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The Cold War 1945-1991
The Cold War 1945-1991
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Questions about the Cold War Era
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1
Which Cold War Era symbol does the political cartoon represent?
The Space Race
The Iron Curtain
McCarthyism
The Cuban Missile Crisis
2
Who won the Korean War?
Japan
Neither side, it was a stalemate
South Korea
North Korea
3
How did life for many women change AFTER WWII?
No women were allowed to work outside the home
All women were expected to find jobs
Many women left their factory jobs and became homemakers
Many women joined the military
4
What trend in home building after WWII was made possible by the growth of highways and cars?
living in big cities
Renting Apartments
Suburban Communities
living in Hoovervilles
5
This man assassinated JKF (According to the official history)
Lee Harvey Oswald
George Herbert Walker Bush
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lee Henry Oswald
6
What is the purpose of the United Nations?
ensure every nation has nuclear weapons
to find peaceful solutions to international issues
determine how much oil should be produced
nations who agreed to defend each other from the USSR
7
This treaty was established by the USSR to combat NATO (the opposite of NATO).
NORAD
Central Powers
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
8
How did the relationship between the USSR and the US change after WWII?
they both became members of NATO
they remained allies
They both became members of the Warsaw Pact
the became rivals
9
How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
The Berlin Experiment
The Berlin Convoy
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Express
10
The American policy for dealing with communism was?
Political Posturing
Containment
Nuclear Attacks
Isolation
11
This president was the last American president to be assassinated in office
McKinnley
Lincoln
Reagan
Kennedy
12
Why was NATO originally established?
to create a group of nations to protect each other from USSR
ensure every nation had nuclear weapons
determine how much oil should cost
find peaceful issues to international issues
13
This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
Kennedy
McCarthy
Nixon
Johnson
14
What effect did the END of WWII have on American factories?
Factories started making consumer goods
Factories began to hire women
Factories had to close as a result of WWII
Factories began to make tanks and ammunition
15
This idea kept the two superpowers from destroying each other
MAD (The Magazine)
MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Drivers)
MAD (I'm really angry)
MAD(Mutually Assured Destruction)
16
What Cold War Era event is being depicted in the political cartoon?
The Korean Conflict
McCarthyism
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
17
The Berlin Wall came down in what year?
1991
1990
1989
1988
18
This structure was the physical representation of divide during the Cold War.
The Great Wall
The Korean DMZ
Trump's Wall
The Berlin Wall
19
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
Pluto
Mars
the moon
Earth
20
What is the name of the economic system in which the gov. controls all business and property?
Capitalism
Isolationism
Communism
McCarthyism
21
Which committee in Congress was established to investigate communist activities?
Ways and Means Committee
Communist Hunters Committee
House Unamerican Activities Committee
Bob
22
Who was the leader of communist Cuba?
Marco Rubio
Eduardo Cruz
Fidel Castro
Mao Zedong
23
The US became involved in the Korean Conflict primarily because
the Soviets wanted to provide Korea with nuclear weapons
the US wanted to make Korea a US territory
US wanted to stop the spread of Communism to South Korea
24
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in nuclear war
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
The launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
25
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Jeffersons
The Rosenbergs
The Gergarins
The Jetsons
26
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Arms Race
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
Space Race
27
What is the name of the organization that decides how much oil should be produced and the cost?
NASA
OPEC
NATO
UN
28
What was the name of the first sattelite launched into space?
Steve
Spudknick
Sputnik
Mutknick
