WorksheetsReconstruction and Cold War Review
Total questions: 108
Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1950s, Americans really feared ____ the most.
a)
communist spies
b)
F.B.I. agents
c)
men with secrets
d)
losing their jobs
2.
Why did the United States fight in Korea and Vietnam?
a)
to re-conquer land that had been theirs before
b)
to support the Allies in their struggle against Japan
c)
to stop the spread of communism
d)
to build an alliance with China
3.
1. The Soviet Union’s goal during the Cold War was different from the United States because…
a)
a.
The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism.
b)
a.
The Soviet Union wanted to contain the spread of
communism.
c)
a.
The Soviet Union wanted to start a democratic government.
d)
a.
The Soviet Union wanted to continue their
democratic government.
4.
1. The goal of the United States during the Cold War was different from the Soviet Union because…
a)
The United States wanted to spread communism.
b)
a. The United States wanted to encourage a dictatorship.
c)
a. The United States wanted to contain the spread of communism.
d)
a. The United States wanted to discontinue their democratic government.
5.
Why did the United States become involved in North and South Korea
a)
The United States wanted to promote the spread of communism.
b)
The United States wanted to keep South and North
Korea separated by religion.
c)
The United States wanted to prevent the spread
of communism into South Korea.
d)
The United States wanted to reunite North and South Korea as a communist government.
6.
Which of the following occurred during the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States?
a)
a. The United States was the first to have a man land on Mars.
b)
a. The Soviet Union was the first to have a man land on the moon.
c)
The United States launched an unmanned satellite, Sputnik, into space.
d)
a. The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite, Sputnik, into space.
7.
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
8.
Who were the two participants in the Space Race?
a)
The US and Cuba
b)
China and US
c)
The USSR and US
d)
US and North Vietnam
9.
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
10.
Which country was the aggressor that started the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Neither - they were forced into war by Germany
d)
Japan
11.
Which country did the U.S. send military aid to during the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
12.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
13.
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
14.
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
15.
In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.
a)
communism
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
democracy
16.
The Space Race, Arms Race and McCarthyism are characteristics of which era?
a)
Conservative 1980s
b)
Roaring 20s
c)
Cold War
d)
World War II
17.
Who won the space race and why?
a)
America, they created NASA
b)
USSR, the launched the first satellite into space
c)
Cuba, they had Fidel Castro on their side
d)
America, they landed the first person on the moon
18.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
a)
To keep people from escaping to West Germany
b)
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany
c)
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city
d)
All of the above
19.
What country had control over the government of East Germany?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
China
c)
Poland
d)
Hungary
20.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
a)
To keep people from escaping to West Germany
b)
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany
c)
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city
d)
All of the above
21.
Why was the Red Scare also known as McCarthyism?
a)
Joseph McCarthy didn’t like the Soviet Union and the color red.
b)
Joseph McCarthy believed that hundreds of Communists were in the US government.
c)
McCarthy was afraid that the Soviet Union would take jobs away from the United States.
d)
McCarthy found 100 Soviet spies in the US government working and trying to take it over.
22.
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
a)
November 9, 1989
b)
June 26, 1963
c)
Neither
d)
Both
23.
This type of leader has complete control
a)
Communist
b)
President
c)
Majesty
d)
Dictator
24.
This was an attempt to keep food and supplies
from reaching West Berlin
a)
Berlin Resistance
b)
Berlin Blockade
c)
Great Depression
d)
Cold War
25.
During what decade during the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
a)
1940s
b)
1950s
c)
1960s
d)
1970s
26.
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
b)
Promised not to attack Cuba
c)
Promised to not attack the Soviet Union
d)
Take missiles out of the Soviet Union
27.
The Cuban missiles were being installed _____ miles from the shore of Florida.
a)
90
b)
100
c)
110
d)
80
28.
What did the US Navy established around Cuba?
a)
A naval blockade
b)
Bases
c)
Missiles
d)
Ship Ports
29.
What was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?
a)
Prevent missiles and military equipment from going in
b)
Prevent missiles and military equipment from going out
c)
Torture the Cubans into submission
d)
Torture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians
30.
Who was the U.S. president of the time?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
31.
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
32.
What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?
a)
WW2
b)
Cold War
c)
WW1
d)
Vietnam War
33.
