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WorksheetsWH - Ch 23 Quiz Review - Cold War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was: (select all that apply)
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962 over Soviet ballistic missiles placed in Cuba.
The closest that the US and the Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war
What signaled the beginning of the end of the Cold War
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?
It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.
It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.
After trying to be isolationist prior to WWI and WWII, the US decided to try a policy of interventionism during the: (select all that apply)
Civil War
The Cold War was: (Select all that apply)
Fought to try to contain the spread of communism
Fought in the far North where it was really cold
A time when the Soviet Union and the United States were opposed to each other, but didn't directly fight each other
A short battle where not much happened
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?
To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.
It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.
Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.
To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.
The emergence of nuclear weapons and containing the spread of communism were:
The main goals of Josef Stalin
All of these
Reasons that the Cold War began
Not reasons that the Cold War began
The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?
The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.
The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.
Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.
The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.
Weapons development for the Soviet Army
The installment of European isolationist policies
The barrier between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
A series of military checkpoints in Berlin
To defeat the Soviet (a) of Berlin, the United States supplied the city for over a year during an event known as (b) .
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
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Inchon Invasion
Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)
The US discovered that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles on an island off of the Florida coast leading to a tense standoff between the countries. This is known as:
The Bay of Pigs invasion
