US History Cold War Culture Test 8

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History Test 8 (Cold War Culture) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Cold War Culture USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Cold War Culture.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 8 (Cold War Culture) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 8 (Cold War Culture) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Cold War Culture

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Which term means "anti-communist suspicion campaigns"?

A) McCarthyism

B) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

C) the Marshall Plan

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 2

Which term means "first Moon landing 1969"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) the space race prize

C) the Marshall Plan

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 3

Which person was McCarthy?

A) President

B) General

C) Senator accuser

D) Judge

Question 4

Provide the definition of Space Race culture:

A) Art boom

B) No science

C) Sports only

D) Science hero era

Question 5

Provide the definition of the Truman Doctrine (1947):

A) Support free peoples against communism

B) Free trade

C) Nuclear ban

D) Isolationism

Question 6

What was Beat culture?

A) Mainstream

B) Rebel writers

C) No writers

D) TV stars

Question 7

Which of the following best defines the Tet Offensive (1968)?

A) US victory

B) Withdrawal

C) Viet Cong surprise attack

D) Peace treaty

Question 8

Which term means "Failed CIA invasion of Cuba"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) the Marshall Plan

C) the Tet Offensive (1968)

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 9

What was rock and roll?

A) 1950s youth music

B) Classical

C) Jazz only

D) No music

Question 10

Which of the following best defines Space Race culture?

A) Art boom

B) Science hero era

C) No science

D) Sports only

Question 11

Which of the following best defines suburbia?

A) City crowding

B) Farm return

C) Postwar sprawl

D) No growth

Question 12

Name Elvis.

A) Jazzman

B) Crooner only

C) No singer

D) Rock king

Question 13

What was suburbia?

A) Postwar sprawl

B) City crowding

C) Farm return

D) No growth

Question 14

What was Sputnik shock?

A) Moon landing

B) 1957 satellite fear

C) No satellite

D) US first

Question 15

Which alliance was the Soviet bloc?

A) EU

B) NATO

C) Warsaw Pact

D) UN

Question 16

Which of the following best defines the space race prize?

A) Mars landing

B) space station

C) first satellite only

D) first Moon landing 1969

Question 17

Which of the following best defines TV's role?

A) Shared culture

B) No TV

C) Radio only

D) Movies only

Question 18

Which of the following best defines MLK dream?

A) War cry

B) 1963 equality call

C) Tax plea

D) Sports cheer

Question 19

Which person was the Soviet leader who started reforms in the 1980s?

A) Brezhnev

B) Khrushchev

C) Mikhail Gorbachev

D) Stalin

Question 20

What best defines the pill?

A) No drug

B) Abortion pill

C) Later invention

D) 1960 contraception

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