Mid Cold War Test Part 1
Quiz by Ryan Welborn
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
12 questions
Show answers
- Q1Which of the following was NOT a result of the Alliance for Progress?Chile used the money to build public housing and expand university educationthe program was discontinued by President Johnsonmuch of the money was diverted by corrupt local leaderspromised over $20 billion in economic aid to Latin America45s
- Q2What was the outcome of the Hungarian Uprising?Soviet troops crushed Hungary's reformist movement and replaced NagyEisenhower gave military assistance to the Hungarian revolutionariesNATO was divided about whether to intervene, so it didn'tSoviet leaders decided to permit Hungary to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact45s
- Q3The central principle of this pact was that "an attack against one is to be considered an attack against all". It included most of the countries in the Americas.Mutual Security ActCaracas DeclarationBogota TreatyRio Pact45s
- Q4Which of the following did NOT occur during the Eisenhower presidency?Castro comes to power in CubaBay of Pigs invasionOperation PBSuccess manages to overthrow the reformist government of GuatemalaDuring the Suez Crisis, Britain, France and Israel invade Egypt45s
- Q5Which of the following best describes Eisenhower's policies in Vietnam?strengthening of the ARVN by means of 20,000 military advisorsextensive aerial bombardment and introduction of ground forcesstate-building of South Vietnam by means of 1,000 advisorssubstantial and increasing aid to the French war in Indochina45s
- Q6What was the FBI's role in the Second Red Scare?investigated many American citizens for suspected links to communist organizationsinvestigated Sen. McCarthy for alleged sedition and libelrestricted its investigations to Americans suspected of actual espionage45s
- Q7What did the Polish and Hungarian Uprisings of 1956 show?Eisenhower would not attempt to rollback communism in Eastern EuropeKhrushchev's de-Stalinization campaign would not permit too much reform in the satellite statesWorkers in Eastern Europe were not happy with the 'worker's paradise' in which they livedall of the above45s
- Q8Which of the following best captures the policy recommendation of NSC-141?The US should seek the orderly political and economic development of Latin American nations.The US should support Latin American dictators who will promote US interests.The US should respect the sovereignty and equality of each Latin American nation.The US should prefer the use of covert operations to conventional military intervention.45s
- Q9Who was the Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson?George MarshallJohn Foster DullesDean RuskRobert McNamara45s
- Q10Which of the following was NOT true of Khrushchev's policy of peaceful coexistence?Khrushchev was more willing to attend international conferences and to negotiate than StalinWas motivated by a desire to ease the nuclear and conventional arms race with the USAsserted that the socialist bloc could peacefully coexist with the capitalist blocKhrushchev abandoned efforts to extend Soviet influence into Latin America45s
- Q11For which president was Latin America the highest priority (in terms of economic aid and diplomatic engagement)?JohnsonEisenhowerKennedyTruman45s
- Q12Which of the following was NOT true of Khrushchev's foreign policy?He rapidly expanded the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal and often threatened to use it.He withdrew Soviet aid to communist movements in Vietnam and LaosHe sought improved relations with non-aligned countries such as Yugoslavia and IndiaHe experienced deteriorating relations with Mao's PRC45s