Why did the US blockade Cuba?
a)
Cuba betrayed the US by suprise attacking the US
b)
They sent a bomb to the US and bombed the US
c)
The US hated Cuba
d)
The US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba
34.
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
b)
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
c)
Cuba forfiets
d)
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
35.
Allowed the public to consider different viewpoints concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
36.
What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960s?
a)
WWII
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
WWI
37.
Which side ended up winning the war?
a)
United states
b)
South Vietnam
c)
North Vietnam
d)
North korea
38.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
39.
What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?
a)
Communist
b)
Democratic
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
40.
Who "won" the Vietnam War?
a)
North Vietnam
b)
United States of America
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Korea
41.
What event led to the fall of South Vietnam's capital of Saigon?
a)
The resignation of Johnson as President
b)
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
c)
Chinese intervention
d)
Withdrawal of US troops
42.
What rule was Vietnam unified under
a)
Democratic
b)
Communist
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
43.
Who helped North Vietnam during the war?
a)
US and Russia
b)
Canada and the Soviet union
c)
China and Spain
d)
Chinese and the Soviet Union
44.
The Vietnam War ended when
a)
the United States and North Vietnam signed the Hanoi Accords in 1973.
b)
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.
c)
Communist dictators took over Laos and Cambodia in 1977.
d)
North Vietnam returned all American prisoners of war in 1979.
45.
After the ________________________, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that banned aboveground testing of new nuclear weapons.
a)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
b)
Cuban missile crisis
46.
one of the first people to walk on the moon
a)
William Westmoreland
b)
Yuri Gagarin
c)
Neil Armstrong
47.
Who was elected president in 1968?
a)
Nixon
b)
Johnson
c)
Kennedy
d)
Eisenhower
48.
U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes against targets in:
a)
China
b)
North Vietnam
c)
Thailand
49.
In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:
a)
South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong
b)
the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war
c)
South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam
50.
This country surrendered to the communists at the end of the war
a)
South Vietnam
b)
North Vietnam
c)
United States
51.
This country had about 2,700,000 men and women from this country fight in the war; about 58,000 died
a)
Vietnam
b)
Soviet Union
c)
United States
52.
The American people strongly supported U.S. involvement in the war
a)
True
b)
False
53.
War veterans returning to the United States were given a hero's welcome by the American people
a)
True
b)
False
54.
Who wanted to preserve the Union and end the Civil War as quickly as possible?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
US Congress
d)
Southerners
55.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Robert E. Lee
56.
Who wanted to consolidate families and establish a network of churches?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Southern African Americans
c)
US Congress
57.
Who wanted to ensure that the Civil War had not been fought in vain and that the freed slaves would be free?
a)
US Congress
b)
Southern African Americans
c)
Southerners
58.
What replaced slave codes and kept freedmen inferior?
a)
14th Amendment
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Black Codes
59.
Who allowed southerners to form new state governments?
a)
President Lincoln
b)
President Johnson
c)
Robert E. Lee
60.
Who extended the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
US Congress
c)
Southern African Americans
61.
Who said the southern states had to write new state constitutions?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
US Congress
62.
Did Southern states recognize the end of slavery?
a)
Yes
b)
No
63.
Did Southerners grant rights to the freedmen after recognizing the end of slavery?
a)
Yes
b)
No
64.
Which amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
65.
The southerners refused to sell what to the freedmen?
a)
Houses
b)
Businesses
c)
Land
66.
The new rights of African Americans were often violated by Discriminatory groups, such as the?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Dred Scott Decision
67.
The new rights of African Americans were often violated by Discriminatory groups, such as the?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Dred Scott Decision
68.
What amendment freed all slaves and gave them the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?"
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
14th Amendment
c)
13th Amendment
69.
Southern critics called policies in the amendments what?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Radical Reconstruction
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
70.
Which amendment gave male African Americans the right to vote?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
71.
The economic rights and independence of freedmen was ....
a)
Wide Spread
b)
Non-existent
c)
Limited
72.
Did the 15th amendment give female African Americans the right to vote?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Maybe
73.
Who had to stay in control of the state governments to ensure the amendments were being followed?
a)
Republicans
b)
Democrats
c)
Freedment
74.
After the 15th amendment, could African Americans hold office?
a)
Yes
b)
No
75.
