U.S. History Standards Questions: Cold War
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This quiz helps prepare students for the California U. S. History STAR test. It covers the Cold War, including Korea and Vietnam.
- 1.
- A.
Great Britain’s role as a world leader increased in the Cold War era.
- B.
Great Britain aligned itself with the Soviet Union and fell out of favor with the United States.
- C.
Great Britain’s role as a world leader decreased in the Cold War era.
- D.
Great Britain stepped up the imperial policies it had begun in the nineteenth century during the Cold War.
- 2.
- A.
Monroe Doctrine
- B.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- C.
Truman Doctrine
- D.
Berlin Wall Doctrine
- 3.Which of the following best characterizes the two administrations of President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
- A.
“Dynamic conservatism” led to the creation of a welfare state.
- B.
“Dynamic conservatism” led to the creation of the Great Society.
- C.
The nation failed to successfully transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy.
- D.
The nation successfully transitioned from a wartime to a peacetime economy.
- 4.Post World War II affluence in American society contributed to which of the following phenomena?
- A.
The disappearance of the family farm
- B.
The increase of “white-collar” jobs
- C.
Sharp decline in housing and birth rates
- D.
Women returning to the workforce in unprecedented numbers
- 5.Which of the following actions by President Truman demonstrates his support of organized labor in the United States?
- A.
His backing of coal mine owners against striking miners
- B.
His vetoing of the Taft-Hartley Act
- C.
His threatening to draft striking railroad workers into the army
- D.
All of the above
- 6.Which of the following exercises of presidential authority was President Kennedy’s response to Cold War pressures?
- A.
Expansion of Green Berets special military forces
- B.
Increased aid to Latin American countries
- C.
Creation of the Peace Corps
- D.
All of the above
- 7.United States foreign policy during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s is best summed up by which of the following terms?
- A.
Disarmament
- B.
Containment
- C.
Liberalism
- D.
National security
- 8.Which of the following was the primary reason behind the creation of the United Nations and the UN Security Council?
- A.
They were the only safeguard against future Japanese aggression.
- B.
Only an American political organization could prevent another world war.
- C.
Only an international political organization could prevent another world war.
- D.
Only the establishment of an independent Jewish state could prevent another world war.
- 9.By entering into the NATO alliance, the United States committed itself militarily to safeguarding Europe. Which of the following best explains why the United States did this?
- A.
Principally to defend against possible communist aggression
- B.
Principally to allow Eastern Europe to rebuild after the war
- C.
Principally to intimidate Western European countries
- D.
Because of the “space race”
- 10.When leaving office in 1962, President Eisenhower warned Americans to beware the huge political influence of the so-called military-industrial complex. The build up that had led to this military-industrial complex primarily resulted from which of the following?
- A.
World War II
- B.
The Korean War
- C.
The Vietnam War
- D.
The Cold War
- 11.Which of the following resulted directly from the Cold War?
- A.
The House Un-American Activities Committee
- B.
Atomic missile testing
- C.
The Bay of Pigs invasion
- D.
The Great Society
- 12.The Truman Doctrine, which purported to defend free people from subjugation by outside pressure, in fact produced which of the following?
- A.
The end of the Cold War
- B.
The end of the Korean War
- C.
The groundwork for the Korean War
- D.
The groundwork for the Cold War
- 13.The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, in 1948 and the division of the city of Berlin represented which of the following?
- A.
End of the Cold War
- B.
Onset of the Cold War
- C.
“domino theory” of communist aggression
- D.
Build up of the military-industrial complex
- 14.President Truman sent American troops to South Korea in 1950 as part of his “containment policy.” What did Truman’s policy seek to contain?
- A.
South Korea
- B.
Soviet Union
- C.
The spread of communism
- D.
War in South Korea
- 15.Why did the United States plan the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba?
- A.
They feared an imminent Soviet invasion of Cuba.
- B.
They feared an imminent Cuban invasion of the United States.
- C.
They feared the Soviets would use Cuba as a base to spread communism in the West.
- D.
The Soviets feared the United States would eventually plan an invasion of Cuba.
- 16.The notion that “mutual assured destruction” would prevent an outbreak of world war was possible only because of which of the following?
- A.
Nuclear weapons
- B.
The Space Race
- C.
The Bay of Pigs
- D.
The Truman Doctrine
- 17.President Kennedy channeled much aid to Latin American countries, striving to create a “free and prosperous Latin America” and to accomplish which of the following?
- A.
To push Latin American countries to embrace communism
- B.
To deter Latin American countries from embracing communism
- C.
To influence Latin American countries to attack Cuba
- D.
To influence Latin American countries to defend Cuba
- 18.Which of the statements about the antiwar movement in the United States during the Vietnam War is correct?
- A.
The antiwar movement was in responset to U.S. foreign policy but had negligible effect on it.
- B.
The antiwar movement was independent of U.S. foreign policy and had negligible effect on it.
- C.
The antiwar movement was in response to U.S. foreign policy and had significant effect on it.
- D.
The total failure of the antiwar movement effectively ended civilian protest of U.S. foreign policy in the United States.
- 19.Which of the following statements about the Vietnam War and citizen protest is correct?
- A.
For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioned and protested government policies.
- B.
For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioned and protested the nation’s involvement in a war.
- C.
For the first time during the Vietnam War, U.S. citizens questioning and protesting government policies had an effect on those policies.
- D.
For the first time during the Vietnam War, a majority of U.S. citizens publicly supported communism.
- 20.Which of the following statements best describes the end of the Cold War?
- A.
The Reagan administration’s military build up and the Star Wars program forced the Soviet Union to surrender.
- B.
Aggressive Reagan administration policies along with a Soviet military build-up resulted in a stalemate.
- C.
Reagan administration policies and those of Soviet leader Gorbachev, and the growing Solidarity labor movement in Eastern Europe all contributed to the end of the Cold War.
- D.
The economic model presented to Eastern Europe by the U.S. in the 1980s led to the collapse of communism worldwide.
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