Cold War quiz

Question 1

What was the cold war?

Answer 1

hostility between the USSR and the USA

Question 2

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 2

It provided economic and military aid to any European countries threatened by communism

Question 3

Did the Truman doctrine work?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

What is the Marshall Plan?

Answer 4

offered money to European countries to help rebuild after war

Question 5

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 6

What is NATO?

Answer 6

a military alliance among democratic nations

Question 7

What asian country fell to communism?

Answer 7

China

Question 8

What was America’s response to the fall of communism in China?

Answer 8

to take a more aggressive approach

• build nuclear weapons
• expand military

Question 9

What is the domino theory?

Answer 9

Where one country falls to communism then all the rest will

Question 10

What was one war that actually happened during the cold war?

Answer 10

korean war

Question 11

Who was a US state employee convicted of spying for the USSR?

Answer 11

Alger Hiss

Question 12

Who is Alger Hiss?

Answer 12

a state employee convicted of spying for the USSR

Question 13

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

Answer 13

a Wisconsin senator who emerged as the leader for anti-communism

Question 14

What was Joseph McCathy known for?

Answer 14

Attacking president Truman and using public trials to make accusations against “communists” in the government

Question 15

Who was president after Truman?

Answer 15

President Eisenhower

Question 16

What are ICBMs?

Answer 16

new long range missiles that president Eisenhower invested in

Question 17

what is brinksmanship?

Answer 17

Where the president would threaten massive nuclear war to achieve that no nuclear weapons would be used by either side

Question 18

Why did Eisenhower create the Interstate highway system?

Answer 18

it was vital to connect cities during a nuclear attack

Question 19

What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Answer 19

Where the president pledged to protect the middle east from communism.

Question 20

What the Eisenhower Doctrine successful?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

What was the first satellite launched in space?

Answer 21

Sputnik I

Question 22

What happened to an American U-2 plane flying over the USSR?

Answer 22

it was shot down and proved we were spying on them

Question 23

What did Eisenhower warn us before he left office?

Answer 23

That we were overspending on defense “Military Industrial Complex”