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Unit 9: Cold War
Unit 9: Cold War
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What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings have on Hollywood?
actors were required to swear that they were not Communists
producers blacklisted anyone who was thought to be Communist
many actors were denied passports and couldn't travel abroad
Ronald Reagan was accused of being a Communist sympathizer
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Declared "the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live"
Declaration of United Europe
Declaration of Civil Rights of Europe
Declaration of European Independence
Declaration of Liberated Europe
3
The policy of massive retaliation allowed President Dwight D. Eisenhower to
significantly reduce military spending
prevent an arms race with the Soviets
focus on negotiations with the Soviets
vastly expand the scale of the Cold War
4
Willingness to threaten nuclear war in the interest of maintaining peace follows what policy?
brinkmanship
covert
containment
massive retaliation
5
Type of American spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union
B-2
G-2
U-2
V-2
6
In 1952, Americans were shocked when the Soviet Union tested the
spy code
first fallout shelter
hydroden bomb
Sputnik satellite
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In 1946, what did Winston Churchill describe as an "iron curtain" falling across Eastern Europe
adoption of the Declaration of Liberated Europe
industrialization of Eastern Europe under the Marshall Plan
established pro-Soviet Communist governments in E. Europe
formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Germany was divided into four zones controlled by the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, and
Italy
Canada
France
Switzerand
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Policy of threatening nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize a territory by force
massive force
massive threat
massive warning
massive retaliation
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Era of confrontation and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
Cold Fued
Cold Freeze
Cold Dispute
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At the Potsdam Conference, Truman took a firm stand against heavy reparations and insisted that
Europe's economy had to be rebuilt
Germany's industry had to be allowed to recover
the United States had a right to use the atomic bomb
the Soviet's concerns about security were unreasonable
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President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur
transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union
failed to win the Korean War
refused to carry out an invasion of China
publicly criticized the president's policy of limited war
13
Presence of Soviet army in E. Europe at the end of WWI ensured that ____ would be established
pro-Soviet Communist governments
a system for reparations
a system for free elections
heavily industrialized economies
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Countries with primarily agricultural economies, where many covert operations took place
third world nations
developing nations
first world nations
developed nations
15
When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany, the Soviet Union responded by
threatening to declare war
organizing a military alliance
trying to undermine Germany's economy
blockading West Berlin
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Soviet resort on the Black Sea where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to plan the postwar
Sicily
Serbia
Yalta
Cyprus
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Causes of the Cold War were arguments between the US and the Soviet Union over reparations and
control of Japan
immigration to the United States
economic policy in Germany
the use of the atomic bomb
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Truman saw invasion of S. Korea as a test of the ___ and ordered US naval/air power into action
Marshall Plan
NATO alliance
containment policy
Truman Doctrine
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The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to
keep Communist countries weak
help Germany form a new government
help Western Europe recover from World War II
punish Germany for its role in World War I
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A relationship that developed between the military establishment and the defense industry
military-industrial complex
military-civilian complex
military-political complex
military-defense complex
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Secret, not in the open
unveil
exhibit
covert
espionage
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Location near Berlin where Truman and Stalin met to work out deal on Germany
Yalta
London
Hamburg
Potsdam
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After the Korean War began, the US embarked on a major
military buildup
economic expansion
expansion of foreign aid
treaty negotiation
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Organization formed at the end of WWI to promote international peace and security
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NAFTA
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The tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges became known as
censure
the Red Scare
subversion
McCarthyism
