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WorksheetsOrigins of the Cold War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What policy was enacted to keep communism within its own borders and not to spread to neighboring countries?
Captivity
Containment
Communism
Consumerism
What idea was established to rebuild nations and help with their economic stability?
The Yalta Conference
The United Nations
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
To punish the Japanese for Nanjing.
To grant Jewish citizens money for war crimes.
To help first year law students get a taste of a criminal trial.
Showed that political and military leaders would be held responsible for wartime crimes.
Who were the three countries involved in the Yalta Conference?
Germany, Italy, Japan
China, Russia, France
Great Brittian, Russia, United States
United States, Russia, France
What organization was created to ensure peace?
The United Nations
The League of Nations
NAFTA
NATO
What idea provided money to countries trying to avoid communism expansion?
The MacArthur Decision
The Potsdam Conference
The Truman Doctrine
The Iron Curtain
Which city had a wall in the middle of it and were both part of two different countries?
(a)
Who lead the Cuban revolution?
Fulgencio Batista
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
What General got fired and replaced in the Korean War?
Nimitz
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Bradley
Which incident was a huge disaster for the United States, but a huge victory for Cuba?
NATO
The Cuban Missal Crisis
The Bay of Pigs
The Potsdam Conference
Who won the Korean War
The United States
South Korea
North Korea
Nobody
What was set up as a response to West Berlin joining NATO?
NAFTA
The Warsaw Pact
The Yalta Conference
The Berlin Agreement
What country aided North Korea when MacArthur pushed soldiers passed the Yalu River?
China
South Korea
The Soviet Union
Vietnam
The 1950's can be characterized as a time of
Economic Prosperity
Slow job growth
Cultural Rebirth
Population Stagnation
One of the purposes of the GI bill was to
Ease fears about the threat of Soviet expansion
Prosecute those suspected of having communist sympathies.
Pay veterans large cash bonuses when they returned home.
Provide educational opportunities to returning veterans
