WorksheetsUS Cold War to 1973
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which nations emerged as the world's superpowers after World War II and into the period of the Cold War?
China
Russia
United States
Soviet Union (USSR)
What made the Cold War cold?
tensions were high between the US and Soviet Union but did not lead to direct war with one another
the US and Soviet Union fought in wars over influence, but never directly fought each other
much of the Soviet Union and US are cold for part or most of the year
many of the actions that the US and the Soviet Union took throughout the world are considered cold-hearted
How is a Cold War different from a regular war?
It's fought in the winter.
It is a war that divides countries.
It's fought in certain countries.
It is an Arms Race, Proxy Wars and ideas instead of direct fighting
Which of the following plans was the first one to allow the US to become financially invested in Eastern Europe?
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Paris Peace Treaty
How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?
by providing government housing for refugees
by providing military assistance to Vietnam
by providing money to any country trying to resist communism
by selling weapons to Vietnam
The organization that was formed to combat communism and protect member nations from a communist attack was the
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
CIA
The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...
the Korean War
the Manhattan Project
the arms race
disarmament talks
The Eisenhower administration is responsible for the ___________, which is still important today.
cable TV
landing on the moon
interstate highway system
communication satellite system
The Marshall Plan
provided money and food to help western European nations
gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US
was the plan to feed starving Berliners
united the American armed forces
Harry Truman's "Truman Doctrine" did which of the following?
Provided funding to war-torn nations to rebuild after WWII
Provided military support to Turkey and Greece
Sought to prevent the spread of Communism
Helped escalate tensions in Europe after WWII
The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
The US and its allies fought to defend the North.
Where is Korea divided?
18 parallel
34 parallel
38 parallel
15 parallel
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?
How did the US support Chinese Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War?
America supported the Communists, not the Nationalists
By sending millions of dollars in financial aid
By proposing changes through the UN
By sending troops to China
In which Civil War (Communist vs Nationalists) did the US support Nationalists?
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Turkey
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
helped the CIA break a Soviet spy ring
supported Senator McCarthy in exposing communists
were executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
Opposed the Soviet blockade of Berlin
What was the US plan with regard to containment?
To provide money to secure communist government around the world
To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union
Appeasement
To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger
When did the Space Race end?
1969 - Moon Landing
1971 - Russia launches first Space Station
1973 - Last mission to the Moon
1975 - Apollo-Soyuz meeting up in space
Who was the first American to touch the Moon?
Alan Shepard
Niel Armstrong
Will Robinson
Edwin Aldrin
What is the name of the program, directed by NASA, designed to stage a series of space test flights between 1961 and 1963?
Gemini Project
Apollo Program
Manhatten Project
Mercury Project
In the end, Who won the Space Race?
United States of America
Soviet Union
Which president established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
What NASA program put people on the moon?
Apollo Program
Gemini Project
Mercury Project
Apollo–Soyuz Project
What were the main country's involved in the conflict
USA
Thailand
North Veitnam
South Veitnam
China
What was the trail that lead from Cambodia AND Laos called
The Cambodian trail
đường mòn
The Ho Chi Man Trail
Cuban Missile Crisis
Battle Of Midway
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Who was the leader of South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mao Tse-tung
Ho Chi Minh
Which of the following describes the way Vietnam was divided?
A non-communist North supported by the United States
A communist North supported by the USSR and China
A non-communist South supported by the United States
A communist South supported by the USSR and China
What was the Veit Cong's major offense on the veitnamise holiday .......
The Tet Offensive
The Tunnel Offensive
The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
What type of war did the US face in Vietnam?
terrorism
guerrilla warfare
trench warfare
gentleman's warfare
What happened after the crisis? (select all that are correct)
Soviet missiles were removed from Cuba
A new trade agreement was signed between the US and the USSR
US removed Missiles from Turkey
Castro stepped down as Cuban leader
Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Dwight Eisenhower
Out of all the options that Kennedy had to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis, which one did he choose?
Surgical Air Attack
Invasion by the US Army
Diplomacy
Blockade
Who was the leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Which Soviet leader decided to introduce nuclear weapons into Cuba?
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladimir Lenin
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
October 1960
November 1961
October 1962
November 1963
What country became Communist in 1949
Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
North Korea
