Cold War New Leaders and Policies Quiz

In what year did the Cold War begin to spread to Asia?

• 1950

• 1960

• 1953

• 1949

Who won the 1952 presidential election in the United States?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• Nikita Khrushchev

What was the primary goal of Eisenhower's 'New Look' foreign policy?

• To promote capitalism

• To expand communism

• To end the Cold War

• To contain communism

What was Eisenhower's stance on nuclear weapons?

• He was indifferent to their existence

• He supported their use as a deterrent

• He advocated for their immediate use

• He opposed their development

Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Vladimir Putin

How did Khrushchev view the American capitalist system?

• As a temporary phase

• As a superior model

• As destined to fail on its own

• As an immediate threat

What was the main purpose of the Austrian State Treaty of 1955?

• To start the Cold War

• To end the four-power occupation

• To establish a communist government

• To join NATO

What was the outcome of the Geneva Summit in 1955?

• No agreements were reached

• The formation of NATO

• The signing of the Austrian State Treaty

• The end of the Cold War

What event in 1957 escalated the space race between the US and the Soviet Union?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The creation of NASA

• The Apollo 11 moon landing

• The launch of Sputnik

What was the main consequence of the U2 spy plane incident?

• Improved US-Soviet relations

• The signing of a peace treaty

• The end of atmospheric nuclear testing

• Increased tensions in the Cold War