VUS.12 - Cold War Quiz

Which group is an international peacekeeping body formed near the end of World War II in an effort to prevent future global wars?

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• Geneva Conventions

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which nations occupied West Germany following World War II?

• France and the Soviet Union

• The United States, Great Britain, and France

• The Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the United States

• The United States and the Soviet Union

The government of the United States executed the Marshall Plan by —

• providing financial aid to war-torn Europe

• training military officials of democratic countries

• building nuclear weapons for democratic countries

• creating an international organization to promote peace

Which countries' issues with communism directly led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine?

• Greece and Italy

• Greece and Turkey

• Italy and Turkey

• Turkey and France

During which war was the herbicide known as Agent Orange used as a military weapon?

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War II

• World War I

Which war was the first fought by the United States in an effort to contain communism?

• Korean War

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

Which President was the first to reopen diplomatic relations with China after it fell to communism in 1949?

• Richard M. Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who became the communist leader of Cuba in 1959?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph McCarthy

• Fidel Castro

• Ho Chi Minh

Which country built missile sites in Cuba in 1962 that caused a crisis with the United States?

• Soviet Union

• China

• Cuba

• East Germany

Who caused a wave of panic and paranoia about communist infiltration of American government in the 1950s?

• Alger Hiss

• Joseph McCarthy

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy