WorksheetsLife During the Cold War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What promise did Stalin break from the Yalta Conference?
To allow Germany to be reunited
To allow the people of each country to pick their own type of government
To allow people to protest
To create jobs lost during the war
What new military alliance was made up of democratic nations including the United States and countries in Western Europe?
NATO
SETAC
Warsaw Pact
Allies
Which of these was Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's primary goal during negotiations with Britain and the United States at Yalta and Potsdam?
redrawing the map of Europe on the basis of self-determination
punishing Germany by dividing it into four permanent occupation zones
securing foreign aid from the United States to help rebuild the Soviet Union
establishing a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union
Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?
The Baruch Plan
The Four Freedoms
The Long Telegram
The Truman Doctrine
The attached excerpt is from a document published in April 1949. It established which of these organizations?
National Security Council (NSC)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
Examine the image to answer the question. The Soviet Union and the United States did not get along after WWII because...
Soviet Union and the United States were enemies during World War II, fighting on oposite sides of the war.
Poltical beliefs differed: Soviet Union believed in democracy and free trade and the United States believed in communism
Political beliefs differed: Soviet Union believed in communism and the United States believed in Democracy and free trade
The Soviets wanted Germany to have self determination and grow again after the war and the U.S. wanted to rule it.
Examine the image to help answer the question. The gentleman standing on the coffins is...
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Theodore Roosevelt
Mikhail Gorbachev
In the image, the coffins represent what Soviet plan during the Cold War?
the Marshal Plan
he Molotov Plan
plan of creating a buffer zone
policy of containment
From the image and background information, the plan the United States came up with to counter the Soviet plan of the Iron Curtain was called:
The Marshal Plan
The Molotov Plan
Plan of creating a buffer zone
Policy of containment
On Monday, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy gave an address to the nation that began with the following words: How did President Kennedy respond to the situation he described in this address?
by bombing the Soviet missile sites in Cuba before they could be completed
by using the "hot line" to persuade Soviet leaders to stop sending missiles to Cuba
by organizing a summit meeting with Soviet leaders to discuss their missiles in Cuba
by setting up a quarantine of Cuban ports to prevent Soviet missiles from being delivered
Which of these is the main reason President Harry Truman sent military aid to French Indochina during the early 1950s?
to support an independent Vietnam
to maintain French control of Vietnam
to keep the Chinese from invading Vietnam
to block the spread of communism into Vietnam
One of the main arguments used to supp U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was the fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations in Southeast Asia could as well. This argument was known as the ....
appeasement trap
domino theory
hegemony effect
red scare
Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Korean War?
North and South Korea were annexed by China
North and South Korea remained divided into two countries
North and South Koreans were reunited under a communist government
North and South Koreans were reunited under a democratic government
What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War?
To evacuate American citizens from Berlin
To supply West Berlin with food and fuel during a Soviet blockade
To transport military equipment to East Berlin
To conduct espionage operations in East Germany
Which of the following was a significant cultural impact of the Cold War on American society?
The rise of the hippie movement
The popularity of rock and roll music
The increase in suburbanization and the growth of the middle class
The widespread fear of nuclear war and the practice of 'duck and cover' drills
