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Cold War

Quiz by Jessica Baca

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  • Q1

    The goal of Potsdam was to

    Decide what should be done with the world following WWII

    form the Warsaw Pact

    Decide what should be done with the world following WWI

    Decide whether or not the atomic bomb should be used

    60s
  • Q2

    After many Germans living in East Berlin began fleeing the Soviet Union began

    threatening to declare war

    organizing a military alliance

    blockading West Berlin

    building the Berlin Wall

    60s
  • Q3

    "Duck and Cover" was a slogan used to teach

    Ways to protect Americans from satellite spies

    Ways to spot communists

    The way to spot Japanese American spies in WWII

    A way to protect Americans against the atomic bomb

    60s
  • Q4

    This was built to divide Berlin between the East and West

    The German Wall

    The Maginot Line

    The Berlin Wall

    The Iron Curtain

    60s
  • Q5

    The Domino Theory was

    The suspicion that communist spies were producing subliminal messages by using the film industry

    The US fear that democracy would spread county by country

    The US fear that communism would spread country by country

    The fear that if one country used an atomic bomb, many countries would use their atomic bombs

    60s
  • Q6

    One of the major goals of the Soviet Union in Europe after WWII was to

    To rebuild Germany back to it’s former power

    Oversee free elections taking place to build new governments

    Spread democracy to Eastern European Countries

    Create a border of satellite nations

    60s
  • Q7

    Which country successfully tested the atomic bomb in 1949?

    Turkey

    The Soviet Union

    Cuba

    Japan

    60s
  • Q8

    Who was the communist leader of China in 1949?

    Nikita Khrushchev

    Ho Chi Minh

    Kim II-sung

    Mao Zedong

    60s
  • Q9

    Many people began making these for fear of an attack

    Boats so if the US was attacked they could safely escape to islands in the Pacific

    Victory gardens to produce food for a family if necessary

    Lines of communication so in the event of an attack neighbors could still communicate

    Atomic Bomb shelters

    60s
  • Q10

    This person was found out by a government organization to be a communist. This is alarming because this person worked with Truman at Potsdam.

    Dwight Eisenhower

    Alger Hiss

    Joseph McCarthy

    Julius Rosenberg

    60s
  • Q11

    What was the result of the Soviet Union sending the first satellite into space?

    The Russians planned on using this satellite to launch an attack on the United States

    The United States moved to building atomic launch pads in Turkey

    The Japanese began massive investments into their own space program

    The United States emphasizes the education of science and math

    60s
  • Q12

    Senator Joseph McCarthy caught the attention of Americans when he

    He was found to be a communist spy present at the Potsdam conference

    Claimed that communists worked in the the federal government

    He was found spying on the president of the United States

    Constructed the atomic bomb shelter at Greenbriar

    60s
  • Q13

    This organization was tasked with hunting communists in America

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    The Tennessee Valley Authority

    The Central Intelligence Agency

    House of Un-American Activities Committee

    60s
  • Q14

    The following nations became communist except for

    China

    Korea

    West Germany

    East Germany

    60s
  • Q15

    The purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to 

    spark an uprising against Fidel Castro in Cuba

    take over Cuba and make it an American protectorate

    force the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba

    support Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba

    60s

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