WorksheetsIdeological Conflict Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism, officially beginning the policy of containment?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Which individual contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communist spies?
Joseph McCarthy
John F. Kennedy
George C. Marshall
Winston Churchill
During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Watergate Scandal
Bataan Death March
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.
He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.
He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.
He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.
During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Containment Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?
It built up the western European armed forces.
It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.
It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.
It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.
What is NATO?
A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.
A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.
A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.
Pushing a conflict to the edge of nuclear war in order to present the image of strength is known as...
containment
brinkmanship
the domino theory
Cold War
Nations that fell under the influence of the Soviet Union and established communist regimes were referred to as
communist republics
socialist nations
Soviet republics
satellite nations
The organization that the Soviet Union created in response to the defense alliance created by the United States consisting of communist allies to the USSR was
NATO
the United Nations
the satellite nations
the Warsaw Pact
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can create the largest arsenal and most deadly weapons?
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
Massive Retaliation
Proxy Wars
POLICY IN WHICH USA/USSR HOPED TO DETER NUCLEAR WAR BY BUILDING UP ENOUGH WEAPONS TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER
NATIONALIZE
RED SCARE
SUEZ CRISIS
MASSIVE RETALIATION
MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION
Which of the following groups/governments did the Soviet Union support during the Cold War era?
the government of South Korea during the Korean War
the United Nations coalition during the Korean War
the government of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War
the mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War
In what way(s) did the United States support South Vietnam's government?
sending American troops to fight the Viet Cong
sending money, supplies, and weapons, but no soldiers
sending diplomats to broker a truce with the Viet Cong
What was the outcome of the Soviet-Afghan War?
Soviet troops successfully defeated the mujahideen.
The Soviet Union withdrew its troops and Afghanistan's communist government fell.
The United States entered the war and defeated Afghanistan's communist government.
Comecon
The Marshall Plan
Nuclear Deterrence
The Truman Doctrine
