Cold War Quiz

Match the following

• if one country falls to communism, others will follow

• Containment

• stop communism from spreading to other countries

• Domino Theory

• military aid to foreign countries

• Marshall Plan

• loans to foreign countries

• Truman Doctrine

Which two answer choices explain why the object in the picture was of great concern to Americans?

• the Soviets can spy on us from space

• if the Soviets can launch this into space, they can also launch nuclear weapons

• the Soviets launched a dog into space using this device

• the USSR gets to the moon first with this device

The ​ (a)   was the first time the United States stood up to Soviet​ (b)  

• Berlin Air Lift
• aggression.
• Warsaw Pact
• decency

Western military alliance established to keep Soviet aggression in check.

• United Nations

• CIA

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

American Senator whose name is synonymous with the Red Scare.

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Douglas MacCarthur

• Franklin Roosevelt

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sold information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union

• True

• False

According to ​ (a)   , since ​ (b)   fell to communism, ​ (c)   would become communist, too.

• domino theory
• China
• South Korea

What major strategy was the US employing when it led a UN coalition to war on the Korean peninsula?

• McCarthyism

• known unknowns

• containment

• shock and awe

Sort these items that contributed to the longest economic boom in American history.

• increased the demand for housing

• Baby Boom

• paid for college and career training for veterans of WW2

• Interstate Highway Act of 1956

• fueled massive economic growth

• Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill)

• connected suburbs and cities

• consumer spending

​ (a)   invented the vaccine for ​ (b)  

• Jonas Salk
• polio
• Elvis Presley
• chicken pox
• cornbread feet