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U.S. Post WWII Society and Cold War

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?

a)

They shared the cost with the United States

b)

They refused to participate in the plan

c)

They condemned the plan as unrealistic

d)

They offered to tax Soviet citizens to fund the plan

2.

What did President Truman promise with the Truman Doctrine?

a)

Support nations trying to resist Communism

b)

Fight hunger in areas impacted by WWII

c)

Enforce the policy of brinkmanship

d)

Reject the policy of containment

3.

In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union

a)

Created the Warsaw Pact

b)

Left the United Nations

c)

Ended the Berlin Airlift

d)

Joined the Marshall Plan

4.

At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decided to

a)

Keep the Soviet Out of the war with Japan

b)

Divide Germany into four sectors - American, British, French and Soviet

c)

Set up a world organization that would share the knowledge of atomic weapons

d)

Imprison Joseph Stalin

5.

After WWII, the Soviet Union wanted to rebuild in ways that would

a)

Protect its own interests

b)

Establish a politically open world

c)

Provide markets for their products

d)

Prevent the United States from building an empire

6.

For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by

a)

small battles worldwide

b)

The gradual decline of Soviet Power

c)

American and Soviet isolationism

d)

Political conflict and military tensions

7.

At the end of WWII, Korea was divided into

a)

Southern pro-American and a pro-Communist North

b)

A southern pro-fascist and a northern pro American

c)

A single dictatorship

d)

None of the above

8.

How did General MacArthur favor breaking the stalemate in the Korean War?

a)

Pulling out of Korea altogether

b)

Using nuclear weapons on Beijing

c)

Using nuclear weapons on Pyongyang

d)

Opening up a second front by attacking the Chinese mainland

9.

The policy of making America's military power so strong that not country would dare attack in fear of retaliation was what?

a)

Containment

b)

Brinkmanship

c)

Deterrence

d)

Truman Doctrine

10.

According to the Domino Theory, if South Korea fell to communism, what would happen?

a)

Japan would fall to communism

b)

The rest of Asia and Southeast Asia would fall to communism

c)

The USSR would be too powerful

d)

The United States would fall to communism

11.

Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Truman

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Kennedy

d)

Johnson