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Cold War Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

world's first artificial satellite

a)

baby boom

b)

Sputnik

c)

Levittown

d)

suburbs

2.

Announcement by the President in 1947 that the US would assist countries under threat from communist or Soviet influence

a)

NATO

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Berlin Airlift

3.

Military operation to provide food and supplies to a city blockaded by Soviet Union

a)

NATO

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Berlin Airlift

4.

Look at the map (click to enlarge). What does the large red dashed circle represent?

a)

A nice place to vacation

b)

Range of Soviet missiles in Cuba

c)

The U.S. quarantine zone

5.
What caused McCarthyism?
a)
President Truman making atomic bombs.
b)
Japanese spies.
c)
Bombing China.
d)
Increased fear of communism.
6.
The HUAC stands for...
a)
The House Un-American Activities Committee
b)
The House Under American Counsel
c)
The House Un-Republic Activities Committee
d)
The House Under American Communism
7.

​ To defeat the Soviet ​ (a)   of Berlin, the United States supplied the city for over a year during an event known as ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
blockade
the Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
superpower
containment
the Marshall Plan
the Truman Doctrine
8.

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

9.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
10.

What led to the creation of first suburban housing developments?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

G.I. Bill of Rights

11.

John F. Kennedy

a)

sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

b)

decreased the war equipment being sent to South Vietnam.

c)

increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

d)

sent soldiers to fight in North Vietnam.

12.

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

a)

prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

b)

reduce French influence in Vietnam

c)

stop china from seizing Vietnam

d)

support the government of North Vietnam

13.

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

14.

During the Cold War, the United States adopted the ___________________ in order to stop the spread of communism around the world.

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Expansionist Policy

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Marshall Plan

15.

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Kent State University

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Vietnamization

16.

Protests over military missions resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970

a)

Kent State University

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Viet Cong

17.

amendment that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

a)

26th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment