The Cold War Begins/Society Quiz

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism? (a)  

• Open Door Policy
• Big Stick Policy
• Containment Policy
• Dollar Diplomacy

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

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

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

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

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

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

• It built up the western European armed forces.

• It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

• It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

• It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

• the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

• the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

• the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

• the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

What is NATO?

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

Which of the following terms refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII and lasted until 1991?

• Iron Curtain

• Soviet-Communist War

• Korean War

• Cold War

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

• The United States worked to stop the spread of communism.

• The United States withdrew from its European alliances

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.