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Life During the Cold War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What promise did Stalin break from the Yalta Conference?

a)

To allow Germany to be reunited

b)

To allow the people of each country to pick their own type of government

c)

To allow people to protest

d)

To create jobs lost during the war

2.

What new military alliance was made up of democratic nations including the United States and countries in Western Europe?

a)

NATO

b)

SETAC

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Allies

3.

Which of these was Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's primary goal during negotiations with Britain and the United States at Yalta and Potsdam?

a)

redrawing the map of Europe on the basis of self-determination

b)

punishing Germany by dividing it into four permanent occupation zones

c)

securing foreign aid from the United States to help rebuild the Soviet Union

d)

establishing a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union

4.

Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?

a)

The Baruch Plan

b)

The Four Freedoms

c)

The Long Telegram

d)

The Truman Doctrine

5.

The attached excerpt is from a document published in April 1949. It established which of these organizations?

a)

National Security Council (NSC)

b)

United States Information Agency (USIA)

c)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

d)

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

6.

Examine the image to answer the question. The Soviet Union and the United States did not get along after WWII because...

a)

Soviet Union and the United States were enemies during World War II, fighting on oposite sides of the war.

b)

Poltical beliefs differed: Soviet Union believed in democracy and free trade and the United States believed in communism

c)

Political beliefs differed: Soviet Union believed in communism and the United States believed in Democracy and free trade

d)

The Soviets wanted Germany to have self determination and grow again after the war and the U.S. wanted to rule it.

7.

Examine the image to help answer the question. The gentleman standing on the coffins is...

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

8.

In the image, the coffins represent what Soviet plan during the Cold War?

a)

the Marshal Plan

b)

he Molotov Plan

c)

plan of creating a buffer zone

d)

policy of containment

9.

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:

a)

The Marshal Plan

b)

The Molotov Plan

c)

Plan of creating a buffer zone

d)

Policy of containment

10.

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?

a)

by bombing the Soviet missile sites in Cuba before they could be completed

b)

by using the "hot line" to persuade Soviet leaders to stop sending missiles to Cuba

c)

by organizing a summit meeting with Soviet leaders to discuss their missiles in Cuba

d)

by setting up a quarantine of Cuban ports to prevent Soviet missiles from being delivered

11.

Which of these is the main reason President Harry Truman sent military aid to French Indochina during the early 1950s?

a)

to support an independent Vietnam

b)

to maintain French control of Vietnam

c)

to keep the Chinese from invading Vietnam

d)

to block the spread of communism into Vietnam

12.

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 ....

a)

appeasement trap

b)

domino theory

c)

hegemony effect

d)

red scare

13.

Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Korean War?

a)

North and South Korea were annexed by China

b)

North and South Korea remained divided into two countries

c)

North and South Koreans were reunited under a communist government

d)

North and South Koreans were reunited under a democratic government

14.

What was the primary purpose of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War?

a)

To evacuate American citizens from Berlin

b)

To supply West Berlin with food and fuel during a Soviet blockade

c)

To transport military equipment to East Berlin

d)

To conduct espionage operations in East Germany

15.

Which of the following was a significant cultural impact of the Cold War on American society?

a)

The rise of the hippie movement

b)

The popularity of rock and roll music

c)

The increase in suburbanization and the growth of the middle class

d)

The widespread fear of nuclear war and the practice of 'duck and cover' drills