Cold War (U.S. History)

This was the peacekeeping organization developed toward the end of World War II.

Which statement is the most accurate?

Nuclear attack drill conducted in classrooms across the U.S. in early years of the Cold War.

The victorious leader of China in the Chinese Civil War was

All of the following nations were Communist during the Cold War era EXCEPT

Who came up with the phrase "iron curtain"?

U.S. Senator infamous for creating anti-communist hysteria.

U.S. unsuccessfully tried to help the Nationalists in this nation win a war against Communists.

Soviet side of Germany following WWII - eventually became this nation during the Cold War.

The United States developed this more powerful version of the atomic bomb in 1951.

McCarthyism is a term that best relates to

A key characteristic of the economy in the Soviet Union was that

The main problem with the division of Berlin between the four main allied powers was that

After WWII, this former Japanese territory was divided into two parts - Soviet North/U.S. South

All of the following were Soviet satellite nations except

The “Sputnik” event in 1957 was part of what Cold War competition?

Which of the following is true about the “Doomsday Clock”?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed by the United States for giving up

Two main nations competing against each other during the Cold War period.

The main goal of the Soviet Union during the Berlin airlift crisis was to

U.S. president at the beginning of the Cold War into the early 1950s.

The phrase “iron curtain” described

Main reason Stalin felt resentment toward the United States immediately after WWII was because

The Soviet Union put down a pro-democracy rebellion here in 1956 with no U.S. intervention.

Which nation sent in soldiers to help fight alongside North Korean soldiers in the Korean War?

The four nations to split Germany after WWII were

These Cold War leaders were the main rivals through most of the 1950s

During the years following World War II, the United States aimed to