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Cold War Review - U.S. History

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two countries opposed each during the war?

a)

Russia / Spain

b)

Russia (U.S.S.R.) / U.S.

c)

Spain / U.S.

d)

Englad / Russia

2.

What organization was created as response to Sputnik?

a)

HUD

b)

Containment

c)

FBI

d)

NASA

3.

What two subjects were pushed in school during the Cold War?

a)

Math & Science

b)

Social Studies & Math

c)

Social Studies & English

d)

Math & Economics

4.

How did the U.S. win the space race?

a)

Going to the Moon

b)

launching the first person into space

c)

Star Wars

d)

Going to the Sun

5.

How did the U.S. keep West Berlin from falling to Communism?

a)

Domino Effect

b)

Siege of Berlin

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Battle of Marne

6.

What Senator is responsible for the Red Scare?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

George Washington

c)

Joseph McCarthy

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

7.

What did McCarthy that he say he had that supported the Red Scare?

a)

List of those who were U.S. citizens living in Russia

b)

List of Politicians who had Russian donors

c)

List of those who were spies (even in Washington)

d)

The Russian Document Papers

8.

Name one war U.S. fought to stop spread of Communism?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Vietnam

c)

French Revolution

d)

Gulf War

9.

Name of the objective that the U.S. used to fight the spread of Communism?

a)

Containment

b)

Domino Effect

c)

McCarthism

10.

What was the name of the mission where the U.S. fought to takeover Cuba but failed?

a)

Domino Effect of Cuba

b)

Berlin Air Raid

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Berlin Airlift

11.

The Tet offensive in 1968 did it boost or make the moral of the U.S. decline?

a)

Improved

b)

Decline

12.

What did the U.S. believe the Cubans had?

a)

Missiles / Nuclear

b)

Red Scare List

c)

U.S. Communism Documents

d)

Zimmerman Note

13.

What is seen as symbolic end to Communism?

a)

Launch of Sputnik

b)

Star Wars

c)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis