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Cold War Era

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
a)
President Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
President Harry Truman
2.

What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?

a)

Countries joining together to end democracy

b)

Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West

c)

Countries joining together to defend themselves from attacks by communist countries

d)

Countries joining together to create one kind of money system

3.
In what country is the city of Berlin located?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
England
d)
Soviet Union
4.
Which country was Nikita Khrushchev the leader of in the 1950's?
a)
United Stated
b)
France
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Germany
5.
Which 2 superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
a)
Britain and the Soviet Union
b)
France and Germany
c)
Japan and the Soviet Union
d)
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
6.
Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War?
a)
It did not want another country to fall to communists
b)
It did not want another country to be split
c)
It wanted to attack North Korea
d)
It wanted to sell more weapons to its allies
7.
Why did the U.S. want the Soviet Union to remove its nuclear weapons from Cuba?
a)
It wanted to protect Cuba from communism
b)
Cuba is close to the U.S. border
c)
It was protecting nearby countries in Central America
d)
The U.S. did not have any missiles of its own
8.
Which of the following caused the Vietnam War?
a)
Japan attacked South Vietnam
b)
North Vietnam wanted all of Vietnam to be communist
c)
South Vietnam wanted to remain communist
d)
The Soviet Union attacked South Vietnam
9.
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
Charles Lindbergh
10.
Which U.S. President challenged America to be the first to put a man on the moon?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Harry S. Truman
11.

What important form of mass media influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?

a)

Internet

b)

Newspapers

c)

Movies

d)

Television

12.

The purpose of "containment" was to _____.

a)

stop the spread of democracy

b)

stop the spread of hate

c)

stop global warming

d)

stop the spread of communism

13.
In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.
a)
communism
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
democracy
14.

Which of the following foreign policies sent money and supplies to European nations to help rebuild after WWII?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Domino Theory

15.

Because people in Soviet-controlled East Berlin were escaping to Allied-controlled West Berlin, the ________ was built to separate the two sides of the capital city of Germany.

a)

Berlin Bloackade

b)

Berlin Base

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Berlin Barrier

16.

During the Cold War, the fear of Communism "infecting" the US and McCarthyism both contributed to the ______.

a)

Red Fever

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Red Scare

d)

Red Army

17.
Which event is the newspaper headline describing?
a)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
b)
Fall of the Soviet Union
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Vietnam War
18.

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War known as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

To expand trade with Europe

b)

To limit the build up of nuclear weapons

c)

To stop the spread of communism

d)

to send financial aid to Europe

19.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
20.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Sputnik
d)
Apollo 13
21.
I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
General Eisenhower
22.
A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.
a)
Arms Race
b)
Blockade
c)
Space Race
d)
Atomic Bomb
23.
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
24.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
25.
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
26.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
27.
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
a)
to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
b)
to bomb East Berlin
c)
to demolish the Berlin Wall
d)
to transport people out of East Berlin
28.

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

a)

They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba

b)

They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.

c)

They sent ships to block Soviet ships from coming to Cuba.

d)

They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

29.
What is Communism?
a)
people taking a chance to start a new business
b)
the government having complete control of businesses and property
c)
free enterprise and economic growth encouraged by the government
d)
a democratic government with personal freedoms and economic opportunities
30.
Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall?
a)
They built it to keep Soviet people from going to Western Europe.
b)
They built it to try to keep East Germans from going to West Germany.
c)
The Soviet Union and the United States divided Berlin in two parts after the war.
d)
The Soviet Union was trying to put people back to work by building the Berlin Wall.
31.

the leader of North Vietnam during the war

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

William C. Westmoreland

32.

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese preferred fighting major battles in the open.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The American people strongly supported U.S. involvement in the war

a)

True

b)

False

34.
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No
35.
Who "won" the Vietnam War?
a)
North Vietnam
b)
United States of America
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Korea
36.

Who made it to space first?

a)

U.S.S.R

b)

United States

c)

China

d)

Smith Station High School

37.

Who was the president during the space race?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

George Hw. Bush

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John F. Kennedy

38.

The Space Race was a part of what war?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Korean War

c)

World War II

d)

Cold war

39.

After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

40.
What Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Pol Pot
41.
During the Cold War, which event happened last?
a)
Launching of SPUTNIK
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Destruction of Berlin Wall
42.
After the Fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?
a)
Attempt to reestablish communism
b)
Break away from Russia and become independent
43.

How many countries did the Soviet Union split into at the end of the Cold War?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

44.
The leader of Cuba is_____________.
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Raul Castro
45.
Who sided with Castro during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Raul Castro
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
46.

The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US did what?

a)

Take missiles out of Poland and Italy

b)

Promised not to attack Cuba and remove missiles from Italy and Turkey

c)

Promised to not attack the Soviet Union

d)

Take missiles out of the Soviet Union

47.
What countries were in the conflict?
a)
The U.S, Russia, and Cuba
b)
The U.S, Germany, the Soviet Union
c)
Cuba, The U.S, and the Soviet Union.
d)
The U.S and Cuba
48.

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)

Anti-Cuba Takeover

49.

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

a)

from American spies in Cuba posing as farmers

b)

from US spy satellites

c)

from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

d)

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

50.

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

a)

Baby Boom ­

b)

Baby Gap

c)

GI Bill

d)

Transistor

51.

He mass produced houses: one model, interchangeable parts, and affordable to the middle class

a)

Henry Ford

b)

William Levitt

c)

Alfred Kinsey

d)

Richard Nixon

52.

Much of the consumerism in the 1950s was funded through credit card debt

a)

True

b)

False

53.
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, _______ became an American way of life.
a)
consumerism
b)
social conformity
c)
planned obsolence
d)
a 40 hour week
54.
What bill was passed to help soldiers readjust to life after the war?
a)
GI Bill
b)
Sherman Anti Trust Act
c)
23rd Amendment
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
55.
What major move does Truman make for civil rights using an executive order?
a)
Integrates the military
b)
Invades North Korea
c)
Sends troops to USSR
d)
Authorizes test of the H-Bomb

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