Cold War Test

How was the cold war different from previous wars involving the United States?

• The Cold War battles were fought with more modern weapons

• The Cold War refers to political and economic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

• Previous wars were fought between the United Sates and European nations, this war was between the USA and the Soviet Union.

Which statement describes communism?

• a political system in which every person gets a vote.

• a political system in which people are foced to live in communities

• a political and econommic system wehre the government owns and distributes wealth and resources

• an economic system where the government takes everyone's money and invests in in the national stock market

What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist East Europe from democratic West Europe?

• Iron Wall

• Berlin Wall

• Berlin Curtain

• Iron Curtain

Which person was the USA senator that proposed that citizens should turn in their neighbor to the police if they suspected that their neighbor was a communist?

• Harry S Truman

• Richard Nixon

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight Eisenhower

What was the name of the conflict involving nuclear weapons that almost erupted in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Soviet Union Missile Crisis

• American missile Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Panama Canal Conflict

How was the United States involved in the Vietnam War?

• The United States was allied with North Vietnam

• The United States dropped an atomic bomb on South Vietnam

• The United States did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts.

• The United States provided economic and military aid to prevent the spread of communism.

What was the Red Scare?

• The fear of communists

• A nationwide hunt for communist in the U.S.

• "Communist Scare"

• All of the above

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  

• To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
• To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
• As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
• All of the above

Why was the Red Scare also known as McCarthyism?

• Joseph McCarthy didn’t like the Soviet Union and the color red.
• Joseph McCarthy believed that hundreds of Communists were in the US government.
• McCarthy was afraid that the Soviet Union would take jobs away from the United States.
• McCarthy found 100 Soviet spies in the US government working and trying to take it over.

This economic system America uses today.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Capitalism