Cold War Practice Quiz

TEKS 2A, 29H: Which era is most associated with the type of event shown in this photograph?

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Cold War

• The Great Depression

• The Industrial Revolution

TEKS 8A: What event is depicted in this image, in which the Allies went around a Soviet Blockade of the capital of Germany?

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

TEKS 8A: Which policy guided US policy toward this decision?

• Containment

• Deterrence

• Peaceful coexistence

• Deterence

TEKS 8A, 29D: Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan.

• The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.

• U.S. leaders created the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union established the “Iron Curtain” after World War II.

TEKS 8A: President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by —

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

• asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

• authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba

• seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

TEKS 8C: What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia during the early 1950s?

• North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.

• Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a famine.

• International groups needed help investigating North Korean officials charged with corruption.

• Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea.

TEKS 2B: What was the most significant result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik?

• U.S. military troops were deployed to Korea.

• The United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War.

• A space race between the United States and the Soviet Union began.

• The U.S. government implemented the Marshall Plan.

TEKS 8B: What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

• Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II

• Increased political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation

• Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression

• Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

TEKS 8B: 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.