WorksheetsCold War Begins Mega Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
The Cold War is believed to have begun at this 1945 conference, during which the Big Three discussed the post-war division of Germany.
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Bretton Woods Conference
Who stated that an "iron curtain has fallen across Europe"?
Truman
Eisenhower
Churchill
Stalin
What is the name of the US foreign policy designed to stop the spread of Communism?
appeasement
containment
isolationism
imperialism
The US will provide aid to nations fighting against Communism.
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Truman Doctrine
Kennedy Doctrine
The US would help rebuild nations in war-torn Europe with financial support .
Truman Plan
Keynesianism
Eisenhower Plan
Marshall Plan
The Western Allies merged their areas of control to create this new country.
North Germany
South Germany
East Germany
West Germany
Who controlled East Germany following WWII?
Britain
Japan
Soviet Union
China
The U.S. and Great Britain delivered supplies to halt a Soviet blockade during this event.
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
Berlin Airlift
East German Airlift
Organization of Allied nations "an attack against one is an attack against all."
SEATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
OPEC
United the Communist countries of Eastern Europe.
SEATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
OPEC
What nation tested an atomic bomb in 1949, prompting the US to construct a hydrogen bomb?
China
Soviet Union
North Korea
India
What Communist leader did China fall to in 1949?
Chiang Kai-shek
Ngo Din Dimh
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Americans responded to the fear of Communism in all of the following ways EXCEPT
moving to another country
participating in duck and cover drills
blacklisting Hollywood actors and directors
building bomb shelters
What government agency was created with the passage of the National Security Act?
FBI
CIA
FEMA
IRS
The second wave of anti-Communism that spread throughout the US after WWII is often known as
Trumanism
Stalinism
McCarthyism
Krushchevism
The Korean War began in June 1950 when this country invaded South Korea.
China
United States
North Korea
Soviet Union
Who fired Gen. MacArthur for publicly disagreeing with his war strategy in Korea?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
What was the result of the Korean War?
North Korean victory
South Korean victory
stalemate
Communism spread
Belief that if one nation fell to Communism, its neighbors would soon follow.
Eisenhower Theory
Truman Theory
Domino Theory
Pushover Theory
US would help Middle Eastern nations to resist Communism.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Kennedy Doctrine
Roosevelt Doctrine
What legislation was passed to ensure fast evacuation of cities in case of a nuclear attack?
National Security Act
Interstate Highway Act
Federal Civil Defense Act
Pentagon Act
The US responded to the launch of Sputnik in all of the following ways EXCEPT
founding NASA
passing the National Defense Education Act
encouraging students to enter math and science fields
abandoning all endeavors into space
Which leader took control of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin in 1953?
Khrushchev
Yeltsin
Gorbachev
Putin
What event involved a US spy plane being shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?
Sputnik incident
U-2 incident
Apollo incident
Challenger incident
In the Election of 1960, John F. Kennedy defeated
Eisenhower
Johnson
Nixon
Agnew
Kennedy's domestic program which included the passage of the Equal Pay Act is known as the
New Deal
Square Deal
Great Society
New Frontier
What revolutionary leader seized control of Cuba in 1959?
Che Guevara
Pablo Sanchez
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
What was the failed US attempt to invade Cuba in 1961?
Bay of Biscay invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion
Havana Bay invasion
Santiago Bay invasion
This symbol in East Germany stood as a reminder of the Cold War until 1989.
The Kremlin
The Hermitage
The Berlin Wall
The Great Wall
The US & Soviet Union were on the brink of war during this October 1962 event.
Sputnik launch
Bay of Pigs invasion
Berlin blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
The agreement reached between Kennedy & Khrushchev included the US removal of missiles from
China
Japan
Ukraine
Turkey
Encouraged young Americans to volunteer for two years working on education and development projects abroad.
Teach for America
Civilian Conservation Corps
Green Peace
Peace Corps
JFK's promise to land an American on the moon came true in
1959
1960
1962
1969
Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 on a trip to Dallas, TX by
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Charles Guiteau
This man became the 36th President upon Kennedy's assassination
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