Who campaigned against the 14th amendment?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Andrew Johnson
76.
What did the Freedmen call their day of Freedom?
a)
Day of Jubilee
b)
4th of July
c)
Memorial Day
d)
Labor Day
77.
Did all of the freed African American migrate to the north or west?
a)
Yes
b)
No
78.
Were the Freedmen successful in acquiring land after being freed?
a)
Yes
b)
No
79.
After the passing of the amendments, the freedmen formed churches, sought an education, married and established communities, and they also did what?
a)
Bought a lot of Property
b)
Voted and held offices
c)
Ran away to the north
80.
When the Forty Acre and Mule idea didn’t work out for the Freedmen, they turned to what?
a)
working in factories
b)
working on the railroads
c)
sharecropping
81.
What was established prior to the end of the Civil War and was intended to last one year to assist the newly freedmen and poor whites?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
82.
Sharecropping allowed Freedmen to trade labor for?
a)
land
b)
money
c)
right to vote
83.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau's greatest contribution?
a)
Establishing sharecropping
b)
providing food, clothing, and medical care
c)
Establishing over 1,000 schools
84.
Did the Freedmen’s Bureau offer some protection from the hostile environment in the south?
a)
Yes
b)
No
85.
Discriminatory groups were established to intimidate the freedmen.
a)
True
b)
False
86.
What started as a social organization of ex-Confederate soldiers?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Dred Scott Decision
87.
What started as a social organization of ex-Confederate soldiers?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Dred Scott Decision
88.
The Constitutional Rights (13th, 14th, 15th amendments) were regularly violated by the KKK.
a)
True
b)
False
89.
The KKK was a peaceful group that wanted to voice their opinion.
a)
True
b)
False
90.
What was the Compromise of 1876?
a)
Guaranteed a Republican winner if all federal troops were removed from the South.
b)
Guaranteed a Democratic winner if all federal troops were removed from the South
c)
Guaranteed a Republican winner if all federal troops stayed in the South
91.
Why did the House of Representatives have to decide the winner of the the election of 1876?
a)
No one wanted to run for the election
b)
The KKK caused the election to be riddled with fraud
c)
It was a tie.
92.
What ended the Reconstruction Period?
a)
Passing of the Amendments
b)
Compromise of 1876
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
93.
Which group of people were abandoned after the Reconstruction Period?
a)
Discriminatory Groups
b)
The White Elite
c)
Freed African Americans
94.
Besides the KKK, other groups discriminated against the Freedmen, such as businessmen, lawyers, judges, and politicians
a)
True
b)
False
95.
Sharecropping allowed Freedmen the opportunity to have what for their family?
a)
Schools
b)
Churches
c)
Land
96.
Did only African American freedmen participate in sharecropping?
a)
Yes
b)
No
97.
The Southern Elite wanted to reestablish the cotton industry.
a)
Yes
b)
No
98.
What happened to some landowners who could not pay the new taxes?
a)
They got a loan
b)
The sharecroppers would pay the taxes for them.
c)
They lost their land.
99.
What did the freedmen have to rely on landowners for after slavery ended?
a)
An education
b)
land and credit
c)
A ride to work
100.
Poor whites who a had a political voice for the first time were called what?
a)
Freedmen
b)
Scalawags
c)
Carpetbaggers
101.
Did Scalawags cooperate with the Republican government?
a)
Yes
b)
No
102.
Northerners who moved south were mostly what?
a)
Looking to get rich
b)
Trying to get a free education
c)
missionaries and entrepueneaurs
103.
Northerners who moved south were mostly what?
a)
Looking to get rich
b)
Trying to get a free education
c)
missionaries and entrepueneaurs
104.
What did southerners call northerners who moved south during this time period?
a)
Freedmen
b)
Scalawags
c)
Carpetbaggers
105.
The movement from farm to factory occurred during the Reconstruction period.
a)
True
b)
False
106.
What happened to cotton prices after the Reconstruction period?
a)
Prices fell
b)
Prices stayed the same
c)
Prices rose dramaticlly
107.
After Reconstruction, what destroyed the cotton crops and forced farmers from the land?
a)
Ants
b)
Grasshoppers
c)
Boll Weevil
108.
The decrease in the cotton industry will eventually lead to the development of what?
a)
Coal Mines
b)
Textile Factories
c)
Lumber Mills
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