This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 10 The Cold War Era Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the ultimate goal of American foreign policy during the Cold War, as outlined in the video? A) To prevent the expansion of Soviet influence and communism. B) To establish democratic governments worldwide. C) To engage in direct military conflict with the USSR. D) To support all anti-democratic regimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prevent the expansion of Soviet influence and communism. 2. What was a main reason for building the Berlin Wall? A) To stop people from leaving East Berlin for West Berlin. B) To help people travel faster. C) To protect against floods. D) To build more houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stop people from leaving East Berlin for West Berlin. 3. Which foreign policy promised to aid countries resisting Communist takeover? A) Marshall Plan. B) Iron Curtain. C) Truman Doctrine. D) Massive Retaliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Truman Doctrine. 4. Which doctrine stated that the United States would support countries resisting communism in 1947? A) Truman Doctrine. B) Marshall Plan. C) Eisenhower Doctrine. D) Monroe Doctrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Truman Doctrine. 5. Which US president launched the Cold War by declaring the the US would resist Communist expansion into Easter Europe? A) Franklin Roosevelt. B) Harry Truman. C) Dwight Eisenhower. D) John F. Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry Truman. 6. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by President ..... A) Lyndon B. Johnson. B) Harry Truman. C) Douglas MacArthur. D) Ho Chi Minh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyndon B. Johnson. 7. Which statement best describes the Iron Curtain during the Cold War in Europe? A) A treaty that ended World War II. B) A physical border of concrete walls. C) A mental and political divide in Europe. D) A naval blockade across the Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mental and political divide in Europe. 8. What event marked the "end of the cold war" ? A) Polish labor strikes. B) Cuban Missile Crisis. C) The destruction of the Berlin Wall. D) Free elections in Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destruction of the Berlin Wall. 9. Which President began troop build-up in Vietnanam? A) Harry Truman. B) Ronald Reagan. C) Lyndon B. Johnson. D) John F. Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John F. Kennedy. 10. Which one of the counties were not the member of Warsaw Pact? A) Bulgaria. B) Poland. C) Greece. D) Czechoslovakia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece. 11. Which two military alliances were formed during the Cold War, initiating the arms race? A) NATO and SEATO. B) NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. C) SEATO and the United Nations. D) The United Nations and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. 12. Which of the following promoted reforms in Latin America? A) The Alliance for Progress. B) The Truman Doctrine. C) The Marshall Plan. D) The SALT Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Alliance for Progress. 13. An organization formed in 1955 in Warsaw, Poland, compromising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the USSR, for collective defense under a joint military command. A) Czech Pact. B) Polish Pact. C) Warsaw Pact. D) Soviet Pact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warsaw Pact. 14. What role did the Supreme Court play during the civil rights movement? A) It overturned some of the laws that made segregation legal. B) It wrote new laws that made integration legal. C) It supported the segregationist policies of Southern governors. D) It urged Congress to pass new laws legalizing integration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It overturned some of the laws that made segregation legal. 15. ..... started the Korean War by invading ..... A) N Korea/S Korea. B) USA/N Korea. C) China/USA. D) China/S Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N Korea/S Korea. 16. In the 1950s, the "witch hunt" against Communists in the United States became known as ..... A) McCarthyism. B) Linkage. C) Detente. D) Massive Retaliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) McCarthyism. 17. Why was television important in the 1950's? A) It replaced the radio. B) It made it easy for people to see places and far away events without leaving their homes. C) It led to the creation of packaged frozen dinners nicknamed TV dinners. D) It entertained small children and could be used like a babysitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It made it easy for people to see places and far away events without leaving their homes. 18. What was the main purpose of NATO, formed in 1949? A) To promote communism in post-war Europe. B) To provide mutual defense against an attack by the USSR. C) To establish a new world order. D) To encourage trade between member countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide mutual defense against an attack by the USSR. 19. Rock and roll music ..... A) Became a symbol of youth culture. B) Was created by a communist movement. C) Attacked traditional religious authority. D) Was used mainly in political campaign ads on tv. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Became a symbol of youth culture. 20. Stalin attempted to starve the city of Berlin in what became known as the ..... A) Berlin Blockade. B) Berlin Plan. C) Berlin Airlift. D) Berlin Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Berlin Blockade. 21. North Korea invaded South Korea started the ..... A) The Korean War. B) The Vietnam War. C) The Civil War. D) The Cold War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Korean War. 22. The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops A) Democratic Republic of Vietnam. B) Ngo Dinh Diem. C) Viet Cong. D) Ho Chi Minh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viet Cong. 23. The United States was the first country to successfully send someone to space? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Assess the reasons for the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. Use evidence to justify your answer. A) To support the spread of communism in Asia. B) To prevent the domino effect of countries falling to communism. C) To establish a monarchy in Vietnam. D) To gain control of Vietnam's natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prevent the domino effect of countries falling to communism. 25. Norway was a part of which of the following treaties? A) NATO. B) WARSAW PACT. C) SEATO. D) CENTO. 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