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us history WWII and cold war

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

a)

Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

b)

The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

c)

Soviets were financing Cuba

d)

Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

2.

Which best describes communism?

a)

Government is not involved in economy

b)

Business owners sell shares of their companies to the government

c)

Government is involved in planning and production

d)

Investment is encouraged by government

3.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...

a)

helped the CIA break a Soviet spy ring

b)

supported Senator McCarthy in exposing communists

c)

were executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

d)

Opposed the Soviet blockade of Berlin

4.

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

a)

By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

b)

He didn't

c)

He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

d)

He protested in the United Nations

5.

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

Mutually assured destruction

d)

Strategic defensive initiative

6.

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

a)

the Korean War

b)

the Manhattan Project

c)

the arms race

d)

disarmament talks

7.

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

a)

The Soviets attempted to install nuclear weapons in Haiti

b)

The Soviets invaded Hungary

c)

The US tried to overthrow the Cuban communist government

d)

A meeting in the Soviet Union to develop the Warsaw pact

8.

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

a)

It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war

b)

It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable

c)

It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact

d)

It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans

9.

Who won the space race?

a)

The Soviet Union

b)

The United States

10.

What was the US plan with regard to containment?

a)

To provide money to secure communist government around the world

b)

To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union

c)

Appeasement

d)

To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger

11.

Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

a)

NATO

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

The Great Wall

12.

The Cold War was between the US and

a)

Korea

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

The Soviet Union

13.

Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?

a)

Soviet Union and Germany

b)

US and Great Britain

c)

France and Great Britain

d)

US and Soviet Union

14.

The Marshall Plan

a)

provided money and food to help western European nations

b)

gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US

c)

was the plan to feed starving Berliners

d)

united the American armed forces

15.
America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...
a)
Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
b)
the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
c)
Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
d)
Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion
16.
By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the
a)
emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
b)
return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
c)
expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
d)
spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia 
17.
A Cold War Treaty organization was: 
a)
NAFTA      
b)
NATO
c)
Prussian Pact 
d)
Danzig Accords
18.
What is Containment?
a)
US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to eastern  Europe
b)
US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to Asia 
c)
Soviet policy that attempted to contain the spread of capitalism to North America 
d)
All of the above
19.
What is an Arms Race?
a)
When two countries compete to create the best and most weapons 
b)
When two countries compete to create new colonies
c)
When two countries compete over resources
20.
The alliance of communist countries
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Triple Alliance
d)
Communist Alliance
21.
The US got involved in ____ because of the policy of containment.
a)
Korea 
b)
Africa
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Japan
22.
What did the 38th parallel divide?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Japan
23.
When Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly in 1941 they came up with a plan to keep the peace, they were creating what is known as
a)
The League of Nations
b)
The Allied Pact
c)
The United Nations
d)
The Warsaw Pact
24.

How did the US respond to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a)

They bought Japan a new friendship bracelet to be friends again

b)

They bombed Japan the next day

c)

They declared war an officially entered WWII

d)

They didn't do anything

25.

Which two cities did the US drop atomic bombs on? Check 2

a)

Tokyo

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Beijing

26.

Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?

a)

Phoenix, AZ

b)

Oakland, CA

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

Las Vegas, NV

27.
Who were the famous African American pilots known for their heroism?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Brooklyn Bombers
c)
Saskatchewan Sabers
d)
New England Patriots
28.
During WWII, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
29.
Aside from taxes, _______ was responsible for most of the war funding...
a)
Rationing Coupons
b)
International Donations
c)
Government Savings
d)
War Bonds
30.

The 1941 March on Washington promoted greater

opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil

rights leader organized this event?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

A. Phillip Randolph

c)

James Meredith

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

31.
Who was Rosie the  Riveter?
a)
The first woman to work in a factory during WWII
b)
a representation of American women that went to work during WWII
c)
A pretty girl used for make-up advertisements
d)
A famous pilot
32.

What did Brown v. Board of Education decide?

a)

it segregated schools

b)

it desegregated schools

c)

it desegregated lunch counters

d)

it desegregated buses

33.

Who were the Little Rock 9?

a)

9 white students who went to a black school.

b)

9 black students who sat at a lunch counter.

c)

9 black students who went to a white school.

d)

9 Civil Rights protests.

34.

What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?

a)

Freedom

b)

Tear Down the Wall

c)

I Have a Dream

d)

I Have a Promise

35.

What is segregation?

a)

The separation of religions

b)

The time period when African Americans were fighting for equal rights

c)

The separation of races

d)

a nonviolent protest

36.
What are Civil Rights?
a)
Rights that only some citizens get
b)
Rights that all citizens get
c)
 Rights that are civil
d)
Rights that are controlled by the president
37.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
38.
Law that eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests in elections
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
39.
In 1964, Martin received the _____________ for peace. 
a)
Nobel Prize
b)
Oscar Award
40.

He instituted Glasnost and Perestroika

a)

Gorbachev

b)

Stalin

c)

Lenin

d)

Breshnev

41.

Nuclear arms limitations were part of the the

a)

SALT agreement

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

ICBM accords

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