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Meyers Cold War Begins- 1960
Meyers Cold War Begins- 1960
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Basics of the early Cold War from 1945 to 1960, along with postwar America.
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When this nation joined NATO in 1955, it made the Soviets a little nervous.
East Germany
Hungary
Japan
West Germany
2
Alger Hiss, Harvard grad and US State Department employee, spied for the Soviet Union
True
False
3
Soviets shot down a US spy plane in 1960 while USSR Premier Khrushchev was meeting with POTUS Eisenhower.
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Airlift
U2 Incident
Korean War
4
Why did Harry Truman fire General MacArthur?
MacArthur was a spy
MacArthur was incompetent
publicly disagreeing with Truman's policy, insubordination
public demanP
5
This was our policy toward Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.
massive retaliation
flexible response
containment
Mutual Assured Destruction
6
President who created the interstate highway system
Dwight Eisenhower
LBJ
Harry Truman
JFK
7
Location of border between North and South Korea AFTER Korean War.
Inchon
Yalu River
38th Parallel
Pyongyang
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How did President Truman handle civil rights?
He was indifferent to the civil rights movement
He did nothing because it was unpopular
He opposed the civil rights movement
He desegregated the military with a Presidential Order
9
True or false: blockade is technically an act of war.
True
False
10
An attack on one member is an attack on all of them.
NATO
Marshall Plan
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
11
Best description of Space Race
Soviets winning, then we get to the moon.
America wins!
Glorious Soviet Union wins! 10,000 years of life to the party!
American winning before Sputnik
12
What does the Iron Curtain represent?
Militaries of Western Europe were too powerful.
European nations needed to build more factories
Division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe
Peace had spread throughout Europe
13
The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to
support the construction of the Iron Curtain
increase membership of the United Nations
prevent the spread of communism
attempt to solve world hunger
14
NATO stands for:
National Alliance To Ownership
Nuclear Arms Testing Office
North American Trade Association
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15
As the U.S. and its Allies almost reunited Korea, this country sent troops to help the North.
China
Japan
Soviet Union
Vietnam
16
Location of border between North and South Korea BEFORE Korean War.
Pyongyang
38th Parallel
39th Parallel
Seoul
17
Senator who made a name for himself by accusing people of communism on flimsy or no evidence.
Joe McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Joseph Welch
John F. Kennedy
18
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg _____________________________________________.
were the only Americans ever convicted of being Communists
were the first American civilians executed for espionage
were prosecuted by Joe McCarthy
leaked information on nuclear weapons to China
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First nation to put an animal in space.
Atlantis
Soviet Union
United States
The Federation
20
This nation, representing 1/5 of humanity, became communist in 1949.
Cuba
Soviet Union
China
North Korea
21
Man who replaced Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Boris Yeltsin
Vyacheslav Molotov
22
Who lost the election of 1952?
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
John Marshall
Harry Truman
23
The Truman Doctrine was made to ___________.
spread peace
save injured soilders
oppose communism
gain neutrality in Europe
24
Eisenhower warned about this growing relationship between the defense industry and the military.
missile gap
military-industrial complex
NATO
Marshall Plan
25
Major symbol of the Cold War built in 1961 to keep East Germans from fleeing to the West.
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Line
Berlin Wall
Communist Bloc
26
What was the alliance which included the United States and its allies?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Warsaw Pact
27
True or false: Congress declared war on North Korea.
True
False
28
Policy of providing arms and financial support to nations fighting off communists post WW2?
Marshall Plan
NATO
Truman Doctrine
containment
29
American program: provided billions of dollars to Europe after WW2 for the purpose of rebuilding, establish strong govt?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
NATO
Warsaw Pact
30
Election of 1948
(d) Eisenhower vs (r) Johnson
(d) Truman vs (r) Nixon
(d) Ford vs (r) Nixon
(d) Truman vs (r) Dewey
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This event totally shattered the hopes for a peaceful world after World War 2.
Iron Curtain descended onto Europe
Korean War
China officially became Communist in 1949
Battle of Britain
32
Who gave the "Iron Curtain" Speech?
Winston Churchill
Wilfred Churchill
Waldo Churchill
Washington Churchill
33
Did the Soviets let countries elect their own governments after WW2?
It depended on the country
yes
no
34
True or false: North Korea started the Korean War
true
false
35
Who won the election of 1956?
Eisenhower
James r. Hoffa
Aldai Stevenson
John
36
What is the domino theory?
a system for aiding South Vietnamese civilians
dropping 1 bomb after another to destroy an area
if 1 country dropped below the poverty lines so would others
the belief that if 1 country falls to communism so others
37
Put the presidents in the correct order
Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman
Truman, Kennedy, Eisenhower
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Truman
38
Why did postwar Soviet behavior worry us?
it didn't
thought commies would win elections
afraid they would nuke us
they forced communism on countries
39
As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to —
bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking military conflict
intimidate Soviet leaders by showing superior military power
transport Polish refugees to safety
prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing
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What was the policy of keeping communism from spreading?
NATO
Truman Doctrine
containment
Marshall Plan
