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WorksheetsCold War PT 2
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 40mins
The quote on the plaque above is credited to which US President?
Which one of the headline below is a reference to Sputnik?
Spy hysteria was a big issue during the Cold War. Which image below does NOT belong?
The man in the cartoon above made a career off of the communist hysteria that gripped the US in the early years of the Cold War. What was his name?
Senator Harry Byrd
Governor George Wallace
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Containment took many forms during the Cold War. The Marshall Plan was recovery money designed to solidify alliances and prevent the spread of communism. Which letter on the map would this apply to?
A
B
C
D
E
This "figurative" idealogical barrier divided the communist countries in the east from the democratic nations of the west...
Siegfried Line
Maginot Line
Iron Curtain
Atlantic Wall
The events described in the political cartoon above match up with which newspaper headline below?
"If we quit Vietnam tomorrow we’ll be fighting in Hawaii and next week we’ll have to be fighting in San Francisco”.
What Cold War concept is reflected in the quote and in the political cartoon above?
Containment
Mutually Assured Destruction
Domino Theory
Appeasement
The political cartoon above is connected with which Cold War event?
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Afghan War
The policy of containment was the guiding principle throughout the Cold War. In which instance did it fail?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Marshall Plan for Western Europe
US occupation of Japan
"I hereby resign the Office of the President of the United States."
The following quote and political cartoon above were connected with the Watergate Scandal. What president is connected with this?
Vietnamization was Richard Nixon's plan to honorably end the Vietnam War. The plan called for a withdraw of US troops while training the natives to fight for themselves.
When would this have gone into effect on the timeline?
A
B
C
D
The cartoon above was published at the end of the Cold War when the USSR collapsed. The man in the cartoon was the last Soviet leader. Who was he?
Glastnost, meaning openness, was a reform measure passed by Gorbachev. What did this reform, pictured above, do for the Soviet Union?
allowed private businesses to operate
attempted to restructure the Soviet economy
injected capitalism into a communist nation
eased up on censorship in the USSR
As the cartoon implies, the Soviet economy was in terrible shape and needed to be fixed. What was the name of Gorbachev's plan to revitalize the Soviet economy?
Glastnost
Perestroika
New Economic Policy
Five Year Plans
Similar to the Korean War, what part of Vietnam was the US trying to save?
North
South
East
West
Networks of jungle paths used by North Vietnam Communist to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
Saigon Route
Bataan Death March
Trail of Tears
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Which country was the first to send a man to the moon?
United States of America
Soviet Union
The Bay of Pigs mission was seen as a failure.
True
False
A state that possesses military or economic might, or both, and general influence vastly superior to that of other states...
Eisenhower Doctrine
Superpower
Nuclear Weapon
Marshall Plan
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries...
Red Scare
Arms Race
Detente
SALT
Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that were aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons ...
Red Scare
Arms Race
Detente
SALT
What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?
Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz
Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare
Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor
Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl
What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?
Martin Luther King & Black Panthers
Jane Addams & Settlement Houses
Joseph McCarthy & HUAC
Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union
What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
It started the space race.
U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.
The U.S. started NASA.
All of the above
During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?
It decreased consumer spending.
It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.
It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.
It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.
After WWII what happened to the population of the U.S?
The population moved westward as a result of the railroad.
African Americans moved north as part of the Great Migration.
The population shifted from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
The population grew due to the Baby Boom.
What did those in the counter-culture do when the government escalated deployment of troops in Vietnam and implemented a draft?
The counter-culture organized protests.
There were mass anti-war demonstrations.
Some individuals burned their draft cards.
All of the above
What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean & Vietnam War
WWI & WWII
Civil War & Spanish American War
Persian Gulf & War on Terror
What law did Congress pass to limit the military authority of the executive branch in order to avoid another Vietnam?
Marshall Plan
New Deal
War Powers Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?
Negative press coverage contributed to the public disillusionment with the war.
The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.
The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.
The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.
Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
direct, armed conflict between the two nations
the founding of the United Nations
a deep reduction in military expenditures
a competition for political influence over other countries
The Cold War refers to the period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from
the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union.
the end of World War I to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of World War I.
During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part of the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?
The threat of a Soviet naval blockade
The assistance of the Chinese military
The use of atomic weapons on northern cities
The involvement of UN forces under the command of the United States
During the Cold War, in which country would the city of West Berlin be inside of?
East Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
France
Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Gulf of Tonkin, 1964
Bay of Pigs, 1961
Suez Crisis, 1956
Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?
the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities
the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists
the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans
the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer
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.
Which statement best describes the primary focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s?
to prevent the admission of Red China to the United Nations
to prevent the integration of various racial groups in U.S. society
to investigate radical groups in order to find disloyal Americans
to place quotas on the number of immigrants entering the U.S.
