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- 1. Multiple Choice
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?Berlin AirliftWorld War IIBritish Air RaidSoviet Food Drive - 2. Multiple ChoiceI was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?Henry FordCharles LindberghJoseph McCarthyGeneral Eisenhower - 3. Multiple ChoiceIn 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism. Communists from the north tried to take over the south. What role did he US play in this war?The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.The US and its allies fought to defend the North.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnamto stop the spread of communism to South Vietnamto stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kongto prevent attacks against United States shipping
- 5. Multiple ChoiceI was born in 1894.
I was the leader of the USSR.
I wanted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba. I served as leader until 1964.
Who am I?Adolf HitlerJoseph McCarthyBenito MussoliniNikita Khrushchev - 6. Multiple ChoiceHow did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?The US almost started a war with Cuba.The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.The US landed a person on the moon.The USSR broke apart into nation-states.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho built the Berlin Wall?Soviet UnionNATOThe UNChina
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the United States begin to send advisers and troops to Vietnam in the 1950s?to prepare for the United States invasion of Laosto defend American bases in the Gulf of Tonkinto help the South Vietnamese revolt against the Frenchto prevent the spread of communism into South Vietnam
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does NATO stand for?North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNorth American Treaty OrganizationNorth American Truce OrganizationNorth Asian Trust Order
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize?The division between East Germany and West GermanyThe division between East Berlin and West BerlinThe division between communist Europe and noncommunist EuropeThe division between North Korea and South Korea
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho were the two participants in the Space Race?The US and CubaThe USSR and USChina and USUS and North Vietnam
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?GagarinSputnikApollo 11Apollo 13
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the spaceflight in July of 1969 conducted by America that landed Americans on the moon?Vostok 1SputnikApollo 13Apollo 11
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