WorksheetsDomain 5: Cold War & Modern America
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which U.S. foreign policy term BEST completes this diagram?
Imperialism
Appeasement
Isolationism
Containment
The Truman Doctrine stated that
The US would not tolerate Communists in high levels of US government
The US would not hesitate to intervene to help foreign nations resist communism
The US would not cross the 38th parallel during the Korean War.
The US would support Mao’s revolution in China.
Which of the following was meant to rebuild parts of Europe suffering economic hardship in an effort to prevent the spread of communism?
The Marshall Plan
Containment Policy
Cold warfare
The Space Race
What was the result of the Korean War?
The US and South Korea failed to contain Communism because all of Korea became communist.
There was little gained and lost with North Korea remaining Communist and South Korea Democratic.
Kim Jong Il and North Korea took over all of South Korea, but quickly lost it.
South Korea and the United States took over communist North Korea and brought democracy throughout all of Korea.
The purpose of Senator Joe McCarthy's investigations (that turned into a witch-hunt) was to...
get the US involved in the Korean War
return the US to a policy of neutrality after WW2
root out Communist sympathizers in government
get an interstate highway system built in the US
What contribution did President Harry Truman make to the civil rights efforts in 1948?
He passed an executive order integrating the military
He forced the Supreme Court to take the case that would result in Brown vs. Board of Education
He refused to allow Black soldiers to fight in the Korean War
He encouraged Black college students to use non-violent tactics to work for civil rights
What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway and Defense Act passed in 1956 under President Eisenhower?
It built interstates in Europe to move men and weapons quickly into place in case of a Soviet attack.
It was a mutual defense pact signed between several European and American nations
It built several airports and shipping ports in major American cities.
It built the interstate highways to provide rapid transport of people and military vehicles.
Choose 4: What are some of the strategies and tactics used in the Civil Rights Movement?
protesting/marches
boycotts
bombing property of segregationists
March on Washington
Civil Rights legislation
Which event completes the sequence of events?
US spy plane photos show Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
Fidel Castro is overthrown from power and killed
The Soviet Union launches the Sputnik satellite
The Soviet Union attacks West Berlin
Which event during the Vietnam War led to an increase in anti-war protests and sentiments in America?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Tet Offensive
The launch of Sputnik
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
When North Vietnamese forces attacked the US Navy in 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. What did this do for the power of the President?
It decreased a lot
It had no effect on his power
It increased a lot
It was only a temporary decrease
What impact did television have on Presidential elections after the Kennedy vs. Nixon debate in 1960?
It had little impact. Intelligence still matters for the President.
It had no impact. Voters elected Nixon even though he looked worse than Kennedy.
It had no immediate impact. TV only mattered after Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992.
It had a great impact! Presidents have to look good on TV.
Which set of programs started by Lyndon B. Johnson purpose was to eliminate poverty in America?
The Great Society
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The Works Progress Administration
- Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination
· Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination
· Protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
· Tet Offensive
Based on the list, which best describes the condition of America during 1968?
The US was making great gains in the War on Poverty.
There was a lot of social and political turmoil in the US.
The US was losing to communism around the world.
American political parties exhibited a united front in social policy.
What impact did TV have on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
It created a lot of sympathy and support for the non-violent protestors.
It caused many Southern Whites to support efforts at segregation even more.
The Federal Government investigated racism in the South, but did little to change it.
It caused controversy between Civil Rights leaders over which tactics to use.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
finally allowed women to vote in Presidential elections
encouraged segregated voting places
eliminated literacy tests to vote
mandated automatic recounts in elections
United States involvement in the Korean War was part of its policy of
containment
isolationism
Big Stock diplomacy
mutual assured destruction
The successful launch of the Sputnik satellite by the Soviet Union on 1957 led to
the creation of an effective space-based missile defense system.
the discovery of the effects of low gravity on nuclear weapons.
a major effect by the United States to improve math and science education.
the defeat of Richard M. Nixon by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election.
The purpose of the ¨Truman Doctrine¨ was to
justify massive spending on the U.S. space program
fight the spread of communism
prosecute Nazi war criminals
create the United Nations
Cuban Missile Crisis:
US firing missiles over Cuba
Stand off between Cuba and US over missiles aimed at Cuba.
Stand off between US and USSR over Soviet plans to put nuclear missiles in Cuba.
Soviet Invasion of Haiti
Which act banned segregation in public places and outlawed discrimination in the workplace?
