Guidance for the Synthesis Question: Encourage students to discuss how the Cold War climate forced the U.S. to live up to its democratic rhetoric to win the "hearts and minds" of the decolonizing world, while simultaneously allowing critics to label civil rights activists as "communists" to derail their efforts.
Century of Conflict Review | Teacher Reference Sheet
7. The U.S. policy of "Containment" was designed to:
A. Aggressively invade existing communist nations to free their citizens
B. Build a wall around the United States to prevent immigration
C. Stop the spread of Soviet influence and communism into new territories
D. Reduce the size of the U.S. military to focus on domestic social programs
8. Which best describes the Cold War strategy of "Brinkmanship"?
A. Maintaining constant peace through cultural exchanges
B. Pushing a dangerous situation to the edge of war to force an opponent to back down
C. Quietly negotiating secret treaties without public knowledge
D. Withdrawing all nuclear weapons from foreign soil to de-escalate tension
9. The policy of "Détente" during the 1970s was characterized by:
A. A return to the aggressive rhetoric of the Second Red Scare
B. The total isolation of the Soviet Union from the global economy
C. An easing of Cold War tensions and increased diplomatic cooperation
D. The immediate dissolution of the United Nations
10. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is considered the closest the world came to:
A. A global economic depression caused by the Space Program
B. Full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union
C. The unification of North and South Korea under one leader
D. A peaceful end to the Civil Rights Movement
11. President Eisenhower's "People-to-People" program aimed to reduce Cold War tensions through:
A. Direct military collaboration with the Soviet Red Army
B. Cultural exchange and personal friendships between ordinary citizens
C. Economic sanctions against nations that practiced segregation
D. The secret monitoring of American households by the FBI
12. The "Space Race" between the U.S. and USSR served as a proxy for which competitive goal?
A. Finding a new planet to colonize after World War II
B. Controlling the world's supply of fossil fuels in the Middle East
C. Demonstrating technological and military superiority
D. Creating a global internet network for citizen communication
13. During the "Second Red Scare," Joseph McCarthy and his supporters gained power by:
A. Providing evidence of massive Soviet infiltration in the Civil Rights Movement
B. Exploiting public fear of communism to accuse political opponents of subversion
C. Passing laws that outlawed racial segregation in the military
D. Leading the diplomatic mission to the Potsdam Conference
14. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s primary goal was to:
A. Re-establish Jim Crow laws in Northern states
B. Dismantle institutionalized segregation and gain legal equality for African Americans
C. Support the Soviet Union in the Space Race to undermine the U.S. government
D. Ensure that Fascist leaders were never again allowed to hold office globally
15. How did the Cold War influence the Civil Rights Movement?
A. It had no impact, as they were separate domestic and foreign issues
B. The U.S. government ignored segregation because they were too busy with Brinkmanship
C. Racial injustice became a global propaganda weakness that the U.S. felt pressured to fix
D. Civil Rights leaders were all arrested during the Cuban Missile Crisis for protesting
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