KNIGHT - US HISTORY - THE COLD WAR - SPRING 2024

Question 1

___ is an organization the United States joined for "collective security" of Europe to protect from Soviet agression.

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 2

When the Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by...

Accepted Answer

airlifting supplies into the city of Berlin.

Question 3

What is the official name of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

Question 4

Winston Churchill said a ____ had descended over Eastern Europe.

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 5

What physical barrier was built by the Soviet Union in 1961 to separate East and West Germans?

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall

Question 6

The Truman Doctrine of 1948 was aimed at giving aid to ____ to resist communist aggression.

Accepted Answer

Greece & Turkey

Question 7

An international organization working to maintain world peace after WWII.

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 8

The US gave financial assistance to any European country seeking to rebuild after WWII with the...

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 9

During the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Kennedy and Krushev pushed dangerous policy to the limits of safety known as...

Accepted Answer

brinkmanship.

Question 10

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT I & SALT II) were Presidents ___ and ___ respectively.

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon & Jimmy Carter

Question 11

The United States organized a policy of ____ to stop Soviet expansion during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 12

A period of tension & mistrust between the America & the Soviet Union from 1945-1991?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 13

President Nixon&#x27;s policy in dealing with the Soviet Union and China was a period of eased tensions known as...

Accepted Answer

détente.

Question 14

What two conflicts after WWII did the US get involved in order to "contain communism?"

Accepted Answer

Korea, Vietnam

Question 15

America's policy of offering aid to countries being threatened by communism was known as...

Accepted Answer

the Truman Doctrine

Question 16

The Soviet Union&#x27;s successful atomic bomb test in 1949 and H-bomb test in 1955 led directly to...

Accepted Answer

an arms race between the US & Soviet Union.

Question 17

The countries that surrounded the Soviet Union as a "protective buffer" after WWII are:

Accepted Answer

Satellites, Warsaw Pact

Question 18

When Truman said the Soviet Union had tested an atomic bomb in 1949, he...

Accepted Answer

ordered the development of the H-Bomb.

Question 19

Which US President is known for escalation of the Vietnam War from 1964-1969?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 20

President Ronald Reagan&#x27;s steadfast policy of "peace through strength" helped bring the Berlin Wall down in...

Accepted Answer

1989.

Question 21

After WWII, Germany was divided into...

Accepted Answer

4 military zones.

Questions 21