WorksheetsCold War & America
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following types of technology became big in the 1950's?
Cell Phones
Radio
Television
Computer systems
This type of neighborhood was created outside of the major city in order to be close to work, yet away from city life
Farms
Suburbs
Tenements
A road system to help people get to work, shopping centers, and much more at a quicker and more efficient rate
City Roads
Canals
Highways
According to the 1950's which of the following BEST describes a traditional home?
Women would be working in the industry as the man would be at home working hard to keep the family together
Children would be working in the industry as the Mother and Father would be at home working hard to keep the family together
Women and Men would be working in the industry as the children would be at home working hard to keep the family together
Men would be working in the industry as the Women would be at home working hard to keep the family together
Teenagers began to rebel or find new ideals with the emergence of..
Rock N Roll
Hip Hop
Jazz
Country
Beatniks were known for...
Not conforming to life and instead being off the grid
Being a conforming group to the norms of society
People not from America starting a new culture
The fear of bombings were an everyday thing, many schools practiced..
Lockdowns
Fire Drills
Duck and Cover
During the 1950's a normal household item in many American backyards was a
Trampoline
Bomb Shelter
Basketball Court
A baby boomer was someone was born born between which of the following years?
1970-1990
1945-1964
1940-1945
Many Americans went into an era of buy, buy, buy, and purchases so many new technologies this is known as...
Realism
Suburbia
Consumerism
At the Yalta Conference which of the following nations were represented?
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Which of the following world leaders met at Potsdam?
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
The Cold War is BEST defined as...
a great struggle for world dominance after WWII
A series of bombing between the United States and Soviet Union
the struggle between democracy and communism around the world after WWII
a struggle between fascism and democracy around the world after WWII
What does Winston Churchill say is metaphorically splitting West and Eastern Europe?
Iron Skillet
Iron Sheet
Iron Curtain
Iron Lung
President Truman created the Truman Doctrine which stated..
America would isolate themselves from the worlds problems again
America would help or aid anyone resisting the spread of communism
Russia would make a deal with America to only spread communism to Asia
America made a deal with Great Britain to go to war with Soviet Union
Choose the following TWO motives for the Marshall Plan...
Help the Soviet Union have countries around them that they could trade with
Build up European economies in hopes of expanding American industry
A successful Europe would be more likely to resist the spread of communism
America could expand states into Europe like a present day imperialism
in hopes of resisting communism and it's forceful spread many democratic nations signed the...
NATO
Warsaw Pact
MAD
in response to the NATO signing, Soviet Union and it's 7 communist nations created the...
MAD
Soviet Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
What is the map above trying to show?
The nations that went to war in WWII
Which nations signed NATO and Warsaw Pact
How many countries are in Europe
What happened to Germany after World War II
It was left to become it's own new nation again
It was taken over completely by Soviet Union
The allies helped it become a democratic nation
It was split in two, East communist and West democratic
The term "McCarthyism" represents...
Pro-communist propaganda and the cry for the spread of communism
The desire for a new voting process in America without the electoral college
Anti-communist propaganda and reckless accusations and little evidence of guilt.
During the Cold War's beginning stages there was a race known as the Arms Race, which was..
United States and Great Britain trying to build the best economy over the Soviet Union
United States and Soviet Union trying to create the most and strongest weapons in the world
United States and Soviet Union trying to get a person on the moon first
In a race to get to Space first, "Space Race", the United States and Soviet Union wanted to be first to show...
They could win a race in technology and give the world a better insight of space
That their ideology(capitalism/communism) was the strongest and better of the two
images of the world from space so that scientists could find aliens
Communism is BEST defined as..
All private ownership of property and business, being more economically free
The people sharing property and business, a public economy with
The government decides on equally how much the people need for property and business
Capitalism is BEST defined as...
All private ownership of property and business, being more economically free
The people sharing property and business, a public economy with
The government decides on equally how much the people need for property and business
During the U-2 incident...
The United States shot down a Soviet spy plane over America
The British tried to parachute soldiers in Soviet Union
The Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane in Russia
U.S. President John F Kennedy was elected as a
Republican
Democract
Independent
During John F Kennedy's time as President the Soviet Union became allies with...
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Mexico
The Cuban communist leader was
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
John F Kennedy
In 1961 the American CIA tried to support Cuban revolutionaries in a failed uprising against the communist USSR backed Cuba, this was known as...
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Cuba
In October 1962 American CIA photographed what in communist Cuba?
Machine gun nests
Concentration Camps
Nuclear missile bases
Mass amounts of troops
After receiving the images from the CIA, President Kennedy ordered a
Full on invasion of Cuba
Naval Blockade around Cuba
A missile launch at Soviet Union
What was the majority of the American reaction to knowing the missiles were in Cuba?
They decided to leave the nation and become communist
They started to bulk up on items and create bomb shelters
They asked President Kennedy to attack Cuba and end the standoff
They went to the USSR to talk to Khrushchev
Which of the following BEST aligns with the ending of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
America bombs parts of satellite communist nations to scare USSR
USSR tries to launch the the missiles but they fail to launch ending the crisis
USSR and America back off and agree to not use Cuba as a weapons holder
President Kennedy created the "New Frontier" which includes which of the following aid programs?
Aid education
Cut National defense
Expand space program
to promote civil rights
What happened in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963?
President Kennedy was assassinated while driving through the streets
The Vietnam War started with America joining the war against the Vietcong
President Johnson was shot but survived the near assassination
According to reports the shots came from
The sidewalk
Texas Depository
The car behind him
The Warren Commission report stated that the assassin was
Jack Ruby
Lyndon B Johnson
Lee Harvey Oswald
The CIA
