WorksheetsCold War Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?
North and South Vietnam
East and West Asia
North and South Korea
Communist East and Democratic West
How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?
by providing government housing for refugees
by providing military assistance to Vietnam
by providing money for countries to rebuild infrastructure
by providing assistance to countries fighting communism
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
Countries joining together to end democracy
Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Stalin
Neil Armstrong
Joseph McCarthy
Rock and roll music...
Became a symbol of youth culture
Was created by a communist movement
Attacked traditional religious authority
Was used mainly in political campaign ads on tv
He developed a vaccine against polio.
Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Dwight Eisenhower
William Levitt
The G.I. Bill gave over 2 million veterans access to what?
college & housing loans
manufacturing jobs
free health care
food stamps
Why was it important to the U.S. to get involved in the Korean War?
to take control over the Korean peninsula.
for humanitarian reasons
to contain communism
To overthrow the North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung
Why was Douglas MacArthur fired?
MacArthur committed a crime in Korea against the United States
MacArthur criticized the President and called him "soft on communism" for not letting him invade China
MacArthur ran away from his position as general and joined the Communists
MacArthur was found stealing military rations from the camp
