Cold War-Truman

Question 1

After WW2, what was the status of most countries in Eastern Europe

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satellites of the Soviet Union

Question 2

What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?

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Cold War

Question 3

The imaginary line that split the West European from the East European countries after WW2 was

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Iron Curtain

Question 4

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

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should be extended into a war against China

Question 5

After WW 2, Germany was split into four zones by the U.S., Great Britain, France, and

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Soviet Union

Question 6

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing

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funds for economic recovery

Question 7

the area East of the bold black boundary included members of

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Warsaw Pact

Question 8

During the Cold War, the alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies was called

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Warsaw Pact

Question 9

NATO was originally formed to

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defend western Europe from a potential Soviet aggression

Question 10

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

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North and South Korea

Question 11

Who was defeated in the Chinese civil war despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the US

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Nationalists

Question 12

Which region is most closely associated with the event it is paired?

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Eastern Europe- Berlin Airlift

Question 13

After World War 2 in Western Europe, the Marshall plan strengthened the forces of

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democracy

Question 14

The Truman doctrine and NATO were United States' responses to the

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communist threat after WW2

Question 15

Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he

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was a Communist.

Question 16

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was based on the principle of

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collective security

Question 17

Which group of countries became Soviet satellites after WW2

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Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

Question 18

Who was the leader of the communist in China?

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Mao Zedong

Question 19

What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?

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passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

Question 20

The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to

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prevent the spread of communism

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