Mercer Middle School “The Cold War and the 1950s”
History April
What organization was established to prevent future Global wars?
A: United Nations
B:
Warsaw Pact
C: League of Nations
D:
Marshall Plan
United Nations
A state of tension with no actual fighting between The Soviet Union and Us is known as….
A: Korean War
B:
Japanese War
C: Cold War
D:
World War III
Cold War
What was the iron curtain?
A: A wall constructed
between Berlin
B:
A struggle between the US and USSR
The divisible line C: between N. and S. Korea
D:
An invisible barrier that separated E. and W. Europe
An invisible barrier that separated E. and W. Europe
What separated North and South Korea?
A: 38 parallel
B:
36 parallel
C: 18 parallel
D:
Iron curtain
38 parallel
Which country fought on North Korea’s side?
A: Japan
B:
China
C: United States
D:
Poland
China
What wasn’t a result of the Baby Boom?
A: Decrease of homes
B: Growth of suburbs
C: Interstate highways
D:
Growth in populations
Decrease of homes
What was the symbol of the division in Europe?
A: 38 parallel
B:
Berlin Wall
C: Great Wall of China
D:
Steel curtian
Berlin Wall
What was the popular general that was fired by Truman?
A: Thomas Dewy
B:
Douglas McArthur
C: Teddy Roosevelt
D:
Strom Thurmond
Douglas McArthur
What helped rebuild the countries of Western Europe?
A: Marshall Plan
B:
Truman Doctrine
C: United Nations
D:
NATO
Marshall Plan
What was the economy like in the 1950s?
A: Plagued with problems
B:
Booming peacetime economy
C: Start of a new
depression
D:
Increase of war consumer goods
Booming peacetime economy
What provided loans for college, housing, and Employment to WWII veterans ?
A: Fair Deal
B:
Marshal Plan
C: NATO
D:
G.I. Bill of Rights
G.I. Bill of Rights
How did senator Joseph McCarthy gain National attention?
A: He stopped the Korean
War
B:
He signed the Marshall Plan
He controlled the C: Berlin Airlift
He accused people of D: being communist during the Red Scare
He accused people of being communist during the Red Scare
What was the end result of the Vietnam War?
A: The North took over
the South and reunited Vietnam
B:
Vietnam was no longer communist
C: World War I started
D:
Communist no longer existed
The North took over the South and reunited Vietnam
When did the Berlin Wall Fall?
A: 1983
B:
1989
C: 1991
D:
1961
1989
What country was broken up at the end of the Cold War?
A: Soviet Union
B:
Cuba
C: United States
D: China
Soviet Union
What wasn’t a military alliance made during the Cold War?
A: Warsaw Pact
B:
NATO
C: United Nations
D:
Both A and B
United Nations
What wasn’t a major event of the Korean War?
A: United Nations was
made
B:
N. Korea evades S. Korea
C: US and UN join forces
D: China helps N. Korea
United Nations was made
When the Berlin Wall fell, what country Did it reunite?
A: China
B:
Germany
C: Soviet Union
D:
Japan
Germany
What was considered a possible nuclear war?
A: Cubin Missile Crisis
B:
Korean War
C: The Blockade
D:
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
A: Ho Chi Minh
B:
Hideki Tojo
C: Adolf Hitler
D:
F.D.R.
Ho Chi Minh
What separated North Korea from South Korea?
A: Berlin Wall
B:
Iron Curtain
C: 38th parallel
D:
Marshall Plan
38th parallel
Which is NOT considered a major Cold War event?
A: World War II
B:
Korean War
C: Berlin Airlift
D:
Vietnam War
World War II
Which two countries were the major superpowers of The Cold War?
A: Great Britain and
United States
B:
United States and Soviet Union
C: United States and
Cuba
D:
Soviet Union and Great Britain
United States And Soviet Union
Which of the war was the first to see desegregated Military forces?
A: World War II
B:
Korean War
C: Vietnam War
D:
The Cold War
Korean War
What gave the President the power to send troops Without Congress declaring war?
A: G.I. Bill of Rights
B:
19th amendment
C: Marshall Plan
D:
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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