US History Cold War Test 6

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History Us Cold War (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History Us Cold War (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History Us Cold War (High School) · Country: USA

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

Why did US enter Korea?

A) Stop communist north

B) Oil

C) Colonies

D) No reason

Question 2

Which wall divided a city 1961-1989?

A) Wailing Wall

B) Berlin Wall

C) Hadrian's Wall

D) Great Wall

Question 3

Which of the following best defines the Space Race?

A) Trade race

B) Olympics

C) US-Soviet competition in space

D) Arms race

Question 4

What was glasnost?

A) Crackdown

B) No change

C) War plan

D) Openness policy

Question 5

Which of the following best defines Vietnam War?

A) 1955 to 1975 conflict

B) WWII battle

C) Korea fight

D) Gulf war

Question 6

Which of the following best defines the space race prize?

A) space station

B) first Moon landing 1969

C) Mars landing

D) first satellite only

Question 7

Which war was fought 1950-1953?

A) WWII

B) Vietnam War

C) Korean War

D) Gulf War

Question 8

Which person were the Cold War rivals?

A) Japan and China

B) France and Germany

C) USA and Britain

D) USA and USSR

Question 9

Provide the definition of Cuban Missile Crisis:

A) 1962 standoff

B) Bay win

C) Missile gift

D) Trade deal

Question 10

Who were the Cold War rivals?

A) Japan and China

B) USA and USSR

C) France and Germany

D) USA and Britain

Question 11

What best defines Truman Doctrine?

A) Isolation return

B) Asia open

C) 1947 aid doctrine

D) Tax allies

Question 12

Which war was 1965-1973 for the US?

A) Korean War

B) Iraq War

C) Gulf War

D) Vietnam War

Question 13

Which of the following best defines glasnost?

A) Openness policy

B) Crackdown

C) No change

D) War plan

Question 14

Which of the following best defines Gorbachev's role?

A) Hardliner

B) Reforms ending

C) No role

D) War starter

Question 15

What was Marshall Plan?

A) Asia war fund

B) Moon program

C) Europe rebuild aid

D) Tax cut

Question 16

Provide the definition of the Tet Offensive (1968):

A) Withdrawal

B) Peace treaty

C) US victory

D) Viet Cong surprise attack

Question 17

What best defines McCarthyism?

A) anti-communist suspicion campaigns

B) space program

C) art movement

D) tax reform

Question 18

Name the Soviet leader who started reforms in the 1980s.

A) Stalin

B) Mikhail Gorbachev

C) Khrushchev

D) Brezhnev

Question 19

What best defines the Bay of Pigs (1961)?

A) Peace talks

B) Trade deal

C) Failed CIA invasion of Cuba

D) Successful invasion

Question 20

What was the Truman Doctrine (1947)?

A) Nuclear ban

B) Free trade

C) Isolationism

D) Support free peoples against communism

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