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Cold War & America

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following types of technology became big in the 1950's?

a)

Cell Phones

b)

Radio

c)

Television

d)

Computer systems

2.

This type of neighborhood was created outside of the major city in order to be close to work, yet away from city life

a)

Farms

b)

Suburbs

c)

Tenements

3.

A road system to help people get to work, shopping centers, and much more at a quicker and more efficient rate

a)

City Roads

b)

Canals

c)

Highways

4.

According to the 1950's which of the following BEST describes a traditional home?

a)

Women would be working in the industry as the man would be at home working hard to keep the family together

b)

Children would be working in the industry as the Mother and Father would be at home working hard to keep the family together

c)

Women and Men would be working in the industry as the children would be at home working hard to keep the family together

d)

Men would be working in the industry as the Women would be at home working hard to keep the family together

5.

Teenagers began to rebel or find new ideals with the emergence of..

a)

Rock N Roll

b)

Hip Hop

c)

Jazz

d)

Country

6.

Beatniks were known for...

a)

Not conforming to life and instead being off the grid

b)

Being a conforming group to the norms of society

c)

People not from America starting a new culture

7.

The fear of bombings were an everyday thing, many schools practiced..

a)

Lockdowns

b)

Fire Drills

c)

Duck and Cover

8.

During the 1950's a normal household item in many American backyards was a

a)

Trampoline

b)

Bomb Shelter

c)

Basketball Court

9.

A baby boomer was someone was born born between which of the following years?

a)

1970-1990

b)

1945-1964

c)

1940-1945

10.

Many Americans went into an era of buy, buy, buy, and purchases so many new technologies this is known as...

a)

Realism

b)

Suburbia

c)

Consumerism

11.

At the Yalta Conference which of the following nations were represented?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Germany

c)

United States

d)

Great Britain

12.

Which of the following world leaders met at Potsdam?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Harry Truman

13.

The Cold War is BEST defined as...

a)

a great struggle for world dominance after WWII

b)

A series of bombing between the United States and Soviet Union

c)

the struggle between democracy and communism around the world after WWII

d)

a struggle between fascism and democracy around the world after WWII

14.

What does Winston Churchill say is metaphorically splitting West and Eastern Europe?

a)

Iron Skillet

b)

Iron Sheet

c)

Iron Curtain

d)

Iron Lung

15.

President Truman created the Truman Doctrine which stated..

a)

America would isolate themselves from the worlds problems again

b)

America would help or aid anyone resisting the spread of communism

c)

Russia would make a deal with America to only spread communism to Asia

d)

America made a deal with Great Britain to go to war with Soviet Union

16.

Choose the following TWO motives for the Marshall Plan...

a)

Help the Soviet Union have countries around them that they could trade with

b)

Build up European economies in hopes of expanding American industry

c)

A successful Europe would be more likely to resist the spread of communism

d)

America could expand states into Europe like a present day imperialism

17.

in hopes of resisting communism and it's forceful spread many democratic nations signed the...

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

MAD

18.

in response to the NATO signing, Soviet Union and it's 7 communist nations created the...

a)

MAD

b)

Soviet Doctrine

c)

Warsaw Pact

19.

What is the map above trying to show?

a)

The nations that went to war in WWII

b)

Which nations signed NATO and Warsaw Pact

c)

How many countries are in Europe

20.

What happened to Germany after World War II

a)

It was left to become it's own new nation again

b)

It was taken over completely by Soviet Union

c)

The allies helped it become a democratic nation

d)

It was split in two, East communist and West democratic

21.

The term "McCarthyism" represents...

a)

Pro-communist propaganda and the cry for the spread of communism

b)

The desire for a new voting process in America without the electoral college

c)

Anti-communist propaganda and reckless accusations and little evidence of guilt.

22.

During the Cold War's beginning stages there was a race known as the Arms Race, which was..

a)

United States and Great Britain trying to build the best economy over the Soviet Union

b)

United States and Soviet Union trying to create the most and strongest weapons in the world

c)

United States and Soviet Union trying to get a person on the moon first

23.

In a race to get to Space first, "Space Race", the United States and Soviet Union wanted to be first to show...

a)

They could win a race in technology and give the world a better insight of space

b)

That their ideology(capitalism/communism) was the strongest and better of the two

c)

images of the world from space so that scientists could find aliens

24.

Communism is BEST defined as..

a)

All private ownership of property and business, being more economically free

b)

The people sharing property and business, a public economy with

c)

The government decides on equally how much the people need for property and business

25.

Capitalism is BEST defined as...

a)

All private ownership of property and business, being more economically free

b)

The people sharing property and business, a public economy with

c)

The government decides on equally how much the people need for property and business

26.

During the U-2 incident...

a)

The United States shot down a Soviet spy plane over America

b)

The British tried to parachute soldiers in Soviet Union

c)

The Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane in Russia

27.

U.S. President John F Kennedy was elected as a

a)

Republican

b)

Democract

c)

Independent

28.

During John F Kennedy's time as President the Soviet Union became allies with...

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Philippines

d)

Mexico

29.

The Cuban communist leader was

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

John F Kennedy

30.

In 1961 the American CIA tried to support Cuban revolutionaries in a failed uprising against the communist USSR backed Cuba, this was known as...

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Cuban Revolution


c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Bay of Cuba

31.

In October 1962 American CIA photographed what in communist Cuba?

a)

Machine gun nests

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Nuclear missile bases

d)

Mass amounts of troops

32.

After receiving the images from the CIA, President Kennedy ordered a

a)

Full on invasion of Cuba

b)

Naval Blockade around Cuba

c)

A missile launch at Soviet Union

33.

What was the majority of the American reaction to knowing the missiles were in Cuba?

a)

They decided to leave the nation and become communist

b)

They started to bulk up on items and create bomb shelters

c)

They asked President Kennedy to attack Cuba and end the standoff

d)

They went to the USSR to talk to Khrushchev

34.

Which of the following BEST aligns with the ending of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

America bombs parts of satellite communist nations to scare USSR

b)

USSR tries to launch the the missiles but they fail to launch ending the crisis

c)

USSR and America back off and agree to not use Cuba as a weapons holder

35.

President Kennedy created the "New Frontier" which includes which of the following aid programs?

a)

Aid education

b)

Cut National defense

c)

Expand space program

d)

to promote civil rights

36.

What happened in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963?

a)

President Kennedy was assassinated while driving through the streets

b)

The Vietnam War started with America joining the war against the Vietcong

c)

President Johnson was shot but survived the near assassination

37.

According to reports the shots came from

a)

The sidewalk

b)

Texas Depository

c)

The car behind him

38.

The Warren Commission report stated that the assassin was

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

Lyndon B Johnson

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

The CIA