HISTORY COLD WAR QUIZ

Question 1

Kennedy Debate vs. Nixon-
(date, who won, significance)

Answer 1

1960 debate
1st televised debate
Kennedy won the debate

Question 2

Bay of Pigs:
(who?)

Answer 2

U.S./Cuban exiles and Cuba

Question 3

Bay of Pigs:
(what?)

Answer 3

An airstrike (invasion) from the U.S. which failed

Question 4

Bay of Pigs:
(when)

Answer 4

April 17th 1961

Question 5

Bay of Pigs:
(where?)

Answer 5

In South Cuba

Question 6

Bay of Pigs:
(why?)

Answer 6

aimed to overthrow communist government in cuba

Question 7

Bay of Pigs:
(consequences/result?)

Answer 7

U.S. lost

America accepted defeat and lost a lot of prestige and pride. It was exposed that America tried to invade another country.

Question 8

Berlin Wall:
(what?)

Answer 8

The Russians built the Berlin Wall to separate communism and non-communism East and West Berlin.

Question 9

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(who?)

Answer 9

U.S and Cuba/Soviet Union

Question 10

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(what?)

Answer 10

The soviets had an atomic bomb in cuba.

Question 11

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(when?)

Answer 11

October 16th 1962

Question 12

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(where?)

Answer 12

Cuba

Question 13

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(why?)

Answer 13

to get ahead in nuclear abilities

The Soviet Union, disturbed by the attempted Bay of Pigs invasion, had pledged to support Castro’s government.

• the u.s knew because of their radiation activities their spy plane detected

Question 14

Cuban Missile Crisis:
(end result? end deal?)

Answer 14

Soviet Union promised they would withdraw their missiles in Cuba, U.S. promised not to invade and withdrew our missiles in turkey.

led to the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Question 15

Interstate Highway Act of 1954:

Answer 15

Creation of hundreds of miles of freeways

(allowed for the evacuation of major cities in the event of nuclear attack)

-created deserted towns

Question 16

Purpose of United Nations:

Answer 16

To try to solve any disputes between nations, to prevent going to war.

Question 17

Security Council:
(# of members and who? and what?)

Answer 17

-5 members
(U.S. ,Russia, Great Britain, China, France)
- security council within the United Nations

Question 18

Germany/Berlin Division:
(what? how divided? problem?)

Answer 18

Germany and Berlin were divided in half.

West Berlin-controlled by the U.S.

East(Berlin)- controlled by the Soviets.

Problem: people that lived around west Berlin, if you can get out of west Berlin, you can get out of communism.

Question 19

N.A.T.O:
(what?)

Answer 19

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(U.S. and their allies.)

Question 20

Warsaw Pact:
(what?)

Answer 20

Soviet Union and their “Satellite Nations”

a military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe

Question 21

Occupation of Japan:
(what?)

Answer 21

United States occupied helped rebuild Japan, close trading partners and allies.

Question 22

Collective Security:
(what does it mean to have it?)

Answer 22

• If I have allies, I have collective security.

Question 23

Satellite State:

Answer 23

Countries that were a part of the Warsaw pact that were allies with the soviet Union

(communist countries)

Question 24

Cold War Dates:

Answer 24

1945- to early 1990’s

Question 25

Containment:

Answer 25

US policy to Contain communism events

Question 26

Truman Doctrine:

Answer 26

a US policy of providing political, military, and economic aid to nations resisting communism, aiming to contain its spread

Question 27

Marshall Plan:

Answer 27

Called for the Nations of Europe to draw up a program for economic recovery from the war.

Question 28

Berlin Blockade:

Answer 28

You can no longer get to West Berlin because Soviets blocked all land access to West Berlin and prevented resources from reaching there. - Soviets failed because U.S resulted to aircraft.

Question 29

China Turns Red:

Answer 29

Part of the Cold war U.S tried to stop communism from spreading. - Communism spread into China, and the US failed.

Question 30

Soviets Detonate Bomb:

Answer 30

Shows that they were equal in terms of military.

Question 31

Korean War- Dates?

Answer 31

June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953

Question 32

When was sputnik launched?

Answer 32

October 4, 1957

Question 33

Why did the Korean/Cold war start?

Answer 33

North Korea was trying to take over South Korea and unifying the country

Question 34

What was the outcome of the Korean/Cold war?

Answer 34

There was an armistice, no territory was gained or lost. The korean war was a stalemate - large tensions - two divided nations (North and South Korea)

Question 35

In the Korean/Cold war, who replaced Truman?

Answer 35

Eisenhower

Question 36

Sputnik: (significance?)

Answer 36

showed that the Soviets were ahead in the space race.

Question 37

U-2 Spy Plane: (significance?)

Answer 37

was going to expand our war industry, we were going to build more and more

Question 38

Brinkmanship: (what?)

Answer 38

your taking events that lead you to the brink of war. (like cuban missile crisis)

Question 39

Eisenhower Doctrine:

Answer 39

- foreign policy speech - policy of containment introduced - policy to prevent communism in any way.

Question 40

Domino Theory:

Answer 40

If one country falls to communism, other countries will fall too.

Question 41

Military Industrial Complex:

Answer 41

Eisenhower's warning that you need to be careful of the influence in what can happen if you continue to build up your military resources. - refers to the close relationship between a nation's military, defense industry, and government

Question 42

GI Bill: (what?)

Answer 42

gave world war ll veterans low-interest mortgages to purchase new homes and provided them with educational stipends to go to college or graduate school.

Question 43

Change for the role of Women in 1950s:

Answer 43

Women had gone into the defense industry and many types of jobs that used to be held by men. In order to get women to join the war effort the federal government had also provided child care and good wages.

Question 44

Why the suburbs grew:

Answer 44

Suburban homes offered a chance for middle class families to live the American dream. Made atomic destruction of the mass population less likely. The GI bills also let veterans buy homes cheaply.

Question 45

Music of 1950’s:

Answer 45

Rock n roll became one of the most popular genres of music to listen to and overthrew rhythm and blues. Some adults disliked this music while some people in this generation became known as beatniks.

Question 46

Importance of Television:

Answer 46

The percent of Americans that owned a television were 90 percent of people with at least one television set. They would spend six hours per day sitting in front of the television and watching.

Question 47

Cars/automobiles in 1950s:

Answer 47

Many Americans in the suburbs depended more on automobiles and from 1948 to 1958, passenger car sales increased by more than 50 percent.

Question 48

Baby Boom in 1950s:

Answer 48

With people living better and having money, the birth rate, which had fallen to 19 births per 1,000 people during the Depression, soared to more than 25 births per 1,000 in its peak year of 1957.

Question 49

McCarthyism:

Answer 49

Senator who accused communist of infiltrating federal agencies.

Question 50

American Dream 1950’s:

Answer 50

characterized by a home in the suburbs and a car in the garage.

Question 51

What did Kennedy do during his presidency?

Answer 51

foreign policies