U.S. History STAAR Exit Ticket 18: The Cold War

The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by...

• boycotting German-made imports

• building the Berlin Wall

• stopping all traffic leaving Berlin

• airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

Organizing the Berlin Airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of...

• imperialism

• isolationism

• containment

• neutrality

Following World War II, the United States adopted the foreign policy of containment primarily to...

• return to pre-war isolationism

• limit the spread of communism

• force European nations to end colonialism

• limit the spread of fascism

McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in...

• the end of the arms race

• reduced spending on national defense

• increased discrimination against returning veterans

• damage to the reputations of many innocent people

In 1958, the United States government increased spending on science education and research in reaction to the...

• creation of the Warsaw Pact

• launching of Sputnik

• installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba

• U-2 incident

Which committee conducted interviews and placed people on trial for communist ties during the Red Scare?

• House of Un-American Activities Committee

• Congress Communist Involvement Committee

• Federal Espionage Activities Committee

• Government Communist Infiltration Committee

Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover?

• Marshall Plan
• Iron Curtain
• Truman Doctrine
• Massive Retaliation

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

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

• Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

• Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

• Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

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

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy