What started the Cuban Missile Crisis?

US learned the Soviet Union was putting missiles in Cuba

How did the US react to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The US set up a blockade to keep Soviet ships away from Cuba

Which of the following was NOT a way of life in the 1950s

most houses had internet access

What was the result of the Korean War?

Neither side won the war and North Korea remained communist

What was "McCarthyism?"

paranoia that others were communists

Which of the following best describes a cause of the Cold War tensions?

US supported freely elected governments and Soviets did not

What caused the arms race?

Both the US and Soviet Union wanted a strong military

Which of the following describes the US following WWII

The US emerged from the world as a superpower

Why did the US support a containment policy?

US believed in personal freedoms and free enterprise system

Churchill said, "An iron curtain has descended across the continent." What does this mean?

Eastern Europe is closed off from the West based on beliefs

What event led to the Korean War?

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea

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1
What started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba had become a free democratic country
US learned the Soviet Union was putting missiles in Cuba
China had stopped sending missiles to Cuba
The Soviet Union learned the US was putting missiles in Cuba
2
In 1961, what did the Soviets build to divide East Berlin and West Berlin?
The Berlin Curtain
The Berlin Wall
An iron wall
The Iron Curtain
3
How did the US react to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US set up a blockade to keep Soviet ships away from Cuba
US launched satellites toward the Soviet Union
US did nothing about the crisis
US sent Peace Corps workers into Cuba to help him
4
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
5
Which of the following was NOT a way of life in the 1950s
homes now had televisions
most houses had internet access
many homes now had air conditioning
many people were listening to rock and roll
6
What was the result of the Korean War?
Communist China won the Korean War
South Korea won and gladly reunited with North Korea
Neither side won the war and North Korea remained communist
A wall was built between North and South Korea
7
What was "McCarthyism?"
excitement about the future of the government
idea of helping your neighbors
paranoia that others were communists
pride of returning WWII soldiers
8
Which of the following best describes a cause of the Cold War tensions?
US supported communism and the Soviet Union did not
Soviet Union believed in free enterprise and US did not
Soviet Union believed in personal freedoms and US did not
US supported freely elected governments and Soviets did not
9
The US works together with OPEC to
all of the above
determine the price of oil
Determine how much oil to produce
10
What caused the arms race?
The Allies formed the United Nations
Both the US and Soviet Union wanted a strong military
The Soviet Union had missiles hid in Cuba
Soviet Union helped China become a communist nation
11
Which of the following describes the US following WWII
Much of the US was in ruins
The US emerged from the world as a superpower
US gained control of Japan and part of Eastern Europe
The US emerged from the war as one of the world's weakest
12
Why did the US support a containment policy?
US just did what everyone else was doing
US believed communism was good
US believed in personal freedoms and free enterprise system
US was scared of upsetting their Allies
13
Churchill said, "An iron curtain has descended across the continent." What does this mean?
A wall has been built by NATO to prevent further wars
Europe is divided from Africa to Asia
The Marshall Plan is a barrier to Europe
Eastern Europe is closed off from the West based on beliefs
14
Which of the following occurred during the red scare?
Students in school were taught to duck and cover
many people were investigated for involvement with communism
all of the above
Communists were arrested in the US
15
What event led to the Korean War?
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea
Korea was trying to get out of a depression caused by WWII
South Koreans invaded communist North Korea
US tried to join Korea as part of their territory

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