Practice Quiz Cold War
_____ 1) In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention by
A) supporting national desegregation efforts.
B) almost winning multiple Presidential elections.
C) falsely accusing many people of being communists.
D) challenging the President’s decision to use atomic weapons.
_____ 2) The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to
A) prevent another world war.
B) create free trade between all nations.
C) limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.
D) provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.
_____ 3) As part of its policy of "containment" during the Cold War, the United States hoped to keep communist influence in Korea
A) south of the Yalu River.
B) south of the Mekong Delta.
C) north of the 38th parallel.
D) north of the 17th parallel.
_____ 4) In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain
A) blockaded Cuba in retaliation to Soviet actions.
B) broke off all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
C) instituted an economic boycott of all imported Soviet goods.
D) began an airlift designed to keep West Berlin supplied with goods.
_____ 5) Which of these countries would have been "behind the Iron Curtain" during the Cold War?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Poland
D) Spain
_____ 6) The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when
A) the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba, while the US removed missiles from Turkey.
B) CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.
C) the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West.
D) a plan for complete nuclear disarmament was agreed upon between the Soviet Union and the US.
_____ 7) Under the leadership of President Eisenhower, what steps did the United States take in regards to the policy of brinkmanship?
A) The U.S. increased the size of its army and its navy.
B) The U.S. agreed to limit the production of nuclear weapons.
C) The U.S. failed to create the H-bomb before the Soviet Union.
D) The U.S. expanded its air force and its buildup of nuclear weapons.
____ 8) How did General George Marshall propose to prevent the spread of communism to Western Europe?
A) Keep a large US military force stationed all around Western Europe
B) Placing nuclear bombs in strategic positions around the Soviet Union
C) Rebuilding war torn countries with a massive amount of US aid.
D) Interfering with the elections of countries to ensure no communist party came to power.