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WorksheetsCold War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
What did the United States and the Soviet Union believe about each other?
a)
threat
b)
friends
c)
acquaintences
2.
Why did FDR, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference?
a)
settling major wartime issues of the Allied powers
b)
protecting the colonial empires of the warring nations
c)
setting up postwar aid for Great Britain
d)
sharing the development of atomic weapons
3.
Which is NOT containment?
a)
preventing communist aggression
b)
hating communism
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
NATO
4.
Where did the U.S. send military aid as a part of the containment policy?
a)
Turkey & Greece
b)
Mexico & Costa Rica
c)
Britain & France
d)
Soviet Union & Germany
5.
What was the Marshall Plan and what was the goal of it?
a)
send money to countries who were vulnerable to communist agression
b)
send troops to Turkey
c)
send supplies to Berlin during Stalin's Blockade
6.
Why did President Truman authorize the Berlin Airlift?
a)
so provide supplies to those affected by the Berlin Blockade
b)
to help East Berliners fight communism
c)
to send troops to Turkey
7.
1. What was the Berlin Airlift?
a)
overcome a blockade created by the Soviet Union
b)
prevent a communist takeover of Greece and Turkey
c)
rescue people fleeing West Germany
8.
What area of the world was receiving protection from the Soviets due to NATO?
a)
Western Europe
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
9.
What was an example of the U.S. commitment to collective security?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
NATO
10.
How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of NATO?
a)
started the Cold War
b)
created the Warsaw Pact
c)
ended the Cold War
d)
launched Sputnik
11.
What event started the space race with the Soviet Union?
a)
Sputnik
b)
Apollo 13
c)
Laika
12.
What were Americans afraid of after the launching of Sputnik?
a)
having inferior technology
b)
animal cruelty
c)
the end of the Cold War
13.
How did the territorial division of Korea change after the Korean War?
a)
remained the same
b)
North Korea gained territory
c)
South Korea gained territory
d)
China gained territory
14.
What is HUAC and who did they investigate?
a)
federal investigation of Americans suspected of communism/disloyalty
b)
Soviet organization of immigrants from West Germany
c)
created posters and radio advertisements to gain support for the Cold War
15.
What were Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg accused of?
a)
being spies
b)
bad acting
c)
creating NASA
d)
falsely accusing 100's of Americans of communism
16.
What did the Verona Papers reveal?
a)
there were spies in the U.S.
b)
all Americans were perfectly loyal
c)
Julius Rosenberg was innocent
d)
Senator McCarthy was right about General Marshall
17.
What did Joseph McCarthy claim to have on his list?
a)
over 100 suspected communists in the U.S. State Department
b)
10 Hollywood actors/directors suspected of communism
c)
50 baseball players suspected of communism
d)
quotas for immigration
18.
What is McCarthyism?
a)
preventing communism in America
b)
accusing people without evidence
c)
sending aid to those willing to resist communism
d)
the technology used for Sputnik
19.
What did opponents of McCarthy criticize him for?
a)
violated the constitutional rights of many
people
people
b)
undermined the powers of the president
c)
weakened the armed forces of the nation
20.
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a)
counter the influence of the Soviet
Union in the Middle East
Union in the Middle East
b)
required Americans to "Like Ike"
c)
extended containment policy in South America
d)
created a network of Interstate Highways
21.
What did the Interstate Highway Act lead to?
a)
increased suburbanization
b)
decreased fuel consumption
c)
reduced pollution
22.
Which factor directly contributed to the growth of suburban communities after World War II?
a)
the return of WWII veterans
b)
mass transit systems closed
c)
property taxes were abolished in many communities
d)
widespread mortgage foreclosures
23.
The GI Bill helped soldiers who served in World War II by
a)
funding for veterans to attend college
b)
requiring women to surrender their wartime jobs to the returning men
c)
mandating integration of U.S. military forces
24.
After the end of World War II, many working women left their factory jobs because they were
a)
unprepared for peacetime employment
b)
forced to give up their jobs to returning war veterans
c)
fired from their jobs due to poor performance
d)
dissatisfied with their low wages
25.
The baby boom after World War II led directly to
a)
a decrease in spending for public education
b)
a return to a rural lifestyle
c)
an increased demand for housing
d)
a decrease in consumer spending
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