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7-5 The Cold War Lesson 4 The Cold war comes to America
By Marianne Greco
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Part of a unit on the Cold War. Reading and comprehension questions, with videos embedded.
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Question 1
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In 1959, what happened in Cuba that upset the U.S.?
A. Cuba attacked and sunk an American passenger ship.
B. Cuba became communist under a new dictator named Fidel Castro.
C. Cuba fell under Spain’s control again.
D. Cuba attacked and tried to conquer Puerto Rico.
Question 2
2.
What description best summarizes the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A. A merchant ship carrying pigs blew onshore after a storm releasing hundreds of pigs onto Cuba.
B. This was the site where Cuban communists tried to invade and take over Haiti.
C. U.S. backed rebels tried to invade Cuba to overthrow Castro, but were defeated at the Bay of Pigs.
D. The U.S. invaded and overthrew the Castro communist regime.
What best summarizes what the Cuban Missile Crisis was about?
A. Soviets shot missiles at a Cuban Naval ship.
B. Soviets put missiles in Cuba and U.S. demanded they be removed.
C. Cuba sank an American passenger ship with a missile.
D. Cub threatened to shoot a missiles at Miami.
Question 4
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis such a dangerous hot spot?
A. The threat for nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviets was dangerously close for 13 days during the conflict.
B. The Soviets actually declared war on the U.S. at this time.
C. The Cubans shot and sank numerous U.S. Naval ships.
D. Cuba launched 7 test missiles close to the coast of Florida.
Nicaragua was another hot spot. Who did the U.S. support?
B. U.S. backed the Contras
C. U.S. backed the Marxist government
D. U.S. backed FMLN
Question 6
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Who did the Soviets and the Cubans support in Nicaragua?
A. The Soviets backed the NKGB
B. The Soviets backed the Contras
C. The Soviets backed the democratic rebels.
D. The Soviets backed the Sandinistas
Question 7
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Who did the U.S. support in El Salvador’s Civil War?
A. The El Salvador government
B. The FMLN
C. Guatemala’s Revolutionary Guard
D. The U.N. Peacekeeping Forces
Question 8
8.
Where else did other conflicts and civil wars pop up in Latin America during the Cold War?
A. Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Suriname
B. Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil
C. Sardinia, Mallorca, Ibiza, and Malta
D. Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Philippines
Question 9
9.
Which summary best describes what the Red Scare was?
A. A period of U.S. History in which a pandemic spread from communist Asia.
B. A period in U.S. history in which a deep recession hit the U.S. economy.
C. A period of U.S. history in which Americans boycotted all goods from Asia.
D. A period of U.S. history in which anti-communist hysteria spread around the U.S.
Question 10
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Which U.S. senator led a communist hunt from 1947 until 1957?
A. Ted Kennedy
B. Joseph McCarthy
C. Al Gore
D. John Kennedy
