Checkpoint 13: The Cold War

Read the quotation and answer the questions. "History is on our side. We will bury you!" —excerpt from 1956 speech to ambassadors from Western countries 1. What political leader made this statement?

• Fidel Castro

• Harry Truman

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Winston Churchill

"History is on our side. We will bury you!" —excerpt from 1956 speech to ambassadors from Western countries

What did this statement directly lead to?

• World War II

• Communism

• the end of the Cold War

• an international “arms race”

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Which phrase correctly describes the Cold War?

• a period of partnership between the United States and the Soviet Union

• a period of tension and rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union

• a period of war that took place in cold regions of the Soviet Union

• a period of conflict involving missile defense systems in the arctic regions

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• The United States wanted to build an iron curtain.

• The Soviet Union wanted to be part of the Marshall Plan.

• The United States did not want to have another Berlin airlift.

• The Soviet Union did not want people leaving East Berlin for West Berlin.

Why did President Kennedy announce a goal of putting a man on the moon by 1970?

• The goal was part of the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• The goal was part of the Marshall Plan to rebuild the Soviet Union.

• The goal was part of the Cuban Missile Crisis involving the Soviet Union.

• The goal was part of the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

How did the United States benefit from the space race?

• The United States developed the Marshall Plan.

• The United States developed advances in communication and navigation.

• The United States developed a new Iron Curtain.

• The United States developed a response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• The United States developed new products from related research.

The Cuban Missile Crisis started when the United States found out that the Soviet Union had built ________ in Cuba.

• missiles

• satellites

• missile launching pads

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy ordered ________ to prevent any Soviet ships from going to Cuba.

• a blockade

• an arms race

• an airlift

During the Cuban Missile Crisis people were worried that ________ might start.

• an arms race

• a nuclear war

• a space race

How did the arms race affect the United States?

• The United States started the space race because it lost the arms race.

• The United States built the Marshall Plan to win the arms race.

• The United States built missiles and developed more nuclear technology.

• The United States started trading with Cuba instead of the Soviet Union.

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