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1950s Cold War

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Imaginary wall separating Soviet satellite countries from the west

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Red Scare

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Communist Stonewall

2.

Based on the concept of collective security which each member pledged to defend each other if attacked.

a)

SEATO

b)

Alliance

c)

Partnership

d)

NATO

3.

Led a communist revolution in China in 1949.

a)

Chang Kai-Shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Kim Il-Sung

4.

Massive aid program for war torn European countries.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Stalin Plan

d)

United Nations

5.

Congressional committee questioned actors, directors, writers and others about their possible Communists sympathies.

a)

House of Un-American Activities Committee

b)

House Investigative Committee

c)

Communist Finding Committee

d)

Reds Be Gone Committee

6.
designed to limit retaliation from an enemy for fear of nuclear attack
a)
Hydrogen Bomb
b)
Deterrent
c)
Arms Race
d)
Mutually Assured Destruction
7.
Congressmen created fears of a communist conspiracy to overthrow the American government by infiltrating the US State Department with spies
a)
Communist witch hunt
b)
HUAC
c)
McCarthyism
d)
Senate Hearings
8.
US would not attempt to overturn communism where it already existed, but they resolved not to allow it to spread
a)
Containment Policy
b)
One China Policy
c)
Vietnamization
d)
Domino Theory
9.
US President offered military aid to Greece and Turkey when communist rebels threatened these two countries
a)
Eisenhower Doctrine
b)
Nixon Doctrine
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Roosevelt Doctrine
10.
Soviet Union reacted to creation of Western European alliances by unifying Eastern European satellite countries
a)
NATO
b)
SEATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Moscow Pals
11.
released in 1997 which confirmed the identities of several Americans who had spied for the Soviet Union
a)
Venona Papers
b)
Pentagon Papers
c)
My English Papers
d)
Watergate Papers
12.
Communist North invaded the South, Truman chose to aid the South to prevent the spread of communism; sometimes referred to as the “Forgotten War”
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Gulf War
d)
Afghanistan War
13.
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act; helped veterans with low interest home loans and money for college education
a)
Heroes Legislation
b)
G.I. Bill
c)
Soldier Service Bill
d)
College Aid Bill
14.
1957 the soviets launched the first man-made satellite, marked the beginning of what becomes known as the space race
a)
Sputnik
b)
Sputnik 2
c)
Molniya
d)
Almaz
15.
Stalin ordered a blockade in 1947, the US organized a massive humanitarian relief effort to supply and feed the city
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Berlin Blockade
d)
Winter in Berlin
16.
discovered the polio vaccine
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
C. Everett Koop
c)
Jack Kevorkian
d)
Jonas Salk
17.

this married couple was charged with selling national secrets to the soviet union, were convicted and executed

a)

Rosenbergs

b)

Sacco and Vanzetti

c)

Roosevelts

d)

Jennings

18.
a confrontation between the free nations of the world (US) and the communists nations of the world (Soviets)
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Cold War
c)
Missile Crisis
d)
Terrorism
19.
continuing the policy of containment Eisenhower agreed to send aid to any Middle Eastern country that needed to stop the spread of communism
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Eisenhower Doctrine
c)
Kennedy Doctrine
d)
Johnson Doctrine
20.
state department official accused of spying and found guilty of perjury by the HUAC
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Julius Rosenberg
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Alger Hiss
21.
Eisenhower’s plan to connect the nation through a system of roadways; sparked the middle-class move to the suburbs
a)
Interstate Highway Act
b)
Superhighways
c)
State Highways
d)
Road Improvement Act
22.
beginning of a competition for weapons superiority after both the US and Soviet launch nuclear weapons
a)
Arms Race
b)
Nuclear Weapons
c)
Hydrogen Bomb
d)
Atomic Bomb
23.
agreed upon border between communists North Korea and democratic South Korea
a)
Seoul
b)
38th Parallel
c)
 Pyongyang
d)
Incheon
24.
federal employee’s were investigated for suspicious activities
a)
HUAC
b)
Loyalty Review Boards
c)
McCarthyism
d)
Suspicion Terms
25.
international peacekeeping organization designed to promote global justice and cooperation with member nations.
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
Regulators
d)
United Countries Peacekeepers

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