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Cold War- Quiz

Authored by Mark Ilagan

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

Open Door Policy

Dollar Diplomacy

Big Stick Policy

Containment

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

Marshall Plan

Domino Theory

Truman Doctrine

Big Stick Policy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

It started the space race.

U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

The U.S. started NASA.

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Berlin Airlift

Cuban Missile Crisis

Korean War

Vietnam War

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction a missile site in Cuba.

JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

After WWII what happened to the population of the U.S?

The population moved westward as a result of the railroad.

African Americans moved north as part of the Great Migration.

The population shifted from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.

The population grew due to the Baby Boom.

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