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WorksheetsUSH-U12-Cold War
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which was the last of the WWII conferences that set up the opening for the Cold War?
Potsdam
Yalta
Tehran
Elrond
Which term was Truman's main foreign policy when it came to the USSR in the 1940s-1950s?
brinkmanship
red scare
containment
censorship
Which of these was NOT part of the USSR's plans for nations in East Europe?
use as buffer states
spread communism
spread capitalism
control with totalitarianism
Which was part of WWII and NOT part of the Cold War?
launching of sputnik
shooting down of Francis Gary Powers U-2 plane
Japan bombing Hawaii
the Hungarian uprising
Which part of Europe did the Nativists fear was the "bad" part of Europe that (later) the Soviets conquered?
EAST
WEST
Which of these was NOT part of the USSR's Warsaw Pact?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Switzerland
Poland
Which of these terms applies to Nazi Germany and NOT to the Soviet Union?
Reds
Bolsheviks
Facsists
CCCP
The Marshall Plan was to .....
stop China from being communist
rebuild Europe
bomb Korea
form NATO
America & most of Western Europe formed ___________, a military alliance.
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
CPAC
Which President's "doctrine" said we should come to the aid, especially financially (economically) of any nation resisting communism?
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Which quote seems more in line with the Truman Doctrine?
use the nukes against them
give them financial assistance
invade them
ignore them
Senator who claimed communists were in our government and held televised hearings.
McDonald
McCarry
McCarthy
McScrooge
Group that was blacklisted from the film industry for being accused of being communist sympathizers.
The Red 10
The McCarthy 10
The Oakshire 10
The Hollywood 10
NATO & the Warsaw pact were what?
economic aid packages for Europe
new nations formed after WWII
names of nuclear weapons
military alliances
What city did the USSR blockade that forced America to airlift food and supplies for a year?
Warsaw
Paris
Moscow
Berlin
*Fighting began and ended at the 38th parallel
*The Chinese sided with the North
*General MacArthur was fired
Which conflict does this describe?
Vietnam War
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
Hungarian Uprising
*Mao Zedong led the communists
*The Nationalists lose and flee to Taiwan
Which conflict does this describe?
Vietnam War
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
Hungarian Uprising
Which of the following investigated citizens both in and out of government for being communists?
HUAC
NASA
NATO
The UN
Which rights were being violated during the HUAC and McCarthy hearings?
1st (speech & assembly)
2nd (guns)
8th (cruel & unusual punishment)
10th (states vs federal responsibilities)
Which was NOT part of either Red Scare? (the 1920s or 1950s)
Palmer Raids
Mccarthyism
Scopes Monkey Trial
Sacco & Vanzetti
Which did the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik inspire America to form?
NATO
United Nations
NASA
Warsaw Pact
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?
USA
Britain
South Korea
USSR
China
Generally speaking, which part of Europe embraced capitalism?
EAST
WEST
Which part of the city of Berlin was controlled by the USSR (and divided by an actual wall) until the 1990s?
EAST
WEST
What was the metaphorical name (coined by Churchill) for the division between East & West Europe after WWII?
Containment
Berlin blockade
Iron Curtain
Eastern Front
What was dropped on Berlin from 1948-1949 during the Berlin Airlift?
bombs
supplies
people
America returned to isolationism after World War TWO
TRUE
FALSE
Which side did the USSR support in the Korean war?
North
South
East
West
Which side did the Americans support in the Korean war?
North
South
East
West
What was America's goal of the Korean War?
brinkmanship
to end the Berlin airlift
to invade China
containment
Which President set up loyalty review boards to investigate possible communists inside our government?
McCarthy
Truman
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Who replaced Stalin as the leader of the USSR after his death?
Tolstoy
Khrushchev
Lenin
Gorbachev
Who lost the most power in the Middle East after the Suez Canal "war"?
USA
Britain
USSR
Italy
Which President's "doctrine" said we will defend the Middle East against any communist attack?
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Which subject was NOT a major part of the 1958 National Defense Education Act?
science
technical instruction
math
english
What was Francis Gary Powers in when the USSR shot at him?
a boat
a jeep
a plane
a tank
Which best describes the relationship between the USA & USSR after WWII?
we were allies (mutual respect)
they were jealous of us (envy)
they didn't trust us (tense)
they ignored us (apathy)
Who did Truman & the USA support in the Chinese Civil War after WWII?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kaishek
Which President's "doctrine" included brinkmanship and massive retaliation?
Truman
Eisenhower
The Taft-Hartley Act ____________ labor unions and the labor movement.
HELPED
HURT
Which one is MOST unlike the others?
House Un-American Activities Committee
Eisenhower's brinksmanship policy
Truman's loyalty review boards
McCarthyism (the hearings)
A question about the 38th parallel refers to which country?
Korea
Japan
China
Taiwan
Which system did West Germany operate under after WWII?
communism
fascism
capitalism
In the Cold War era, labor unions became associated with...
capitalism
communism
fascism
totalitarianism
The Marshall Plan would have had the biggest effect on.....
The USSR
West Germany
China
Korea
Which would NOT be an act of containment?
giving financial aid to Greece
supporting South Korea against North Korea
supporting Iran's Shah to keep USSR out
liberating Hungary from the USSR
By the end of the 1950s, what 2 continents had the MOST communist nations?
Europe & Africa
Europe & Asia
Asia & Africa
Africa & South America
Which of the following wouldn't be associated with the Red Scares of the 20s, 40s or 50s?
Palmer Raids
Rosenbergs
Sacco & Vanzetti
George C. Marshall
The Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall are the exact same thing.
TRUE
FALSE
oh lawd there go my GPA
Who was President at the beginning of the Cold War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kanye
Which political party was Dwight D. Eisenhower a member of?
Democrat
Republican
After the early years of the Cold War, which political party gets the unfair reputation of being "soft on communism"?
Democrats
Republicans
The McCarran Act was most similar to which WWI law?
Civil Rights Act
National Defense Education Act
Espionage Act
Emergency Quota Act
_____ had a revolt in 1979 and tossed out the American backed dictator.
Hungary
Turkey
Mexico
Iran
NASA was created in response to....
McCarthy hearings
Sputnik
Korean War
the development of the H-bomb
While we know history is the ONLY SUBJECT that really matters, which other subject was left out of the National Defense Education Act (1958)?
literature
math
science
technical instruction
In what year did the USSR dissolve and turn back into Russia? (aka...the end of the Cold War)
1969
1979
1991
2001
