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Unit 6- The Cold War

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the end of WWII, who was the Soviet Leader?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Otto Von Bismark

2.

After World War II, an international body of countries was created to ensure peace?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

The United Nations

c)

The Allied Powers

d)

The Triple Alliance

3.

In 1948, the Soviets closed Allied access to West Berlin causing a lack of supplies and aid. To combat this act, how did the U.S. come to help the people of West Berlin?

a)

Using airlifts to keep them supplied

b)

Threatening nuclear war

c)

Introducing the Marshall Plan

d)

Tearing down the Berlin Wall

4.

During the Eisenhower presidency, a policy was put to use as a threat to use nuclear weapons in response to any Communist threats became known as what policy?

a)

Flexible Response

b)

Preemptive Strike

c)

Brinksmanship

d)

The Iron Curtain

5.

Fearing Western aggression, the Soviet Union linked itself with 7 other Eastern European countries under what agreement?

a)

The Warsaw Pact

b)

The Yalta Pact

c)

The NATO Alliance

d)

The Mutual Assistance Pact

6.

Under which president was a doctrine established to contain, rather than eliminating, Communism?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Harry Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

7.

The U.S. began secretly spying on Soviet operations using what high-altitude plane?

a)

U-2

b)

B-17

c)

F-117

d)

X-35

8.

During the Kennedy administration, this was a failed attempt to drive Fidel Castro from power in Cuba?

a)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

The Cuban Revolution

c)

The Bay of Pigs

d)

The Tide Pool of Marmosets

9.

President Kennedy met with this Soviet leader in Vienna to discuss a nuclear disarament deal?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Georgi Bolshakov

d)

Harry Truman

10.

To protect itself from Western enemies, the Soviet Union set up friendly satellite nations across Eastern Europe to create a communist bloc. This division between the Communist Eastern Europe and Democratic and Capitalist Western Europe was called what? The term was first used by Winston Churchill.

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

The Red Stain

11.

Who led a communist revolution in China in the late 1940s?

a)

Chiang Kai-shek

b)

Shi Huangdi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ho Chi Min

12.

What agreement by Western nations pledges military support if one of its members is attacked?

a)

The Warsaw Pact

b)

The Yalta Pact

c)

The NATO Alliance

d)

The Marshall Plan

13.

Truman refused to attack China during the Korean War because they had an alliance with what nation?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Taiwan

14.

After learning the Soviets had developed the atomic bomb, the U.S. began development on what even more terrifying weapon?

a)

Napalm

b)

The Cluster Bomb

c)

Biological Weapons

d)

The Hydrogen Bomb

15.

What agency investigated Hollywood under suspicion of communist influences and also fueled the blacklisting of the Hollywood 10?

a)

Loyalty Review Board

b)

Central Intelligence Agency

c)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

d)

House Un-American Activity Committee

16.

What provided $13 billion to Western European countries to help them rebuild after WWII?

a)

The Warsaw Pact

b)

The Yalta Pact

c)

The Truman Plan

d)

The Marshall Plan

17.

Who did John F. Kennedy defeat during the 1960 presidential election?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Lyndon Johnson

18.

The “Camelot Years” refers to a period of optimism and hope under what president?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Harry Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

19.

What commander was forced to resign after trying to pressure President Truman to attack China during the Korean War?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

George Patton

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Douglas MacArthur

20.

What U.S. senator established support and notoriety based on the false claims of the list of 205 communists within the U.S. government?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Joesph McCarthy

d)

JFK

21.
  • What was the 13 day nuclear standoff between the U.S. and Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba?

a)

The Korean War

b)

Red Scare

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

22.

Literal and Figurative wall built to separate West and East Berlin in 1961?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

The Berlin Wall

c)

The Red Scare

d)

Bay of Pigs

23.

The first Americans to be convicted of espionage and executed during the Cold War?

a)

Joe McCarthy

b)

Bobby and Ethel Kennedy

c)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

d)

Jackie and John Kennedy