Unit 9: Cold War-Foreign Policy Test Review

Select the 3 that were communist leaders during the cold war

• Fidel Castro
• Mao Zedong
• Chiang Kai shek
• Joseph Stalin
• Ngo Din Diem

Which of the following events was the failed attempt by CIA trained rebels at overthrowing Castro's communist government?

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• U-2 Invasion Failure
• Normandy Invasion

Which of the following was NOT an example of the U.S. attempting to stop the spread of communism?

• U.S. military involvement in Vietnam War
• U.S. military "police action" in Korean War
• U.S. CIA-supported invasion in Bay of Pigs Operation
• U.S. military operation to free hostages in Iran

What was the US response to finding out that the Soviets were building missile silos in Cuba?

• They blockaded the island, refusing to let ships in unless they were inspected by the USA.
• They sank a transport ship carrying missile parts and threatened WW3
• The CIA trained rebels to overthrow Castro which failed terribly making Kennedy look weak.
• Kennedy publicly agreed to removed missiles from Turkey if the Soviets stopped building missiles in Cuba

What was the name of the first man made satellite in space?

• Sputnik I
• Apollo 8
• Explorer 1
• John Glenn

Which event is associated with a view of the earth without boundaries as one lonely planet inspired more support for protecting the environment?

• The launching sputnik I into orbit

• The Blue Marble image from the Apollo 8 mission.

• Neil Armstrong's "One small step" speech becomes famous

• The failure of the Apollo 8 mission to reenter the Earth's atmosphere safely slowed NASA's growth significantly.

Which is described as the US supported the south in a civil war that eventually ended in a success for containment?

• The Chinese Civil War

• The Korean War

• The Cuban Rebellion

• The Vietnam War

What was the result of the Korean War?

• The United States helped South Korea defeat North Korea
• South Korea signed the Treaty of Versailles after losing the war
• An armistice ended the war with a division set at the 38th parallel
• North Korea used nuclear weapons to encourage South Korea to surrender

What did the The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) do?

• It was tasked with investigating people suspected of supporting communism within the United States

• It was responsible for developing spy planes to uncover missile silos in Cuba

• It arrested Joseph McCarthy after he accused Eisenhower of being a communist

• It created the CIA which helped to overthrow several unamerican government around the world

What made Joseph McCarthy famous?

• Known for making extreme and exaggerated accusations that there was widespread infiltration into the U.S. government by communists

• He was convicted of unamerican activities for accusing Eisenhower of being a communist

• He was executed for treason after it became clear he had worked to supply nuclear secrets to the Soviets

• He negotiated a deal between the United States and Iran to release the hostage taken during the Iranian revolution