Cold War/1950s Quiz Review

The post-World War II struggle between the Soviets and the Americans, between communism and democracy, was called…

 

• Cold War

• Containment

• Korean War

• Red Scare

The policy that provided U.S. financial and military assistance to Greece and Turkey and established the idea that the U.S. would support free peoples around the world was called…

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Turk Aid

• Truman Doctrine

The European Recovery Program, which sent $13 billion to rebuild war torn Europe was better known as …

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Warsaw Pact

• Containment

When the Soviets cut off western access to the East German capital, supplies were provided by the …

• Angel Flight

• German Relief Fund

• Bonn Bailout

• Berlin Airlift

What was the main strategy of the United States to contain communism during the Cold War?

• Detente

• Non-alignment

• Containment

• Appeasement

During the Cold War, what was the main purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?

• To promote free trade between member countries

• To provide a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union

• To encourage cultural exchanges between East and West

• To oversee the reconstruction of Europe

In what year did both the Soviets develop the atom bomb and China fall to the Communists?

• 1945

• 1949

• 1950

• 1953

What was the name of the policy that relied on the idea that the U.S. and Soviets would not go to war with each other because each country had so many nuclear weapons they could wipe each other out?

• Brinkmanship

• M.A.D

• Deterrence

• H.U.A.C

Once a truce was declared, ending the Korean War, where was the dividing line between North and South Korea?

• 42nd Parallel

• 40th Parallel

• 38th Parallel

• 36th Parallel

What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviets in 1957?

• Laika

• u-2

• Sputnik

• I.C.B.M