WorksheetsCold War Foreign and Domestic policy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which development following World War II caused the urban-suburban pattern shown in the diagram?
increase in the number of farms
decline in the number of middle-income families
movement of most factories to rural areas
expansion of highways and automobile ownership
Which statement regarding Johnson’s
presidency is best supported by the
information in this cartoon?
Military spending had negatively affected domestic programs.
Domestic programs were eliminated during the 1960s.
Domestic programs had been the main priority in previous budgets.
Military spending was completely eliminated to fund domestic programs.
Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?
North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the north to China
A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing a collapse of the North Korean government
North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before the war
Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of both Northerners and Southerners
The picture above is in reference to which Cold War retaliation policy between superpowers after World War II?
the Domino Theory
the Marshall Plan
Mutually Assured Destruction
Nuclear Disarmament
“I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. . . . If Greece should fall under the control of an armed minority, the effect upon its neighbor, Turkey, would be immediate and serious.” —excerpt from the Truman Doctrine, 1947
How did the Truman Doctrine support the United States’ policy of containment?
The Truman Doctrine encouraged trade between Greece and communist nations.
The Truman doctrine halted the expansion of communism into Greece and Turkey.
The Truman doctrine allowed citizens of Turkey refugee status in the United States.
The Truman Doctrine forced Greece and Turkey to sign treaties with the United States.
The excerpt below is from an April 1961 Department of Justice memo written by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
...The neutrality laws were never designed to prevent individuals from leaving the United States to fight for a cause in which they believed. There is nothing in the neutrality laws which prevents refugees from Cuba from returning to that country to engage in the fight for freedom....
Who were the individuals Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was writing about in this excerpt?
Cuban refugees in Florida who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban generals who agreed to help the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in exchange for political asylum
Cuban generals who defected to the United States and later led the Bay of Pigs Invasion
Russian refugees in Florida who participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term "McCarthyism"?
holding trials for people accused of treason
accusing citizens of disloyalty without providing evidence
passing laws to protect American military secrets
censoring books and movies to eliminate references to communism
How did the Marshall Plan affect the global power wielded by the United States after World War II?
The Marshall Plan granted the United States enough economic power to subjugate several European countries.
The Marshall plan allowed the United States to rebuild Japan into an industrial and economic giant after World War II.
The United States used the economic power it gained through the Marshall Plan to hasten the recovery of western Europe in an attempt to limit the ability of the Soviet Union to influence countries there.
The Marshall Plan allowed the United States to exert influence over Soviet block countries.
Which BEST describes the results of the Berlin Airlift?
Berlin was divided into four occupation zones.
The Soviet Union closed highway and rail lines to West Berlin.
All of Berlin fell into Soviet hands.
The U.S.S.R. lifted the blockade and U.S. prestige grew.
The primary purpose of President Richard Nixon’s policy of Détente (S.A.L.T. Agreement with U.S.S.R. and visit to China) was to...
Expand United States military involvement in Southeast Asia
Assure an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East
Ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
Maintain a favorable balance of trade with China
What was one similarity between the Red Scare following World War I and the Cold War following World War II?
Congressional investigations proved that the Federal Government was heavily infiltrated by Communist spies.
Fear of communism led to the suppression of the civil liberties of some Americans.
Renewed fighting between wartime enemies was a constant threat.
Large numbers of Russian revolutionaries settled in the United States.
Which congressional bill gave President Johnson unprecedented power and the ability to use whatever means necessary to protect American interest & military bases in Vietnam?
Vietnam Conflict Act
Gulf of Tonkin Executive Order
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Pacification Program
Which US government Program created by president Truman was tasked with conducting investigations into federal employees in the late 1940s to determine if there existed "reasonable grounds" on which to doubt the employee's loyalty?
Loyalty Review Boards
House of Un-American Activities Committee
McCarthyism
The Great Society
Which of the following was a theory used to justify stopping the spread of communism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia?
the Gulf of Tonkin Theory
Eisenhower Doctrine
the Domino Theory
N.A.T.O. Agreement
"– I mean, being right down to it, to ourselves, because we all really know where we are – and a weariness with all the forms, all the conventions of the world … It’s something like that. So I guess you might say we’re a beat generation."
The Beat Generation or Beatniks were a group of artists of the 1950s who used their art to express
their rejection and contempt for conformity and conservative ideas
a proud defiance of racism
their desire to blend in with the popular culture
their rejection to communism
Read the document to answer the following question:
Infer which group later investigated the political ideology and actions of many people associated with this film?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
United Russian American Association (URAA)
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
How did the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact intensify the Cold War?
By identifying locations for military bases
By providing funds for nuclear laboratories
By creating economic unions based on political borders
By establishing military alliances based on political and economic philosophies
What United States foreign policy is reflected on this timeline?
Appeasement Policy
WAC Policy (War against Communism)
McCarthyism
Containment Policy
How did the Vietnam War divide public opinion in the US?
the U.S. population was divided between dissenters and conscientious objector
the U.S. population was divided between Hawks and Doves
the U.S. population was divided between Joes and Cobras
None of the above
The Kent State shootings resulted from protests over US actions in which of the following?
the Tet Offensive
the My Lai Massacre
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
the Cambodian Campaign
During which historical event was this map created?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
World War II
Cuban Missile Crisis
Marshall Plan
The first significant postwar target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was the film industry probably because
most people in Hollywood were communist.
The U.S.S.R. was sending agents to work in Hollywood.
too many communist propaganda films were being made.
some feared that movies might influence people's politics.
What two developments did the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and the creation of the Interstate Highway Stem lead to?
declining industrialization and
improved commerce
the growth of suburbs and
decreased use of fossil fuels
decreased use of Highways and increased birth rates
improved commerce and the growth of suburbs
What does this timeline illustrate?
the US-Soviet space race during the nuclear age
United States isolationism in the lead up to World War II
the United States and Soviet Union's arms race during the nuclear age
NATO and Warsaw Pact mobilization in the lead up to World War II
Which identifies a message of the cartoon?
The Watergate scandal is restoring Nixon’s public credibility.
The government's credibility has been weakened by the Watergate scandal.
The President is sacrificing his popularity to save the jobs of White House aides.
White House aides are managing public opinion regarding the Watergate scandal.
