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US Cold War

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 27mins

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1.

Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

a)

direct, armed conflict between the two nations

b)

the founding of the United Nations

c)

a deep reduction in military expenditures

d)

a competition for political influence over other countries

2.

The Cold War refers to the period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from

a)

the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union.

b)

the end of World War I to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

c)

the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

d)

the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of World War I.

3.

Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

a)

The growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and the Soviet Union

b)

The expansion of national borders by imperialistic European countries

c)

The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

d)

The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

4.

The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism.

How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy?

a)

It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.

b)

It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.

c)

It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.

d)

It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.

5.

When the United States sent military aid to African governments to help them resist communism, it was continuing a foreign policy first asserted in the

a)

Potsdam Agreement.

b)

Teheran Conference.

c)

Marshall Plan.

d)

Truman Doctrine.

6.

What was one major goal of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War?

a)

to expand individual liberties in the Baltic republics

b)

to attract foreign economic investments

c)

to create a defensive buffer zone in Eastern Europe

d)

to establish a competitive market economy

7.

Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?

a)

NATO air and naval forces blocked ships sailing to North Korea.

b)

United Nations inattention allowed guerrillas to infiltrate South Korea.

c)

North Korean forces, with Soviet approval, invaded South Korea.

d)

Widespread anti-colonial riots forced the Korean government to begin the war.

8.

During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part of the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?

a)

The threat of a Soviet naval blockade

b)

The assistance of the Chinese military

c)

The use of atomic weapons on northern cities

d)

The involvement of UN forces under the command of the United States

9.

During the Cold War, in which country would the city of West Berlin be inside of?

a)

East Germany

b)

West Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

France

10.

Which country, in 1948, controlled the ZONE that the entire city of Berlin was located in.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

United States

11.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?

a)

To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.

b)

It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.

c)

Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.

d)

To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.

12.

The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?

a)

The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.

b)

The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.

c)

Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.

d)

The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.

13.

Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

b)

Gulf of Tonkin, 1964

c)

Bay of Pigs, 1961

d)

Suez Crisis, 1956

14.

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

a)

It built up the western European armed forces.

b)

It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

c)

It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

d)

It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

15.

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

a)

the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

b)

the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

c)

the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

d)

the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

16.

Why did the United States not share the plan to develop the atomic bomb with the Soviet Union during World War II?

a)

The Soviet Union already had an atomic bomb.

b)

The United States did not trust the Soviet Union.

c)

The Allies would have been against its development on moral grounds.

d)

Scientists were unsure if they would be successful.

17.

What is NATO?

a)

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

b)

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

c)

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

d)

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

18.

What is significant about the 38th parallel?

a)

It divides Western and Eastern Europe, this line is also described as the Iron Curtain

b)

The division between North and South Korea

c)

The division between China and North Korea, also known as the Iron Curtain.

d)

The 38th parallel was the location of all communist satellite nations.

19.

Which statement best describes the primary focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s?

a)

to prevent the admission of Red China to the United Nations

b)

to prevent the integration of various racial groups in U.S. society

c)

to investigate radical groups in order  to find disloyal Americans

d)

to place quotas on the number of immigrants entering the U.S. 

20.

Based on your knowledge of the cartoon, which of the following items most accurately describes the source

a)

It is depicting the Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

It is depicting the Berlin Crisis

c)

It is depicting the Bay of Pigs

d)

It is depicting the Berlin Blockade 

21.

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the —

a)

United States to increase spending on technology, education and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

b)

Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

c)

United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

d)

Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

22.

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

a)

The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

b)

The United States worked to stop the spread of communism.

c)

The United States withdrew from its European alliances

d)

The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.

23.

Which reason explains why President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine?

a)

The Soviet Union interfered in the domestic affairs of Greece and Turkey.

b)

The Soviet Union refused to allow Greece and Turkey to join the United Nations.

c)

The Soviet Union provided economic assistance to Greece and Turkey.

d)

The Soviet Union prevented Greece and Turkey from accepting the Marshall Plan.

24.

What is the map associated with?

a)

The US and British response to the Berlin Wall

b)

The US and British response to the Berlin Blockade

c)

The Soviet Union building the Iron Curtain

d)

The division on Berlin

25.

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

a)

It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.

b)

The U.S. government started NASA.

c)

U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.

d)

All of the above

26.

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.

a)

He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

b)

He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

c)

He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

d)

He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.

27.

What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

28.
The CIA trained Cuban refugees to try and overthrow Castor's communist regime. This attempt was unsuccessful because JFK refused to provide support. 
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Massive Retaliation 
29.

