WorksheetsThe Cold War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act?
It decreased the amount of time required to travel from Coast to Coast
It helped to prepare the U.S. to evacuate major cities during a nuclear attack
It promoted trade and travel
All of the Above
What was Levittown?
The location of Soviet missile sites in Cuba
The name of large suburban developments created in the United States of America after WWII
The world's first space satellite sent launched by the United States
A term coined during the Cold War to describe the tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one's opposition to retreat
If you were alive during the 1950s and there was a bright flash in the sky while you were on the way to your Cub Scouts meeting, what did the Civil Defense and their spokesman Bert the Turtle encourage you to do?
Run and hide
Jump and jive
Stop, drop, and roll
♬Duck and Cover♬
What was the Baby Boom?
A rise in taxes after WWII
A rise in childhood diseases after WWII
A rise in birth rate after WWII
A rise in consumer spending after WWII
When was the Cold War?
1945-1950
1950-1953
1947-1991
1948-1963
What was the United States’ policy to stop the spread of communism called?
Marshall Plan
Containment
Socialism
Iron Curtain
What was the solution to the Berlin Blockade?
The Americans and British airlifted food and other supplies into West Berlin
The Communists provided food and supplies to the people of West Berlin
America and the Soviet Union decided to split West Berlin in half
The Berlin Wall was built to separate West Berlin from USSR-controlled East Berlin
Senator Joseph McCarthy led a movement to find communists inside America after WWII. What led to his downfall?
He accused Hollywood producers of creating communist propaganda films that glorified socialism
He challenged the leaders of HUAC who promoted free speech and the first amendment
He accused members of the military as being spies for the Soviet Union
None of the above
How are the Red Scare of 1919 and the McCarthy era of the early 1950s related?
They were both periods of severe economic depression
They were both periods of widespread support for groups promoting international anarchy
They were both periods of great growth in art, literature, and music
They were both periods of persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views
What prompted President Truman to involve the United States in the Korean war?
Communist North Korea was challenging the containment policy
Communist North Korea was challenging the policy of brinkmanship
Communist North Korea had launched SPUTNIK
Communist North Korea was challenging the articles of NATO
What was the famous parallel that divided North and South Korea?
The 18th parallel
The 38th parallel
The 25th parallel
The 17th parallel
Which of the following best describes Brinkmanship?
The tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one's opposition to retreat
The American government fighting to keep up with the Soviet Union in their space program development
The relationship between men and women in the 1950s
The policy of Harry Truman, who believed that meetings with the USSR would calm tensions
What event occurred during the Cold War when a United States spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace?
U-2 Incident
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
The Bay of Pigs Invasion led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. It showed that the United States was serious about removing Fidel Castro from power, resulting in Cuba asking for assistance from the Soviet Union. What did the Soviet Union do to assist Cuba, and further escalate tensions with the United States?
Execute Operation Mongoose
Install nuclear missile sites on the island
Trained La Brigada to invade Cuba
The Soviet Union did not assist Cuba
Why did Vietnam’s independence scare the United States?
Because the domino theory argued that if Vietnam fell to communism, so would the rest of Southeast Asia
Because the United States had an increasing interest in trade in the Pacific region
Because the Chinese had declined to help stop the slaughtering of South Korean troops
Because the US and USSR were even more hostile toward each other and the fear of war increased
What did the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress do?
blocked further commitment of U. S. ground troops without Congressional approval
authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U. S. forces
called for both U. S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam
condemned U. S. aggression against the people of Vietnam
In 1970, what college’s protest of the U.S. invasion of Cambodia resulted in the deaths of 4 college students when the National Guard opened fire?
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of Wisconsin
Kent State
In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey, President Truman outlined a policy known as the __________________________, which pledged that the United States would provide political and military assistance to all democratic nations under threat of Communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berlin Airlift
Who is credited in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
Jack Leon Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Gavrilo Princep
In the late 20th Century, the Soviet Union under Gorbachev enacted the policies of glasnost and perestroika to make reforms in the country. These reforms ultimately helped lead to:
a flare up in the Cold War - we almost went to war
the strengthening of the Soviet Union
the collapse of the Soviet Union and an end of the Cold War
a decline in Soviet athletes, as seen by the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980
