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WorksheetsUSH Cold War Unit Review
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 52mins
Investigated alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties
Hollywood Ten
McCarthyism
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The idea that if a country falls to communism, neighboring countries will do as well.
Tet Offensive
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Molotov Plan
What was the result of the Berlin blockade?
Military conflict escalated between the U.S & USSR
Germany fell to communism
The Cold War ended
The U.S airlifted supplies to West Berlin and avoided war with the Soviet Union
Movie producers, directors, & screenwriters accused of possible communists affiliations
Hollywood Trio
Hollywood 10
Cinema reds
Reds United
North Korea invading _____________ caused the start of the Korean War in 1950.
China
Cambodia
South Vietnam
South Korea
Gives soldier's money for college or training programs when they return to civilian life.
Containment Policy
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
G.I. Bill
A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons during the Cold War.
Space Race
Vietnamization
Arms Race
Domino Theory
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence.
McCarthyism
Blitzkrieg
Hollywood 10
HUAC Act
A U.S policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
McCarthyism
Containment Policy
How did some Americans show their antiwar sentiment during the Vietnam War?
participating in freedom rides
boycotting public transportation
organizing mass protests and burning draft cards
go on hunger strikes
Average family income, employment, and consumer spending all increased during which decade in the U.S.
1900's
1950's
1910's
1870's
Growth of suburbs, middle-class, and development of interstate highway system are effects of-
financial decline after WW1
economic success after Spanish American War
financial gain during the Gilded Age
economic prosperity after WW2
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?
the United States
Great Britain
the Soviet Union
France
After World War II, ____________ was split along the 38th parallel as US troops liberated it from the south and Soviet troops liberated it from the north.
Japan
French Indochina
the Korean peninsula
Berlin
The left-wing revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew the dictator Fulgencio Batista in which Latin American country?
Mexico
Cuba
Guatemala
Brazil
This couple was charged, found guilty and executed with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union about making the atomic bomb. This was known as the ___________
Communist Trials
Rosenberg Trials
Rebuttal Trials
Rosenberg Scandal
The _______________ was created to help Greece and Turkey offering aid to any free people resisting Communism
Marshall Plan
GI Bill
Containment
Truman Doctrine
The Bay of Pigs was an attempt by the US to overthrow
the Communist regime of Fidel Castro.
What was the result of the invasion?
US-backed forces were defeated by Castro's troops.
Peaceful resolution to improve relations between the US and Cuba
US successfully established a new government in Cuba
After an alleged attack by the North Vietnamese on US Naval ship, congress passed a resolution that allowed President Johnson to ‘take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression and achieve peace and security.’
What was this resolution called?
What was "Vietnamization?"
Which president used the idea of "Vietnamization?"
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
What amendment was passed to lower the voting age because it was unfair that 18-20 year olds could be drafted into the army but not vote?
17th amendment
21st amendment
22nd amendment
26th amendment
Military alliance formed by The US and Western Europe to counter Soviet expansion
Truman Doctrine
NATO
38th parallel
Lead a communist revolution in China, eventually defeated the Nationalists and took control of China
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Dwight Eisenhower
Communist Leader of the USSR at the beginning of the Cold War
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Dwight Eisenhower
Why did the Chinese get involved in the actual fighting in the Korean War?
The US pushed farther North and was close to China’s boarder.
The Allies were making plans to invade China.
The US was winning in the South so they wanted to help the North.
They wanted to take over the Korean Peninsula
What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?
It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.
The U.S. government started NASA.
U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.
All of the above
Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--
European Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Satellite Nations
Anyone who says they're a communist or suspected of being a communist were put on a list and never given a job in the industry again. Effectively ruined their careers even if just suspected of being a communist
Whitelisted
Blacklisted
Redlisted
Bluelisted
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President John F. Kennedy do when he learned that the Soviet Union was building nuclear missile sites in Cuba?
He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow
He gave in to the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government
He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing nuclear missile equipment
He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba
Which organization was created by the Soviet Union in response to the creation of Europe's military alliance and consisted of communist allies to the USSR?
NATO
United Nations
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
How was the United States involved in the Vietnam War?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on South Vietnam to end World War II
The United States was allied with North Vietnam in the quest for independence from the French
The United States provided economic and military aid to prevent the spread of communism into S. Vietnam
The United States was isolationist did not want to get involved in other countries' conflicts
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 & Iraq War
Type of music or musical genre created after World War 2, during the 1950s, it evolved from R&B music that was being played in African American communities in the 1940's, this music style became an international phenomenon after Elvis Presley debuted in March 1956.
Rock n' Roll
Beatnicks
Red Scare
Suburbs
How did the Counter-culture movement of the 1960s impact the Vietnam War?
The hippies protested and organized mass demonstrations.
They helped turn public opinion against the war.
They helped get the 26th amendment passed.
All of the above
What was the name of the rapid increase of population following the end of WWII called?
Baby Boom
Columbian Exchange
Great Migration
Demographic Shift
Why were the United States and the Soviet Union enemies in the "Cold War"?
The United States had dropped the atomic bomb on the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union openly criticized the United States' president.
The Soviet Union refused to loan the United States money after World War II.
The United States and the Soviet Union had opposing economic and political systems.
What was the war draft?
The process of selecting individuals for military service, at high rates during Vietnam
Everyone from the ages of 18-26 had to go to war
Was created only for the Vietnam War
What was the credibility gap?
Flexible response
The government and news reporters telling different stories
No longer trusting the government during the war
The Tet Offensive
The Vietcong were-
South Vietnam force
North Vietnam force
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
Another name for Communists
Guerrilla Warfare was-
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?
Kennedy
Nixon
Truman
Johnson
Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Pearl Harbor
South China Sea
in recognition of the actions described below the image, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was--
given an early honorable discharge from United States military service
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
made an honorary member of the United Nations
awarded the Legion of Honor ribbon
During the Vietnam War, the following people were presidents of the United States. Check all that apply.
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tensions between students who opposed the war and the National Guardsmen resulted in 4 deaths at.....
Ohio State
Ole Miss
James Madison University
Kent State
A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968; caused American public support of war to plummet and showed that the communists had not lost the will to fight
.
Operation Rolling Thunder
Battle of Stalingrad
Tet Offensive
My Lai Massacre
Revealed that US officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.
War Powers Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Pentagon Papers
Vietnamization
Requires the President to notify Congress when committing armed forces to military action and forbids the use of the military without Congressional authorization or a declaration of war.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
26th Amendment
Pentagon Papers
Why did John & Mary Beth Tinker and Chris Eckhardt wear black arm bands to school?
(Tinker case)
To protest the war in Vietnam.
They disagreed about taxes.
To protest the 4th Amendment
To support WWII veterans.
Which court case decided that students continue to have freedom of expression in public schools as long as it does not interfere with the education environment at schools.
“students do not shed their rights at the schoolhouse gate.”
Bethel v. Fraser
Tinker v. Des Moines
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Texas v. Johnson
