aid to rebuild Europe following World War II was known as:

McCarthyism

The Venona Project

The Marshall Plan

The Berlin Airlift

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