Cold War Quiz

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries after World War II?

• They each sought to promote their economic and political beliefs around the world.

• They disagreed over the creation of the United Nations.

• They both wanted to control Poland after the war.

• They each did not want the other nation to occupy a portion of Germany after the war.

What does the term "Iron Curtain" represent?

• the division of Germany under Allied control after World War II

• the border between the satellite states of the Soviet Union and democratic nations of Europe

• the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• the 38th parallel dividing North Korea and South Korea

What were the United States' goals for the adoption of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to expand the size of the U.S. military and increase the number of nuclear weapons

• to install democratic governments in Soviet satellite nations and support anti-communists in those nations

• to create a military alliance among western nations and conduct the Berlin Airlift

• to contain communism and rebuild western European economies

Which statement describes the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• an economic development program to rebuild European economies

• a spy agency of pro-communist movements

• a bureau of the United Nations Security Council

• a mutual military alliance against communist aggression

Match the outcome with the Cold War event it best describes.

• Hungarian Uprising

• the creation of a communist state

• Suez Crisis

• a divided region of a communist country and a democratic country with no peace treaty

• Korean War

• Soviets defeat attempt at democracy

• Chinese Civil War

• Soviet success in the region resulted in the Eisenhower Doctrine promising to defend nations against communist aggression

How did the Eisenhower administration seek to stop communist influence in Iran and Guatemala?

• by sending in military advisors, but refusing to send troops

• by sending U.S. troops to occupy each nation until democratic governments were installed

• by using the CIA to secretly overthrow their governments

• by urging the United Nations Security Council to monitor elections

Based on the image, how did the Cold War affect American politics?

• because the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated suspected communists in Hollywood

• by creating suspicion and hysteria around communist subversion

• because Americans elected more communist party members to political offices

• increasing the size of the communist party in the U.S.

Based on the image, how did the Cold War affect American life?

• Americans feared a civil war and fortified their homes

• Americans enjoyed liberty and had nothing to worry about

• Americans feared a nuclear war and built fallout shelters

• Americans supported the Cold War by buying war bonds