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Cold War and Eisenhower

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Date

The Space Race started when

both the Soviets and Americans decided to put a man on the moon

Yuri Gagarin walked on the moon and Kennedy warned communism was better

the Soviets put a man in space first and communism seemed superior

the Soviets and Americans worked together to begin building a space station

Eisenhower’s belief that the threat of nuclear weapons could deter the spread of communism was known as

massive retaliation

containment

appeasement

flexible response

The purpose of "containment" was to--

stop the spread of democracy

stop the spread of hate

stop global warming

stop the spread of communism

In 1959, the US and Soviet Union agreed to meet in 1960 to discuss arms reduction but it was canceled because of

the Red Scare.

Sputnik.

U-2 incident.

Space Race.

This leader took over the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin.

Lenin

Khrushchev

Gorbachev

Trotsky

What is an Arms Race?

A race between countries to build the most atomic bombs

A race among countries for who could build the most submarines

A race among countries as to who could build the most efficient military

A race between countries to see who could have the biggest biceps

The creation of NASA and an increase in federal money to improve math and science in schools was a result of

The Soviet Union launching their satellite, Sputnik

Mao Zedong leading a communist revolution in China

North Korea crossing the 38th parallel to invade South Korea

Senator Joseph McCarthy announcing his list of communists in the government

How did the Korean War end?

Peace Treaty

South Korea Victory

North Korea Victory

Armistice

To combat the growing power of the Soviet Union, the U.S. joined with Western European nations to form which organization?

Warsaw Pact

North American Treaty Organization (NATO)

Flying Tigers

Tuskegee Airmen

10.

The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating

Soviet Union

SATO

Warsaw Pact

Eastern Bloc

11.

a. What were the Venona Papers and b. what evidence corroborates much of them?

a. Secret recordings between Soviet spies in American and their handlers, b. released Soviet documents

a. Secret recordings between American spies in the Soviet Union and b. Released CIA documents.

a. Secret Recordings between Mao Zedung and Joseph Stalin, b. released Chinese documents.

12.

What two countries colluded with Israel to regain control of the Suez Canal after it had been seized by Egypt?

Syria and Lebanon

United States and Germany

Soviet Union and Iraq

Libya and Sudan

France and Great Britain

13.

What were Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg accused of?

being spies

bad acting

creating NASA

falsely accusing 100's of Americans of communism

14.

What did the Verona Papers reveal?

there were spies in the U.S.

all Americans were perfectly loyal

Julius Rosenberg was innocent

Senator McCarthy was right about General Marshall

15.

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

counter the influence of the Soviet
Union in the Middle East

required Americans to "Like Ike"

extended containment policy in South America

created a network of Interstate Highways

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Cold War and Eisenhower

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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