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Cold War Quizy
Why was Korea divided?
What did Sputnik symbolize?
Cold War Quizy
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What did Sputnik symbolize?
Superiority of the United States.
Superiority of the Soviet Union
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Why was Korea divided?
Japan and China controlled different the north and south
Both U.S. & U.S.S.R. occupied Korea after defeating Japan
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What was included in the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?
Loyalty oaths
Lie detector tests
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What was the federal government’s reaction to Sputnik?
Spending on weapons, military, and highways
Spending on science, math, and education
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What started the Korean War?
North Korea invading South Korea.
North Korea shot a missile at South Korea.
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What was the Smith Act?
Advocating the violent overthrow of the US gov. was illegal.
Being a communist meant losing right to vote
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Why did Truman decide against invading China?
He didn't want to lose the next election
He didn't want a another major war.
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What was Berlin Blockade?
USSR blocked access to West Berlin
USSR built a wall around West Berlin
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What was Containment?
U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Foreign policy to keep U.S. the biggest superpower
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Who were the Rosenbergs? What happened to them?
Married couple convicted of giving bomb secrets to USSR
Married couple convicted of attempted bombing of the CIA
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What did Truman believe about Stalin after meeting with him?
That Stalin wanted world conquest.
That Stalin was evil.
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Who was Joseph McCarthy? What did he do?
Senator who named hundreds of actual communist spies
Senator claimed to know of hundreds of communists in Fed Gov
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What was supposed to happen with North and South Korea?
Hold elections to decide who would lead one Korea.
Have a summit meeting to negotiate a new government.
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What is a blacklist?
List of communist sympathizers to not be hired.
List of suspected communist agents in government.
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What effect(s) did these hearings have on the country?
Made everybody feel safe
Limited free speech & association. Increased paranoia
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What does NATO stand for?
Northern Alliance of Treaties Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What is McCarthyism?
Naming names who are breaking the law, makes us safer
Accusations of treason, no proof & exploiting fears for gain
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How was the Korean War related to the Cold War?
USSR supported one government and USA supported the other
North Korea blockaded the border with South Korea
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What did HUAC do?
Put suspected communists on trial
Investigated to find Communist sympathizers
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What was the main idea in the Truman Doctrine?
To support allies of the United States fighting a war
support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation
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What was the Cold War?
Cooling the hot war between US and China after Korean War
US & USSR competing for influence and dominance & no hot war
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What was one reason the Interstate highway system was funded and built?
To move missiles & military around the US rapidly in crisis
For CIA and FBI to move rapidly after communist spies
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What was the major change for the U.S. foreign policy after WWII?
From isolation to protecting American Interests in the world
From pro-communist to anti-communist
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What gave McCarthy the power he had?
He exploited Cold War fears & was not required to give facts
He was assistant to the president and used facts for support
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What is Sputnik?
First satellite launched by Soviet Union
American satellite first to orbit Earth.
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What was the federal government’s reaction to Sputnik?
Spending on science, math, and education
Spending on weapons, military, and highways
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What was the Iron Curtain?
Soviet Union used it to separate East & West Berlin
Describes Soviet dictatorship imposed on Eastern Europe
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Who was the leader of the USSR after WWII?
Sergei Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Kruschev
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What was the arms race?
Race to see which country would arm space first.
Race to see which superpower would circle the Earth first.
Race to see which country would have biggest arsenal.
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Who were the US Presidents in the 1950s?
Truman & Nixon
Truman and Kennedy
Truman & Eisenhower
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Was Communism in America a real threat?
Communist agents were found, but huge majority were loyal
Half of the US government were found to be communists
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Who was Alger Hiss?
Suspected spy, convicted of perjury for lying in hearings.
Communist spy who Nixon believed was guilty.
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What was the Red Scare?
Fear of communism threatening civil liberties of Americans
USSR agents threatening US citizens
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Why was the UN able to vote to help South Korea?
China joined the UN to make the final vote
The USSR was boycotting in protest to seat China
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What was the “space race”?
US and USSR competing to control each other's air space
US & USSR competing for tech to get to and occupy space
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What was HUAC?
House Undercover Activities Coalition
House Un-American Activities Committee
