• Alger Hiss conviction • Rosenberg trial • McCarthy hearings These post-WWII show US fear of

a communist threat inside the United States

What was the purpose of the Berlin airlift?

supplying West Berlin necessities during the Soviet blockade

The Cold War was characterized by

tension in communist nations to Western democracy

The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union embarrassed the United States because it

the US failed to keep up scientific achievement

A direct result of World War II was

the United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers

The policy of containment can best be defined as

U.S. goal preventing spread of communism in Europe and Asia

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Cold War Quiz day 1 and 2

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• Alger Hiss conviction • Rosenberg trial • McCarthy hearings These post-WWII show US fear of
labor conflicts in United States cities
an increase in immigration from the Soviet Union
an expansion of communism into Cuba
a communist threat inside the United States
2
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was organized mainly to provide for
cultural unity
international government
Economic growth
mutual defense
3
The League of Nations and the United Nations were both created as an attempt to
eliminate military dictatorships
stop the spread of communism
work for a single world culture
maintain international peace
4
The SALT I and II agreements in 1970s tried to improve Cold War relations between US & USSR
limiting nuclear weapons
lowering barriers to trade
increasing cultural exchanges
encouraging space exploration
5
What was the purpose of the Berlin airlift?
supplying West Berlin necessities during the Soviet blockade
forcing the Soviet Union to end occupation of East Germany
assisting people trying to escape from East Berlin
helping defeat the German military
6
The Cold War was characterized by
tension in communist nations to Western democracy
United Nations control of nuclear weapons
worldwide acceptance of Marxist ideas
cooperation between the superpowers
7
The shelter pictured in this handbook was designed to help Americans survive
pandemic diseases
natural disasters
nuclear war
global climate changes
8
The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union embarrassed the United States because it
revealed that the Soviets had nuclear weapons
the US failed to keep up scientific achievement
confirmed the United States use of U-2 spy planes
allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Turkey
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isolationism
imperialism
détente
containment
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A direct result of World War II was
Eastern European nations became democratic
the United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers
Germany was given colonies in Africa
the Japanese people elected a military government
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The policy of containment can best be defined as
economic system government owns the means of production
Khrushchev's goal peaceful coexistence with the U.S.
U.S. goal preventing spread of communism in Europe and Asia
Soviet Unions goal spread their government over the world
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The Truman doctrine and the Berlin Airlift were examples of the United States foreign policy of
containment
nonalignment
colonialism
detente

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