Cold War Memories
Instructions: From duck-and-cover drills to the space race, how much do you remember about the Cold War?
- 1.
What phrase did Winston Churchill use in 1946 to describe the division between Western and Soviet-controlled Europe?
AThe Red CurtainBThe Iron CurtainCThe Berlin BarrierDThe East-West Divide - 2.
What was the name of the school safety drill where children hid under their desks?
AHit the DeckBShelter in PlaceCDrop and RollDDuck and Cover - 3.
What plan provided American economic aid to rebuild war-torn Europe after World War II?
AThe Atlantic CharterBThe Eisenhower PlanCThe Marshall PlanDThe Truman Doctrine - 4.
Which senator led aggressive investigations into alleged Communist infiltration in the early 1950s?
AStrom ThurmondBJoseph McCarthyCRobert TaftDRichard Nixon - 5.
What was the 1962 standoff over Soviet missiles in the Caribbean called?
AThe Havana ConfrontationBThe Bay of Pigs CrisisCThe Cuban Missile CrisisDThe Caribbean Standoff - 6.
Which American U-2 spy plane pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?
AChuck YeagerBFrancis Gary PowersCJohn GlennDGary Powers - 7.
What type of shelter did many Americans build in their backyards during the Cold War?
AStorm cellarsBUnderground bunkersCFallout sheltersDBomb shelters - 8.
What was the name of the military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc nations in 1955?
AThe Red Army CoalitionBThe Eastern AllianceCThe Warsaw PactDThe Communist League - 9.
Which 1950 conflict was sometimes called a 'police action' rather than a war?
AThe Suez CrisisBThe Bay of PigsCThe Vietnam ConflictDThe Korean War - 10.
What hotline was established between Washington and Moscow after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
AThe Emergency ChannelBThe Peace PhoneCThe Moscow-Washington HotlineDThe Red Phone - 11.
Which famous couple was executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?
AAlger and Priscilla HissBDonald and Melita MacleanCKlaus and Emily FuchsDJulius and Ethel Rosenberg - 12.
What treaty, signed in 1963, banned nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater?
AThe SALT TreatyBThe Geneva AccordCThe Limited Test Ban TreatyDThe Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - 13.
What was the name of the Soviet Union's first manned space flight in 1961?
ASoyuz 1BSputnik 1CVostok 1DMir 1 - 14.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
AJohn GlennBAlan ShepardCScott CarpenterDGus Grissom - 15.
What policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism to other countries?
ADeterrenceBContainmentCIsolationismDDetente