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Name: _______________________
Historical Events 1946-1975 Test
Select the correct answer for each of the following:
1. _____ In the early 1960s, the U.S. became involved in
a. the Vietnam War
b. the Korean conflict
c. The War in Iraq
d. the Japanese Revolution
2. _____Vietnam was divided in half, and South Vietnam was
a. trying to take over North Vietnam
b. was being invaded by North Vietnam
c. trying to rejoin North Vietnam
d. was invading North Vietnam
3. _____Communists controlled
a. North Vietnam
b. South Vietnam
c. North and South Vietnam
d. neither North nor South Vietnam
4. _____The United States decided to help ________ to stop the spread of communism.
a. North Vietnam
b. North and South Vietnam
c. South Vietnam
d. neither North nor South Vietnam
5. _____Many people believed if South Vietnam became communist then
a. so would North Vietnam
b. so would America
c. would all of Southeast Asia
d. so would all of Eurasia
6. _____Americans ________ troops to South Vietnam
a. were divided over whether the military should send
b. were overwhelmingly in support of sending
c. were overwhelmingly against sending
d. did not care if the military sent
7. _____There were ________ the Vietnam War
a. only minor skirmishes in
b. many clear American victories in
c. few protests over
d. many protests over
8. _____U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam in
a. 1969
b. 1971
c. 1973
d. 1975
9.
_____ In ________, North Vietnam took over South Vietnam for good.
a. 1973
b. 1975
c. 1977
10.
d. 1979
_____A wall was built in Berlin to separate the two sides of the city in
a. 1959
b. 1961
c. 1965
11.
d. 1969
_____The Berlin Wall was built by the
a. Americans.
b. West Germans
c. Vietnamese
d. East Germans
12.
_____In 1962, the U.S. learned that ________ had built missile launching pads in Cuba.
a. the United Nations
b. the Soviet Union
c. the Chinese
d. the Cubans
13.
_____The missile launching pads in Cuba are known as the
a. Hot War
b. Cuban-American War
c. Cuban Missile Crisis
d. Soviet Missile Aggression
14.
_____After ________, the Soviet Union said they would remove the missiles from Cuba.
a. 13 days
b. 13 months
c. 13 weeks
d. 13 hours
15.
_____The Soviet Union said they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. agreed.
a. to give up West Germany
b. to become communist
c. to not attack Cuba
d. to not attack the Soviet Union
16.
_____After the Cuban Missile Crisis, a direct ________ was set up to discuss critical
problems.
a. "cold line"
b. "land line"
c. "hot line”
d. “red line"
17.
_____The ________ cut people off from the rest of the world during the Cold War
a. Iron Curtain
b. United Nations
c. European Union
d. Atlantic Ocean
18.
_____Winston Churchill warned that
a. democracy would fall
b. the Great Wall of China should be torn down
c.an Iron Curtain had fallen across Europe
d. the Berlin Wall was an illusion
19.
d.
_____It was called a cold war because
the feelings between the two countries alternated between hot and cold
it was very cold in Russia
it never involved fighting like in a "hot" war
the fighting was cold
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____The distrust and tension between the U.S. and Russia was known as
the Vietnam War
the Korean conflict
the Democratic struggle
the Cold War
a.
b.
c.
20.
21.
D.
_____The Russians set up ________ in eastern Europe
Democracy
Communism
Fascism
Imperialism
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____When Germany was split after World War II, so was
Austria
Russia
the city of Berlin
the city of Rome
A.
B.
C.
22.
23.
24.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____The United States wanted to ________ communism
spread
stop the spread of
support
join
_____The Allied-controlled part of Germany became ________ in 1949
a soviet nation
a communist nation
a part of England
an independent nation
25.
_____When the Soviet Union cut off supplies to West, Germany
a. Axis Power planes delivered supplies.
b. Allied planes delivered supplies
c. West Germany was cut off
d. East Germany invaded West Germany
26.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
28.
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____The Allied Powers supplying West Germany was known as
the Berlin Airlift
the German Airlift
the Communist Airlift
the Soviet Airlift
_____After World War II, ________ was divided along the 38th parallel of latitude
Japan
Korea
Germany
Russia
_____North Korea was controlled by
Communists
the United States
South Korea
the Allies
29.
_____South Korea was backed by
a. Communists
b. the Soviet Union
c. the United Sates
d. the Central Powers
30.
_____The Korean conflict began when
a. the Soviet Union invaded North Korea
b. The United States invaded South Korea
c. South Korea invaded North Korea
d. North Korea invaded South Korea
31.
_____The Korean conflict ended in
a. 1959
b. 1956
c. 1953
d. 1949
32.
_____The Korean conflict ended
a. with an Allied victory
b. with a U.S. victory
c. with a North Korean victory
d. in a stalemate
33.
_____The NATO treaty stated that the countries
a. would help each other in the event of an attack
b. would aggressively attack communism
c. would declare war on the Soviet Union
d. would not engage in any warfare
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b.
c.
d.
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b.
c.
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b.
c.
d.
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b.
c.
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b.
c.
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b.
c.
d.
40.
_____Americans feared that ________ spies might be in the U.S
English
United Nation's
Communist
NATO
_____In the 1940s, many ________ were accused of being communists
Politicians
people in the entertainment industry
women and children
businessmen
_____In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy accused ________ of being communist
the President
U.S. State Department officials
the United Nations
all African Americans
_____McCarthy's accusations
uncovered many legitimate communist threats
ruined many people's lives
were never paid attention to
were quickly proven true
_____In 1956, ________ was a premier of the Soviet Communist Party
Lenin
Karl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Krushchev
_____Krushchev said, "History is on our side
Democracy is good!"
Communism is good!"
We will bury you!"
The West will win!"
_____ Krushchev's statement helped lead to an
armed conflict
b. disarmament
c. arms race
d. arm treaty
a.
41.
_____ During the arms race, the U.S. and Soviet Union
A. built lots of weapons and stored them in case of war
B. struggled to agree on a treaty in case of war
C. raced to outlaw military arms
D. raced to see who could declare war first
Match the correct definition with the correct term.
A. Berlin Wall
E. Iron Curtain
B. Berlin Airlift
F. Cold War
C. NATO
G. Communism
D. Alliances
H. Democratic Republic
42. _____ A form of government that limits personal freedom and citizens have little choice in the
leaders of their government or policies of their government
43. _____ A symbol and description of the distrust between communist and non-communist countries.
44._____ A wall built between East and West Berlin separating Germany into communist and democratic
countries.
45. _____ An organization formed to keep the Soviet Union from spreading communism across Europe.
46. _____ The term used to describe a war of ideas and words.
47. _____ Groups of countries agree to work cooperatively with each other in the areas of trade and
defense.
48. _____ A form of government that promotes personal freedom and representatives are chosen by
citizens to vote in their behalf.
49. _____ The United States and Britain actively attempted to break the Soviet blockade and send
supplies to people trapped in West Berlin.
50. List three (3) countries that were behind the Iron Curtain (communist):
___________________ , ________________________, ________________________