Which of the following best describes the political climate during McCarthyism?

paranoia, name-calling, guilt by association

Why did China send troops to help North Korea?

UN forces were too close to North Korea's border with China

What was the purpose of the policy of containment?

restrict the spread of communism

What did the Korean peninsula look like at the end of the Korean war?

the peninsula looked the same- divided at 38th parallel

How did the US respond to the Berlin Blockade of 1948?

Organized massive airlift of food & supplies for West Berlin

Why was NATO established?

prevent further Soviet aggression in Europe

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

MacArthur's speech to the US senate

What was separated by the "Iron Curtain?"

USSR/satellite nations & the rest of Europe

What did the Truman Doctrine state about the US?

it would intervene to help other nations resist communism

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

Rebuild European economies & prevent the spread of communism

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Which of the following best describes the political climate during McCarthyism?
trust, respect, brotherly love
Peace & international prosperity
contentment, disagreement on gov't policies
paranoia, name-calling, guilt by association
2
Why did China send troops to help North Korea?
UN forces landed in Inchon
North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel
US navy blockaded China
UN forces were too close to North Korea's border with China
3
Who was president during the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Eisenhower
Bush
Kennedy
Truman
4
What did the communists build to stop people from leaving the eastern side of Berlin?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Maginot Line
U-2 Line
5
What was the purpose of the policy of containment?
decrease threat of nuclear war
overthrow dictators
restrict the spread of communism
reunify Germany
6
What did the Korean peninsula look like at the end of the Korean war?
South Korea was much larger
South Korea was absorbed by North Korea
South Korea was much smaller
the peninsula looked the same- divided at 38th parallel
7
What did the 38th parallel and demilitarized zone separate?
Korea and China
China and Taiwan
North & South China
North & South Korea
8
Why did Nikita Khrushchev refuse to attend a schedule summit conference with Eisenhower?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Blockade
Bay of Pigs
U-2 Incident
9
How did the US respond to the Berlin Blockade of 1948?
Imposed grain embargo on USSR
Organized massive airlift of food & supplies for West Berlin
set up a naval blockade of Soviet ports
Sending troops to occupy all of Berlin
10
Why did the US create NASA?
they were interested in space
they wanted to test nuclear weapons in space
US wanted to put people in space
USSR launched sputnik
11
Why were Americans upset about nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Cuba was corrupt
They weren't upset.
Castro was a liar
Cuba was 90 miles from US
12
Where did General Douglas MacArthur want to expand the Korean war?
Europe
USSR
China
USA
13
Why were many film industry workers blacklisted in the 1940s & 1950s?
the activities of the HUAC
Workers attempts to promote democracy
decisions by the Rosenbergs
Demands made by the Screen Actor's Guild
14
Why was NATO established?
prevent further Soviet aggression in Europe
Aid Japanese economy
negotiate with the USSR
Provide aid to Asian countries
15
Why did Chiang Kai-shek's forces lose the Chinese Civil war?
corrupt and weak leadership
US feared & distrusted Communism
US lacked interest in the war
Us gave aid to the opposition
16
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
MacArthur's speech to the US senate
he hated his haircut
public criticism on Truman
MacArthur captured Seoul
17
What was separated by the "Iron Curtain?"
US & Middle East
USSR & China
USSR/satellite nations & the rest of Europe
USSR & other communist nations
18
What did the Truman Doctrine state about the US?
It wouldn't allow communists in gov't
It would support Mao Zedong's revolution in China
It would not cross the 38th parallel
it would intervene to help other nations resist communism
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Rebuild European economies & prevent the spread of communism
Prove that communism was superior
Impress the world with the US military power
Keep the USSR from taking Czechoslovakia

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