US History Cold War Test 8

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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

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Question 1

What was containment?

A) Blocking Soviet spread

B) Attacking Moscow

C) Leaving NATO

D) Cutting defense

Question 2

Which of the following best defines McCarthyism?

A) space program

B) anti-communist suspicion campaigns

C) art movement

D) tax reform

Question 3

Which term means "Western military alliance"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) the Marshall Plan

C) NATO

D) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 4

What best defines McCarthyism?

A) space program

B) art movement

C) tax reform

D) anti-communist suspicion campaigns

Question 5

Which term means "Reforms ending"?

A) Gorbachev's role

B) the Tet Offensive (1968)

C) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

D) the Space Race

Question 6

Which term means "Europe rebuild aid"?

A) the Tet Offensive (1968)

B) Marshall Plan

C) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

D) the Space Race

Question 7

Which term means "1962 standoff"?

A) the Tet Offensive (1968)

B) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

C) Cuban Missile Crisis

D) the Space Race

Question 8

Which term means "1955 to 1975 conflict"?

A) the Tet Offensive (1968)

B) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

C) the Space Race

D) Vietnam War

Question 9

Provide the definition of Gorbachev's role:

A) Reforms ending

B) Hardliner

C) No role

D) War starter

Question 10

Which of the following best defines the Marshall Plan?

A) Military alliance

B) Aid to rebuild Europe

C) Space program

D) Aid to Asia

Question 11

Which term means "Blocking Soviet spread"?

A) the Tet Offensive (1968)

B) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

C) containment

D) the Space Race

Question 12

What was the space race prize?

A) space station

B) Mars landing

C) first satellite only

D) first Moon landing 1969

Question 13

Which term means "Pressure plus talks"?

A) Reagan's role

B) the Tet Offensive (1968)

C) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

D) the Space Race

Question 14

Which term means "Failed CIA invasion of Cuba"?

A) the Truman Doctrine (1947)

B) the Bay of Pigs (1961)

C) the Marshall Plan

D) the Tet Offensive (1968)

Question 15

What was the Space Race?

A) Trade race

B) Olympics

C) US-Soviet competition in space

D) Arms race

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

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

A) Mikhail Gorbachev

B) Stalin

C) Khrushchev

D) Brezhnev

Question 18

What best defines the Bay of Pigs (1961)?

A) Peace talks

B) Failed CIA invasion of Cuba

C) Trade deal

D) Successful invasion

Question 19

What was the Truman Doctrine (1947)?

A) Nuclear ban

B) Free trade

C) Support free peoples against communism

D) Isolationism

Question 20

What was glasnost?

A) Crackdown

B) No change

C) War plan

D) Openness policy

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