The Cold War was primarily a rivalry between the United States and which country?
D.Soviet Union (USSR)
Cold War America
Test your knowledge of the Cold War era in the United States. McCarthyism, the space race, and superpower rivalry.
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In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
D.1989
Which U.S. president said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"?
B.Ronald Reagan
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during the presidency of whom?
C.John F. Kennedy
In what decade did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
D.1960s
Which U.S. senator led the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s?
C.Joseph McCarthy
The Truman Doctrine was announced in what year?
C.1947
Which U.S. policy aimed to contain the spread of communism?
B.Containment
The Marshall Plan was designed to do what?
C.Rebuild Western Europe after World War II
Which organization was formed in 1949 as a military alliance against the Soviet Union?
A.NATO
In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, starting the space race?
C.1957
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
D.John Glenn
The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was an attempt to overthrow the government of which country?
A.Cuba
Which U.S. president visited China in 1972, opening relations with the communist nation?
A.Richard Nixon
In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?
A.1991
The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized by which leader in a 1946 speech?
A.Winston Churchill
The Berlin Airlift occurred in response to a Soviet blockade of West Berlin in what year?
A.1948
Which U.S. president announced the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")?
B.Ronald Reagan
The SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) agreements were signed by the U.S. and USSR during which president's term?
A.Richard Nixon
Which 1950s event saw the U.S. and USSR compete to demonstrate technological superiority in space?
D.Space Race (after Sputnik)
The "domino theory" suggested that if one country fell to communism, others would follow. It was used to justify U.S. involvement in which conflict?
D.Vietnam War
Who was the Soviet leader when the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR collapsed?
D.Mikhail Gorbachev
The U-2 incident in 1960 involved the shooting down of an American spy plane over which country?
C.Soviet Union
Which U.S. president signed the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty with Gorbachev in 1987?
C.Ronald Reagan
Which conflict was a major Cold War proxy war in Southeast Asia involving U.S. forces?
D.The Vietnam War