What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place

What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?

to create stable democracies that could resist communism

What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

to support nations resisting communism

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

he encouraged fear of communism

Senator McCarthy's power faded shortly after he

appeared on TV in the Army-McCarthy hearings

The Cold War refers to

Tensions and competition between US and USSR

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Topic 15 The Cold War The Early years/Truman/Eisenhower

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1
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place
China took over Korea
Korea was unified under Communism
North Korea surrendered after the atomic bomb was dropped
2
The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the
reunification of Germany
German development of the atomic bomb
the construction of the Berlin Wal
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
3
policy of making the military so strong that no one dare to attach due to fear of retaliation
the Truman Doctrine
containment
brinkmanship
deterrence
4
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union
created the Warsaw Pact
joined the Marshall plan
left the United Nations
endede the Berlin airlift
5
What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
to help the US buy its way into Europe
to create stable democracies that could resist communism
to force the Soviet Union to allow emigration
to develop strong trading partners in Asia
6
the belief that the US must stop the spread of communism
brinkmanship
the space race
preventive behavior
containment
7
Event that led to the Korean War and the 2nd Red Scare
China's fall to communism
WWI
Vietnam's fall to communism
Cuba's fall to communism
8
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
to fight worldwide hunger
to reject containment
to enforce brinkmanship
to support nations resisting communism
9
What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
very little
He encouraged people to stand up for civil rights
He strengthened the US army
he encouraged fear of communism
10
HUAC charged numerous Hollywood figures with
avoiding the issue of race
promoting anti-semitism
being sympathetic to Communism
spying for the USSR
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Senator McCarthy's power faded shortly after he
gave a speech to a joint session of Congress
accused the President of being a communists
appeared on TV in the Army-McCarthy hearings
claimed to have a list of 205 communists
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The Cold War refers to
the dividing line between Eastern and western Europe
the war between Germany and the USSR
the war between US and Germany
Tensions and competition between US and USSR

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