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Postwar Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following has high taxes?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
2.
Legislation that provided returning WWII veterans with inexpensive home loans and college tuition.
a)
Interstate System
b)
Baby Boomers
c)
Suburbs 
d)
GI Bill
3.
Which of the following does the government decide your job for you?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism 
4.
1956 legislation to build 41,000 miles of highways to meet transportation demands
a)
Interstate Highway Act 
b)
Baby Boomers
c)
Suburbs
d)
GI Bill 
5.
About how many Americans owned a TV by 1955?
a)
Half
b)
2/3
c)
25%
d)
90%
6.
Private individuals control the economy in this type or government.  
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism 
7.
After WWII, this nation wanted control of countries Germany used to control.
a)
America
b)
Soviet Union 
c)
Great Britain 
d)
China 
8.
International organization to promote peace & cooperation between nations
a)
Warsaw Pact 
b)
NATO
c)
United Nations
9.
Alliance between the U.S., Canada, and 10 western European countries promoting democracy & capitalism
a)
NATO 
b)
Warsaw Pact 
c)
United Nations
d)
Superpowers 
10.
Military cooperation of Eastern European nations with the Soviet Union promoting communism.
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Superpowers
11.
The division between Communist East Europe and the Democratic West.
a)
Iron Curtain 
b)
Containment 
c)
Marshall Plan 
d)
Cold War 
12.
1949-1991: Global struggle for power and influence between the U.S. & USSR.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Containment
c)
Marshall Plan 
d)
Cold War 
13.
U.S. plan to help Europe recover and rebuild after WWII.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Containment
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Cold War 
14.
Which of the following is an example of the Marshall Plan at work?
a)
The Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin.
b)
The United Nations sent military forces to Korea.
c)
The United States helped France rebuild its economy.
d)
The United States set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
15.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
16.
Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Mar$hall Plan
b)
The Domino Theory
c)
Proxy Wars
d)
Flexible Response
17.
Which of the following is the best example of communism?
a)
A govt. encourages people to start a business, but the govt. can tell them what to produce.
b)
People can start their own business, and produce whatever they want.
c)
The govt. controls all the factories, and distributes the profits to the workers equally.
d)
A factory owner can make more money than their employees, but not that much more.
18.
Perestroika and Glasnost were reforms initiated by this leader that helped break up the Soviet Union. 
a)
Nikita Khrushchev 
b)
Josef Stalin
c)
Leon Trotski
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev
19.
What was the name of the American foreign policy that was committed to stopping the spread of communism?
a)
isolationism
b)
terrorism
c)
containment
d)
neutrality
20.

What is the Red Scare?

a)

A law that prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the US

b)

A time period in which the Soviet Union sent thousands of spies to other countries

c)

A period of widespread fear of communism infiltrating American life

d)

An era in which the US government became ruled by communist sympathizers

21.

Another name of for the Red Scare in the US was...

a)

Capitalism

b)

Duck and Cover

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

McCarthyism

22.

What is the difference between the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain?

a)

The Iron Curtain was meant to keep people in, and the Berlin Wall was meant to keep people out

b)

The Berlin Wall was imaginary and the Iron Curtain was a physical barrier

c)

The Iron Curtain was imaginary and the Berlin Wall was a physical barrier

d)

The Iron Curtain was guarded and the Berlin Wall was not

23.

What did the US's containment policy hope to accomplish?

a)

To keep communism from spreading to other countries

b)

To keep West Germany separate from East Germany

c)

To isolate Cuba and make sure no ships could get in to bring food or other products

d)

To make sure that countries that split, like Korea and Vietnam, stayed divided

24.
How does television influence how people think about war?
a)
It has no effect at all
b)
It brought the horrors of war into their living rooms.
c)
People think it's a Hollywood movie and don't pay attention
d)
It makes people want to join the military
25.
How did consumer electronic technology like cellphones, GPS, and computers benefit from the Cold War?
a)
The work best in cold weather.
b)
The government made everybody get them.
c)
The technology created for the Space Race with the Soviet Union was made into  consumer products after the Cold War was over.
d)
Soldiers bought millions of them.
26.
What were the results of the Korean War?
a)
The two sections of Korea reunited
b)
North Korea & South Korea remained divided
c)
The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea
d)
China set up a communist government
27.
What event in the 1960's brought the world close to a nuclear war?
a)
The space race
b)
Berlin War
c)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
The arms race
28.

Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

e)

Edwardo Obstinado

29.

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

a)

Destroy Castro

b)

Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The U-2Coastal Operation

e)

The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

30.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

31.

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

a)

the symbolic end of the Cold War

b)

the fall of capitalism

c)

the end of the Vietnam War

d)

the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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