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The Cold War and American in the 1950's TEST
US HISTORY
Mr. Walters
The Cold War and the 1950's TEST
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
1. Which of the following best describes satellite nations?
a. nations in debt to the World Bank
b. nations that belonged to NATO
c. nations west of the iron curtain
d. nations dominated by the Soviet Union
2. What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
a. to support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
b. to fight hunger anywhere in the world.
c. to enforce the American foreign policy of brinkmanship.
d. to reject the former policy of containment.
3. The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to the
a. reunification of East and West Germany.
b. German development of the atomic bomb.
c. Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
d. construction of the Berlin Wall.
4. In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union
a. created the Warsaw Pact.
b. left the United Nations.
c. ended the Berlin airlift.
d. joined the Marshall Plan.
5. What was the outcome of the Korean War?
a. Korea was unified under a Communist government.
b. North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare.
c. Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
d. China controlled North Korea while South Korea remained independent.
6. What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
a. He encouraged a widespread fear of communism.
b. He strengthened the United States Army.
c. He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights.
d. He created opposition to United States involvement in Latin American affairs.
7. At the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, the leaders of each nation decided to
a. keep the Soviet Union out of the war with Japan.
b. divide the defeated Germany into four sectors—American, British, French, and Soviet.
c. rearm Germany as soon as possible.
d. set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic weapons.
8. As World War II ended, a major disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union involved
a. Soviet domination of satellite nations
b. the division of Latin America.
c. the role of Britain in postwar Europe.
d. the wording of the United Nations charter.
9. President Truman demonstrated his determination to preventing communism by:
a. aiding nations through the Marshall Plan
b. dropping the A-bomb on Japan
c. declaring communism to be illegal
d. inviting Winston Churchill to the US
10. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into
a. Southern pro-American government and a Northern pro-Communist government
b. a Southern pro-Fascist government and a Northern pro-Communist government
c. a Southern pro-Communist government and a Northern pro-American government
d. none of the above
11. Americans thought the invasion by North Korea was initiated by
a. the Chinese.
b. the Soviet Union.
c. Germans.
d. Japan.
12. General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the war by
a. opening a second front by attacking the Chinese mainland.
b. opening a second front by attacking the Soviet Union.
c. backing Jiang Jieshi in an attack on Taiwan.
d. pulling out of Korea altogether.
13. The policy of making the military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would
dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known as
a. deterrence.
b. containment.
c. brinkmanship.
d. the Truman Doctrine.
14. The 1957 launching of Sputnik
a. proved the superiority of American technology.
b. greatly increased Eisenhower’s popularity.
c. plunged the United States into a series of three recessions.
d. caused Congress to increase spending on teaching science and mathematics.
15. The Truman Doctrine represented a
a. return to isolationism
b. desire to aid Asia and its economic recovery
c. new approach in Latin American affairs
d. departure from the policy of isolationism
Matching
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. Berlin airlift
b. containment
c. HUAC
d. Cold War
e. satellite nation
16. A(n) ____ in Eastern Europe was controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union.
17. The term ____ refers to the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union
for power and influence in the world.
18. After World War II, American leaders developed a policy of ____ to resist and stop the spread of
communism.
19. The ____ provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union.
20. In the late 1940s, the ____ investigated the motion picture industry for Communist influences.
A Couple More Multiple Choice
21. What famous spy case involved a married couple who were executed?
a. Rosenbergs
b. Saccos
c. Vanzettis
d. Arnolds
22. Cold War refers to tensions between
a. China and Japan
b. Britain and Germany
c. Egypt and Israel
d. USSR and the United States
23. In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was accusing people of what?
a. Criticizing the Congress
b. Plotting to kill the President
c. helping the Communists
d. Evading taxes
24. At the end of WW II, the Allies split control of what city?
a. Paris
b. Rome
c. Berlin
d. Moscow
25. Escalation of the war in Vietnam began with the
a. My Lai massacre.
b. passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
c. formation of the Viet Cong.
d. publication of the Pentagon Papers.
26. American soldiers fighting in Vietnam had to cope with
a. lack of training.
b. tropical infections and booby traps.
c. a lack of sophisticated equipment.
d. working side by side with Communists.
27. Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because
a. the government refused to draft African Americans.
b. Omar the Giant was to tall to be drafted.
c. college students could easily avoid the draft.
d. women were drafted along with men.
28. What did the United States fear would happen if it did not get involved in Vietnam?
a. Diem would be assassinated.
b. The French would be in control.
c. Vietnam would invade China.
d. Communists would take over.
29. What principle, (one fall they all fall) described by President Eisenhower, became associated with
American involvement in Southeast Asia?
a. containment
b. dividing Vietnam
c. the domino theory
d. strengthening South Vietnam
30. Herbicides such as Agent Orange were used mainly to
a. “firebomb” civilian targets.
b. smash roads and heavy bridges.
c. expose Viet Cong hiding places.
d. frighten peasants.
United States Actions During the Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
NATO
Eisenhower Doctrine
The United States exercised a policy of containment during the Cold War. Pick and describe
2 policy of containment and how it effected the Cold War.