Cold War Quiz

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

• Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

• Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

• Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

Draw your own cartoon to explain the Cold War.

The Marshall Plan:

• Attempted to end the spread of communism to the Middle East

• Gained support from the UN for US intervention in the Korean War

• Provided aid to all European nations in an effort to rebuild after WWII

• Allowed for the US occupation of Japan following WWII

NATO was established to:

• Open trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico

• Act as a defensive alliance against the threat of the Soviet Union

• Allow for free trade among those nations who had allied during WWII

• Prevent East and West Germany from unifying following the Second World War

Korea was divided into two sections by what geographical marker?

• The Yalu River

• The Himalaya mountains

• The Sea of Japan

• 38 degrees North Latitude

The “containment policy” refers to:

• An effort to keep Germany from unifying and becoming a future threat to Europe

• An effort to block the Soviets’ attempts to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries

• An effort to stop the Japanese from exploiting their influence over the Southeast Asian countries of China and Korea

• An effort to block the flow of capitalism to nations already involved with communism

A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off the East of the city from the West.

• Great Wall of China

• Berlin Wall

• Moscow Wall

• Munich Wall

What portion of American society did television of the 1950s usually portray?

• White middle class

• Black urban

• Wealthy white

• A variety of cultures

This man was accused of spying on the US and ultimately sentenced to 5 years in jail.

• Julius Rosenberg

• Nicoli Sacco

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

Draw how Joe McCarthy probably saw the world.