Cold War Test Review HOMEWORK

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

• the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

• the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

• the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

• the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

Which statement best describes the primary focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s?

• to prevent the admission of Red China to the United Nations

• to prevent the integration of various racial groups in U.S. society

• to investigate radical groups in order  to find disloyal Americans

• to place quotas on the number of immigrants entering the U.S. 

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

• United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

• The United States worked to stop the spread of communism.

• The United States withdrew from its European alliances

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.

What is the map associated with?

• The US and British response to the Berlin Wall

• The US and British response to the Berlin Blockade

• The Soviet Union building the Iron Curtain

• The division on Berlin

In what year did the Russians launch the satellite Sputnik?

• 1941

• 1957

• 1969

• 1991

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

Term which refers to the military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and Western Europe form 1945-1990. 

• Berlin Blockade
• Iron Curtain
• Bay of Pigs
• Marshall Plan

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.