WorksheetsCold War Chapter 13 Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
This word refers to the act of spying.
desegregate
mercantilism
containment
espionage
This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet Union.
brinkmanship
containment
domino theory
imperialism
This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe.
Berlin Wall
Bamboo Curtain
Great Wall
Iron Curtain
In the presidential election of 1948, Harry S Truman barely defeated this opponent by 2 million votes.
John Wayne
Thomas Dewey
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
This was an organization of nations which was set up after World War II.
League of Nations
Organization of American States
United Nations
World League
Immediately following WWII, how many occupation zones was Germany divided into?
one
two
three
four
What was/is the name of Communist China?
Lone Star China
Peoples Communist Theocracy of China
USSR
Peoples Republic of China
This economic policy set up by the United States Secretary of State, was designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after World War II.
Truman Doctrine
Treaty of Versailles
Marshall Plan
Fair Deal
Name the American Senator who led the search for communists in the US during the early 1950’s.
William Taft
John Kennedy
Joseph McCarthy
Thomas Dewey
The Democratic Republic of Germany was also called
East Germany
West Germany
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to create a Communist party in the United State
to judge political parties that favored communism
to support countries that rejected communism
In early 1945, Stalin declared that communism and this economic system could not exist in the same world.
feudalism
merchantilism
socialism
capitalism
In 1950, Congress passed this act which required all Communist groups to register with the government and to provide lists of its members.
Taft-Hartley Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
19th Amendment
McCarran Act
Which Germany was communist?
West Germany
East Germany
North Germany
South Germany
For nearly 11 months, 227,000 flights were made, and 2.3 million tons of supplies were dropped in this divided Germany city to prevent it from being taken over by the Soviets.
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Berlin
Munich
He was the first communist leader of China.
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Mihn
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Which person was the original commander of the United Nations forces in the Korean War?
George S Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Mao Zedong
Matthew Perry
Approximately where was the border set between North Korea and South Korea at the time of the cease-fire in the Korean War?
17 degree
49 degree 40 minutes
29 degrees
38 degrees
When did the Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
when the UN voted to intervene
when the fighting neared China’s border
when MacArthur’s troops landed at Inchon
When North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel
President Eisenhower signed which law that would create a system of highways to connect the states?
1956 Federal Highway Act
1956 Interstate Act
1956 Thruway Act
1956 Safe Road Act
Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after World War II?
the peasants and the middle class
the warlords and the emperor
the nationalists and the Communists
the socialists and the democrats?
Name the pro-democracy/capitalism alliance that was created after World War II.
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Triple Alliance
Dual Entente
After WWII, Americans became focused on accumulating money and possessions rather than personal and spiritual matters. What term describes this?
infanticide
materialism
McCarthyism
Spiritualism
This act was passed in 1947, and put restrictions on labor unions. It basically prevented unions from going out on strike.
Taft-Hartley Act
McCarron Act
Navigation Act
Safe Food Act
In 1957 the Soviets sent into space the world’s first artificial satellite. What was its name?
Apollo
Sputnik
Soyuz
Mercury
