WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Domino Theory states...
If one country falls to communism, others around it would too.
The Soviet Union's army will fall like dominoes after WWII.
The U.S. will spread democracy like dominoes.
If one country becomes socialist, then other countries will too.
The competition over technological advancements and innovations in science is known as
The Arms Race
The Science Fair Race
The Space Race
The Amazing Race
Why did America want to invade Cuba (called the Bay of Pigs Invasion) in 1961?
The Soviet Union had put missiles on Cuba at this time.
The U.S. wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Castro was threatening to invade the United States.
The U.S. wanted to overthrow Fulgencio Batista.
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The American government putting missiles in Turkey.
Castro making an alliance with communist China.
The Soviet Union creating the atomic bomb.
The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Khrushchev offered Kennedy a deal to remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. did not invade.
Kennedy offered Khrushchev a deal to remove American missile from Europe in exchange for leaving Soviet missiles in Cuba.
The U.S. military destroyed the Cuban missile sites.
Castro kicked out the Soviet Union due to fear of America invading and taking over Cuba.
How are the Korean War and the Vietnam War similar?
Both were fought in the 1970's.
The U.S. won both wars.
The Soviet Union won both wars.
The U.S. got involved because of containment.
How did the Korean War end?
A North Korean victory
A South Korean victory
A stalemate
China took over Korea
What did the "Iron Curtain" represent?
The line between Europe and the satellite nations controlled by the Soviet Union
The wall between East and West Germany
The space between the U.S. and Cuba
The line between the Soviet Union and China
Why was the Berlin Wall an important part of the Cold War?
It symbolized the distrust between the U.S. and China
It divided Soviet families
It had a lot of art work on it that expressed people's attitudes towards the Cold War
It symbolized the barrier between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
Brinkmanship is best defined as
a willingness to push conflicts to the brink of war.
the ability to win a war in a foreign country.
keeping communism from spreading around the world.
finding ways to bring an end to the Cold War.
Which of the following was a U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
Dollar Diplomacy
Neutrality
Good Neighbor Policy
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Which of the following U.S. presidents said the above words in his inaugural speech?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:
government houses for war-time refugees.
military assistance to Vietnam.
money for economic recovery in war-torn European countries.
nuclear weapons to NATO members.
Which U.S. Senator claimed to have evidence of communists in the U.S. government?
Joseph McCarthy
Margaret Chase Smith
Robert McNamara
Bobby Kennedy
What committee was set up to investigate communism in the U.S. and eventually turned their sights on Hollywood?
NATO
NASA
HUAC
DFTBA
What happened to the "Hollywood 10" and other actors/actresses accused of being communists?
They got to keep their jobs if they took a loyalty oath to the United States.
They were thrown in jail and convicted of putting Communist propaganda into movies once evidence proved they had done so.
They left America to go make movies in the Soviet Union.
They were blacklisted and couldn't work in Hollywood again.
During the Vietnam War, a peaceful anti-war protest quickly escalated and protesters were shot by the Ohio National Guard at which of the following universities?
Ohio State Univeristy
University of Cincinnati
Kent State University
Youngstown State University
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a satellite into Earth's orbit. This event is seen as the beginning of the Space Race and ushered in new technological advancements.
Laika
Sputnik
Vostok
Sojourner