What is brinkmanship?

a)

U.S. foreign policy of threatening to use all out military aggression against enemy

b)

The purchasing of material goods

c)

Designing of products to wear out or become outdated so consumers need to buy more

d)

U.S. foreign policy of blocking spread of communism to other nations by the Soviets

30.

In 1956, the Soviets launched _____________, the world’s first satellite into space, starting a period during the Cold War referred to as the Space Race.

a)

U-2 Spy Plane

b)

Sputnik

c)

John Glenn

d)

Neil Armstrong

31.

What was the high-altitude aircraft that would do spy missions for America by taking pictures from high altitude?

a)

Saturn V Rocket

b)

Space Shuttle

c)

U-2 Spy Plane

d)

Big Bird

32.

The two international organizations which involved espionage against each other overseas in the Cold War were...

a)

KFC and MCDs

b)

HUAC and KGB

c)

HUAC and FBI

d)

KGB and CIA

33.

The belief that the Soviet Union had more Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles than the US was called the...

a)

Missile Fear

b)

Red Scare

c)

Missile Gap

d)

Red Missile Advantage

34.

What ways did the GI Bill help returning soldiers from WWII?

a)

It gave them access to low interest mortgages.

b)

It gave them access to tuition stipends to help pay for college.

c)

It gave them access to jobs in defense industries.

d)

It gave them access to a soldiers "minimum wage".

35.

In general, the 1950s economy -

a)

boomed.

b)

struggled.

c)

only benefited the northern part of the country.

d)

only benefited the western states.

36.

What term goes with the information on the graph?

a)

the "baby boom"

b)

the post-industrial birthrate

c)

the bell curve

d)

the post-war paradox

37.

The demographic changes that resulted in the development

of housing projects like the one in the image

could be described as:

a)

suburbanization

b)

westward migration

c)

the Great Migration

d)

immigration

38.

The conformity that suburbs represented was:

a)

challenged by the beat generation.

b)

found only in the Sun Belt.

c)

opposed by liberal and left- leaning politicians.

d)

generally good for the environment.

39.

What consumer good dominated the culture of the 1950s?

a)

the TV

b)

the radio

c)

the compact disc

d)

the personal computer

40.

The first large scale suburb of affordable housing was built in New York. It was called

a)

Hollywood

b)

Anaheim

c)

Levittown

d)

Morristown

41.

Which of these ideas would NOT be included in the stereotype of the 1950's home?

a)

man is seen as the breadwinner

b)

woman is the homemaker

c)

children are sent to private schools

d)

the family has a home with 2 kids & a car

42.

The National Defense Education Act

a)

helped start NASA

b)

led to the moon landings

c)

increased math & science education in schools

d)

created new math & science textbooks

43.

The main style of music in the 1950's was

a)

jazz

b)

hip-hop

c)

country

d)

rock n roll

44.

All of these related to television in the 1950's EXCEPT

a)

eating TV dinners as you watched

b)

starting to select channels from cable networks

c)

checking TV Guide for the schedule of programming

d)

watching shows like Howdy Doody & Ed Sullivan

45.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the 1950's?

a)

hearing poetry from the Beatniks

b)

going on vacation in a car

c)

eating fast food like McDonalds

d)

beach activities every summer for most Americans

46.

Stalin prevents aid from reaching west Berlin. America and British will drop thousands of supplies from planes.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Nato

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Truman Doctrine

47.

A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can supple their arsenal with more weapons?

a)

Arms Race

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Massive Retaliation

d)

Cold War

48.

What helped fuel McCarthyism?

a)

President Truman making atomic bombs.

b)

Bombing China.

c)

Japanese spies.

d)

Increased fear of communism.

49.

Senator McCarthy's lost popular support when he accused ...?

a)

the House of Representatives

b)

the US Army

c)

the poor

d)

women and children

50.
Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Harry Truman
51.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
52.
What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Naval blockade of Cuba
b)
invade Cuba
c)
bomb U.S.S.R.
d)
do nothing
53.
The Berlin Wall was built around
a)
East Berlin to separate from West Berlin
b)
Berlin to separate from East Germany
c)
West Berlin to separate from East Germany
d)
Berlin to separate from West Germany
54.
Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's New Frontier program?
a)
Forceful containment of communism
b)
Peace Corps
c)
Military interventions in Latin America to protect democracies
d)
Developing greater nuclear capabilities
55.

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” - President John F. Kennedy, speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962


The main purpose of the above speech was to win public support for –

a)

Establishing a missile defense system on the moon

b)

Cooperating with Communist countries in exploring space

c)

Surpassing the Soviet Union in the space race