COLD WAR UNIT TEST

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Name:

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The growth of McCarthyism in the early 1950s was based on
a) a public fear of the spread of communism in the United States
b) anger over government corruption
c) dissatisfaction over the results of World War II
d) military officers who supported attacking the Soviet Union
2. Which of the following is not an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a) The United States removed their nuclear missiles from Turkey
b) The United States and Soviet Union established a hotline to improve
communication
c) The United States regained Cuba into their sphere of influence
d) John Kennedy became more popular
3. What was the outcome of the Korean War?
a) Korea was unified under communism
b) China controlled most of Korea
c) North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic war
d) Korea remained divided into North and South
4. The _____ was a program for European economic relief and recovery funded by
the US.
a) Dtente
b) Marshall Plan
c) Red Scare
d) Warsaw Pact
5. Which president is given credit for effectively ending the Cold War?
a) Carter
b) Reagan
c) Nixon
d) Truman
6. What impact did Joseph R. McCarthy have on American society?
a) He encouraged Americans to stand up for civil rights
b) He created opposition to U.S. involvement in Latin American affairs
c) He encouraged a widespread fear of communism
d) He strengthened the U.S Army
7. The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were examples of
a) Eisenhowers domino theory
b) containment policy
c) the arms race
d) communist ideology

8. What event put the U.S. on the brink of nuclear war in the early 1960s?
a) Gulf of Tonkin incident
b) Bay of Pigs
c) Cuban Missile Crisis
d) Tet Offensive
9. The _____ was the imaginary line that divided the capitalist West from the
communist East.
a) HUAC
b) Berlin Wall
c) 38th parallel
d) Iron Curtain
10. The _____ provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union.
a) Truman Doctrine
b) Marshall Plan
c) Berlin Airlift
d) HUAC
MATCHING
____ 11. Used the term Iron Curtain to describe the growth of communism in Europe
____ 12. During the Second Red Scare, pointed the finger at possible Communist
sympathizers
____ 13. Overthrew Batista to make Cuban Government Communist
____ 14. Attempted to cut off Allied access to West Berlin, but was unsuccessful due
to the Berlin Airlift
____ 15. Russian leader responsible for putting nuclear bombs in Cuba (Missile
Crisis)
____ 16. The first to be executed in America for spying during WWII
____ 17. Policies of glasnost and perestroika helped to bring an end to the Soviet
Union
____ 18. Took partial blame for the blunder at Bay of Pigs, but recovered with
solution to Cuban Missile Crisis
____ 19. Introduced a doctrine to aid European DEMOCRATIC countries after WWII
____ 20. Claimed containment was the reason for military intervention in Vietnam
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Winston Churchill
C. Lyndon B. Johnson
D. Fidel Castro
E. John F. Kennedy

F. Nikita Khrushchev
G. Harry Truman
H. Joseph McCarthy
I. Mikhail Gorbachev
J. Julius/Ethel Rosenberg

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21. The term used to describe the easing of tensions between two countries is ____________.
22. The policy of _______________ was used by the United States throughout the Cold War; its goal
was to stop the spread of communism.
23. A ____________ ___________ is defined as political conflict between two countries in which the
countries threaten each other through the use of tactics like propaganda, but no physical fighting
actually occurs.
24. A _________________ government is one in which the government controls the economic,
political, and militaristic parts of society, and there is no privately owned property.
25. The theory that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would also fall is known
as the ____________________ Theory.
SHORT ANSWER
Choose ONE of the following questions to answer in complete sentences.
26. After World War II ended Stalin said, This war is different from all earlier ones; the conqueror
of a region imposes his own social system on it. In 2-3 complete sentences, describe what he
meant by this.

27. In 2-3 complete sentences, name some of the main differences in politics, economy, and
ideology between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.