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Cold War

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 28mins

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 major country was behind the "Iron Curtain"?
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
3.
Who was the leader of Russia when the phrase "Iron Curtain" was phrased?
a)
President Roosevelt
b)
President Truman
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Joseph McCarthy
4.
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 fend off attacks by other communist countries
d)
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
5.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
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.
What best describes the Soviet satellite Sputnik?
a)
The first satellite launched into space
b)
The first satellite to reach the moon
c)
The first satellite to carry a person into space
d)
The first satellite to carry a laboratory rat into space
9.
What important entertainment industry influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?
a)
Internet
b)
Newspapers
c)
Movies
d)
Television
10.
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know 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
11.

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

a)

by providing government housing for refugees

b)

by providing military assistance to Vietnam

c)

by providing money to stop poverty

d)

by providing money for countries to rebuild and trade with each other

12.
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 placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
d)
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
13.
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
14.
The Truman Doctrine said the United States would support any country 
a)
that is fighting Communism.
b)
that is fighting Democracy.
c)
that is fighting evil monkeys.
d)
that is fighting the Soviet Union.
15.
Program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. 
a)
Loyalty Review Boards
b)
NATO
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Warsaw Pact
16.

The man who led China into communism was

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai Shek

c)

Ho Chi Mihn

d)

Hirohito Chi Mao

17.

The USSR response to NATO was

a)

COMECON

b)

COMINFORM

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

SEATO

18.
Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--
a)
European Nations
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Satellite Nations
19.
Which of the following was a failed invasion by the United States under Kennedy in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro?
a)
Invasion of Moscow
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
d)
Korean Invasion
20.
What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for Jews?
a)
the United Nations
b)
the European Union
c)
the League of Nations
d)
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
21.

Senator Joseph McCarthy's activities often violated

a)

constitutional rights.

b)

the two party system

c)

world peace agreements

d)

the Smith Act

22.

Which best describes the significance of the 38th parallel?

a)

the boundary crossed by North Korean troops to try to take over South Korea

b)

the boundary between East and West Germany

c)

line of demarcation for the Iron Curtain

d)

line marking US naval influence around Japan

23.

What did the suburbs most likely symbolize in the 1950s?

a)

diversity and prosperity

b)

middle class white prosperity

c)

lower class and culture

d)

lower class white existence

24.

"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted [conquest] by armed minorities or by outside pressures." - President Harry Truman, 1947. According to this excerpt, for what was President Truman arguing?

a)

The United States must keep current alliances with foreign nations.

b)

The United States must help protect independent nations from communist aggression.

c)

The United States must support rebels fighting for freedom in foreign nations.

d)

The United States must avoid establishing alliances with foreign nations.

25.

The National Security Act of 1947 made

a)

Truman unpopular with women.

b)

the USSR a stronger ally of the US.

c)

laissez-faire the official government policy.

d)

the armed forces reorganize.

26.

John F. Kennedy concluded a 1963 speech made in West Berlin with the words: "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." The phrase Ich bin ein Berliner means, in German, I am a citizen of Berlin. Which best explains the President's meaning?

a)

The free world supported West Berliners and would fight for their rights.

b)

East and West Germany would soon be reunited as one nation.

c)

Western nations would come to Berlin and tear down the Berlin Wall.

d)

He sympathized with Germans because of his ancestry.

27.
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
a)
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
b)
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
28.
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
29.
In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?
a)
The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
b)
The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
c)
The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
d)
The US and its allies fought to defend the North.
30.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

31.

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

32.

Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare by accusing American citizens of being communist spies?

a)

McCarthy/HUAC

b)

NAACP/Farm Workers Union

c)

Nativists/Muckrakers

d)

Philanthropists/Entrepreneurs

33.

What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Federal Housing Authority Act

c)

Social Security Act

d)

GI BIll

34.

What was the name of the rapid increase of population following the end of WWII called?

a)

Baby Boom

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Great Migration

d)

Demographic Shift

35.

The act of preventing nuclear attack by threatening retaliation is called

a)

deterrence

b)

domino theory

c)

militarism

d)

containment

36.
What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
European Alliance
d)
Iron Curtain
37.
The ideology that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others would follow--
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Berlin Arilift
c)
Eisenhower Doctrine
d)
Warsaw Pact
38.
If the Truman Doctrine were applied to the Middle East, it'd be known as--
a)
Eisenhower Doctrine
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Berlin Doctrine
d)
Marshall Plan
39.
What event happened in 1949 to strengthen the threat of Communism spreading in Asia?
a)
Russia falls to Communism
b)
China falls to Communism
c)
The Arms Race begins
d)
Sputnik is launched
40.
The couple that was executed for spying and allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union were the                  
a)
Hiss’s
b)
Greenglass’s
c)
Rosenberg’s
d)
Chamber’s
41.
Alger Hiss was convicted of which of the following?
a)
Perjury
b)
Espionage
c)
Contempt of Congress
d)
Treason
42.
Students practiced nuclear safety drills in school known as?
a)
Bert the Turtle
b)
Duck and Cover
c)
Stop, Drop, and Roll
d)
Operation Alert
43.
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference to ....
a)
discuss their strategy to win WWII
b)
discuss their goals for a post-WWII Europe
c)
discuss how to spread communism all over the globe
d)
discuss their goals for spreading democracy and capitalism all over the globe

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