The Freedom Riders Act
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What are results of Reagan's economic beliefs?
Lower taxes and government spending less
Raised taxes and growth in real estate
Lower taxes and use of the internet for healthcare
Raised taxes and increased government spending
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked...
End of the Cold War
Start of the Soviet Union
End of the Great Depression
End of the Gulf War
Complete the list in order...
1-US identifies Al Qaeda responsible for 9/11 attacks
2-War on Terror begins
3-...
US invades Poland
US invades Afghanistan
US retreats to build home security
US strikes North Korea with drones
On September 11, 2001, this terrorist organization launched an attack on the USA:
Hamas
Al Qaeda
Tamil Tigers
ISIS
President Clinton was impeached, but ultimately not removed from office due to -
Perjury - lying under oath about an extra-marital affair
Corruption - selling weapons to Iran in the Iran-Contra Affair
obstruction of justice - covering up the Watergate Scandal
the leak of the Pentagon Papers
What was the primary goal of the United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf War in 1991?
Liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces.
Open shipping lanes for oil tankers.
Disrupt the Al Qaeda terrorist network.
End the rule of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Watergate is remembered as an important event in US history because it
resulted in only the second presidential impeachment in history
nearly destroyed the Reagan presidency
forced a US president to resign in disgrace
ended the political career of Bill Clinton
The Camp David Accords negotiated by President Jimmy Carter were important because they
Reduced tensions in the Middle East
Opened trade negotiations with Vietnam
Slowed the pace of the nuclear arms race
Renewed diplomatic relations with China
The name for President Ronald Reagan’s economic program that included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending was
The Great Society
Enduring Freedom
NAFTA
Reaganomics
Which of these was a major foreign policy failure during the Carter presidency?
American hostages taken in Iran
loss of Panama to the Soviet Union
failure to foster peace in the Middle East
failure to protect West Berlin from communism
Gerald Ford's popularity plummeted and never recovered after he
chose Nelson Rockefeller to serve as vice-president.
increased American bombing campaigns against Cambodia.
pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed in office.
rejected congressional demands for another investigation into the Watergate break-in.
Which agency is responsible for protecting human health and the environment in areas such as air, water pollution, chemical hazards, and solid waste disposal (created by Nixon)?
FCC
FTC
EPA
CIA
Which of the following statements best describes the US economy of the 1970s under Nixon, Ford and Carter?
During this time wages stagnated, inflation and unemployment rose
it improved greatly thanks to tax cuts and reduced government spending
The economy was even worse than during the Great Depression
The economy boomed - people got richer, unemployment dropped and things were cheap.
A consequence of the Iran Hostage Crisis was
Jimmy Carter was not reelected President in 1980
Jimmy Carter was able to win a 2nd term as President
It almost brought the world to the brink of WW3
Jimmy Carter was able to bring peace to the Middle East
1. The economy of the USSR was collapsing in the 1980s.
2. Communist governments in Eastern Europe attempted some democratic reforms
3. Citizens of Eastern European nations began to demand even more democratic freedoms
The list above best describes which event?
Reasons America became involved in the Vietnam War
Events leading to the end of Communism and the Cold War
Reasons for the Watergate Scandal
Reasons for the Iran Hostage Crisis
The Cold War ended in 1991 when which country broke apart?
China
Kuwait
Soviet Union
Cuba
Formed by the United States with many of the noncommunist nations in Europe to halt the spread of communism to Western Europe from the Soviet-controlled nations of Eastern Europe.
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
OPEC
NAFTA
A series of "Red Scares" highlighted by statements about alleged communist infiltration of the U.S. government and the U.S. Army, which led to civil rights violations of those who were communists, were suspected of being communists, or were suspected of knowing someone who might be a communist.
McCarthyism
Trumanism
Marshallism
Indoctrinism
A US army soldier returning home after WWII to find that he could get a loan and buy an affordable new home in the suburbs would most likely owe a debt of gratitude to:
HUAC and Joseph McCarthy
"Reaganomics"
The New Deal
The GI Bill
Which of the following were effects of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963? Choose 2
passage of civil rights legislation in 1964 & 1965
Americans were shocked by it because they watched it on TV.
The Soviet Union increased military spending on nuclear bombs
There was decreased fighting in Vietnam
What was the goal of the Apollo Program which was finally accomplished in July of 1969?
To land a man on the moon
To end the war in Vietnam
To end poverty in America
To obtain civil rights for African-Americans
