US History Cold War Test

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and thoroughly and choose

the best answer possible for the multiple choice section. When you get
to the writing question, choose one prompt and write about it (for
grading, look at rubric).

1. Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Cold War
Era?
A. Berlin Blockade
B. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
C. Vietnam War
D. Korean War

3. How did the fear of communism during the 1950s affect the US?
A. There was more public support for the repeal of segregation
laws
B. There was more public support for the buildup of nuclear
weapons
C. The government supported the rise of independence
movements in Southeast Asia
D. The government supported the overthrow of repressive
dictatorships in Latin America

4. During the Vietnam War, how did the lack of censorship of television
reports affect the public opinion of the war
A. By allowing the public to consider different viewpoints
concerning the war
B. By instructing the public to organize protests actively resisting
the war
C. By prompting the public to ignore the criticism of the war
D. By causing the public to doubt the severity of the war

5. Which action marked the first involvement of the US in international

organization since World War II
A. The president initiated an airlift of supplies to help East Berlin
B. The US provided military troops to protect South Korea
C. The president ordered food shipments to the government of
Egypt
D. The US initiated a blockade to prevent missile deliveries to
Cuba
6. Why was post World War II Berlin, Germany different from other Cold
War areas of conflict?
A. East Berlin was founded on a free market economy.
B. West Berlin was located within a communist country
C. West Germany was compelled to build a wall to deter the
Soviet Union
D. East Germany was obligated to send an ambassador to the
United Nations

7. This timeline shows a sequence of events

March 12, 1947- The Truman Doctrine makes it US policy to protect

nations threatened by communism
June 5, 1947- Secretary of State George C. Marshall calls for a US plan
to help Eurpoe recover from World War II
June 24,1948- The Berlin Airlift begins as the US Air Force flies supplies
to West Berlin following a Soviet Blockade
April 4, 1949- ???

Which event completes the timeline?

A. The US offers military aid to South Vietnam under the Domino
Theory
B. The US stops the Soviet Unions effort to build a missile base in Cuba
C. The US forms a military alliance with the countries of Western
Europe
D. The US establishes a space agency to compete with the Soviet
launch of satellites.

8. The US created Radio Free Europe during the Cold War. One of its
missions was to play popular music that had been banned by the
communists. Which statement summarizes the goal of establishing
Radio Free Europe?
A. Broadcasting US propaganda to Eastern Europe
B. Advertising US products in the EU
C. Reporting on US business activities in EU
D. Providing info to US citizens living in Western Europe

9. Which of the following defines the Cold War between the US and
Soviet Union that took place after the end of World War II
A. A single battle over free elections in Poland
B. An era of competition and confrontation
C. The US invasion of Cuba
D. The division between Capitalist East Germany and Communist West
Germany
10. Why did JFK consider Cubas building of nuclear weapon sites a
threat to the US
A. Nuclear weapons were new and dangerous
B. The Cuban missiles were untested
C. Nuclear weapons could reach the US
D. Nuclear weapons could not reach the US

12. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one,
and what will happen to the last one is certainly that it will go over
very quickly Asia, after all, has already lost 450 million of its peoples
to the Communist dictatorship, and we simply cant afford greater
losses- President Dwight Eisenhower

The above passage defines what is best known as

A. The Geneva Accords
B. Truman Doctrine
C. The Domino Theory
D. The Red Scare

13. What is one area in which the US and the Soviet Union competed
for superiority during the Cold War
A. Human rights
B. Automobile production
C. Housing development
D. Space exploration

14. A nuclear test ban treaty followed from which event, which had
brought the world closer to nuclear war that any other event since
World War II
A. The Bay of Pigs invasion
B. The Cuban missile Crisis
C. The Korean War
D. The Vietnam War

15. What was the importance of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

A. It aided American troops
 B. Its pathway through neutral nations made it safer for enemies
fighting the US
C. The North Vietnamese used it to keep their president safe
D. Vietcong attacks against American troops traveling on the Ho
Chi Minh trail angered the US

16. In the US, the Red Scare of early 1950s was a period of
A. Severe economic depression
B. Widespread support for groups promoting international
anarchy
C. Great growth in art and music
D. Persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American
political vies

17. The Truman doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts
by The US to deal with the
A. National debt
B. Spread of communism
C. Presidents political opposition
D. Arms race

18. The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957

signaled the beginning of
A. American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological
superiority
B. The Cold War with the United States
C. Soviet aggression in Afghanistan and China
D. Disarmament discussions between the Superpowers

20. Eisenhower sends US troops to protect Lebanon

Kennedy Places Quarantine on Shipment of Soviet Missiles to
Cuba
Johnson increases US troop strength in Vietnam by 125,000

Which statement about the Cold War is illustrated by these

headlines?
A. Rivalries between the superpowers often involved
conflicts in other nations
B. US military support was most often deployed in Europe
C. Communist forces were frequently victorious in Asia
 D. Summit talks frequently succeeded in limiting
international tensions

BONUS

1. Who shot the game winning goal in the 1980 winter Olympic
semifinal game between the US and the Soviet Union?
A. Jim Craig
B. Greg Maddoux
C. Mike Eruizone
D. Mike Bibby

2. What was the name of the Soviet secret service

A. FDA
B. KGB
C. AAA
D. AGSU