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1
Which aid package was aimed at keeping Greece and Turkey from falling to Communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
Eisenhower Doctrine
2
Which of the following happens after the occupation of Germany?
Germany is divided east and west
Germany was divided north and south at the 38th parallel
All of Germany is united by 1950
Germany remains divided today
3
Dr. Jonas Salk invented a vaccine for ___ in 1954.
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Polio
HIV
4
Stalin was determined that Germany would
Give up their nuclear weapons
Never threaten his nation again
Be united as soon as possible
Pay for all damages incurred by the USSR in WWII
5
After the USSR launched Sputnik, how did the US respond?
Increase aid to education
Increased the number of spies in China
Expand and improve our space program
BOTH of the above answers
6
Which of the following could you watch on TV in the 1950s
All of the above
I love Lucy
American Bandstand
The Mickey Mouse Club
7
Name of the document that asserts that conflict between the US and USSR was unavoidable?
Atlantic Charter
Eisenhower Doctrine
NSC-68
Marshall Plan
8
Which happened last- Berlin Airlift, China's fall to communism, Korean War or Truman Doctrine?
China becomes communist
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Truman Doctrine
9
What general did Truman fire during the Korean War?
Syngman Rhee
George Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
10
What do Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs have in common?
They were famous CIA agents
They were well-known Communist hunters
They were executed
They were accused of Communism
11
The Marshall Plan called for
Economic aid for Europe
Economic aid to Japan
Military aid for Europe
Food for the Soviet Union
12
Why was MacArthur relieved of duty?
He advocated invading and using the atomic bomb on China
He advocated entering North Korea
He was never fired
He wanted to drop an atomic bomb on South Korea
13
Who can be blamed for starting the Cold War?
The United States only
The United States and Soviet Union
Only the Soviet Union
China
14
Which organization replaced the League of Nations?
Marshall Plan
European Union
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
15
What program did Truman create to root out Communists?
Central Intelligence Agency
Palmer Raids
Loyalty Review Board
Disloyalty Exam
16
What did HUAC charge members of Hollywood with?
Spying for the Soviet Union
Communist loyalties
Racism
Anti-Semitism
17
Which of the following was not a crisis during the Eisenhower administration?
Berlin Blockade
Suez Canal Crisis
Fidel Castro gaining control of Cuba
Soviet launching of Sputnik
18
What is another term for spying?
Espionage
Snitching
Creeping
Ratting
19
What is the policy, under Ike, of going to the edge of war, but not actually going to war?
Edgy Policy
Communism
Eisenhower Doctrine
Brinkmanship
20
What is the term for the technique of making unfounded accusations on the Senate floor?
McCarthyism
NSC-68
McCarrnism
Communism
21
What saved Berlin from Stalin's blockade?
Berlin pipeline
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Marshall Plan
22
President Eisenhower's new policy of combatting communism involved:
Massive aid packages
Atomic Weapons
None of the above
Appeasement
23
What does ICBM stand for?
International Cooperation Banning Missiles
International Command Base Mission
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
None of the above
24
Who did McCarthy first accuse of being Communist?
State Department workers
Members of the Defense Department
Eisenhower
The US Army
25
What is the direct line between Moscow and Washington, DC?
Phone line
None of the above
Blue phone
Hot line
26
Which event did not occur during the Eisenhower presidency?
Berlin Blockade
Launching of Sputnik
Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal
U-2 Incident
27
NATO is based on
Isolationism
Collective security
Mutually assured destruction
Free trade
28
In response to forming NATO, the Soviet Union
Created the Marshall Plan
Created the Warsaw Pact
Joined the UN
Left the UN
29
Who was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
30
In his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned against
The military industrial complex
Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon
Lack of funding of atomic weapons
Further communist infiltration into the US army
31
What organization creates and alliance between the US and much of western Europe?
UN
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
32
Who was president of the United States at the start of the Cold War?
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
Roosevelt
33
Which of the following did not happen during the Truman administration?
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
Greece and Turkey are threatened by Communism
Ceasefire in Korea
34
What kind of government has strong, centralized power, often ruled by a dictator?
Totalitarian
Democracy
Capitalism
Communims
35
What nation entered the Korean War on the side of the North Koreans?
France
Soviet Union
Vietnam
China
36
Which of the following was NOT a NATO nation?
Great Britain
Norway
East Germany
United States
37
The GI Bill of Rights helped ____ get money for education and housing
Black Americans
Asian Americans
American war veterans
Women
38
After WWII, which two nations emerged as rival super-powers?
China and the Soviet Union
France and Great Britain
United States and the Soviet Union
United States and Great Britain
39
McCarthyism is most similar to
The immigration quotas of the 1920s
Hoovervilles of the 1930s
Japanese Internment during WWII
Salem Witch Trials of the 16902
40
Who is the King of Rock and Roll
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Big Bopper
The Notorious BIG
Elvis Presley
41
After WWII, what part of the world did the Soviet Union take control of?
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
North Africa
Asia
42
What is the policy employed by Truman to stop the spread of communism?
Brinkmanship
Containment
Marshall Plan
Stop-Man-Ship
43
All of the following nations occupied Germany post WWII, EXCEPT:
United States
France
Soviet Union
Japan
44
What is the term for countries that are dependent on and dominated by Communism?
Slave States
Fourth World
Satellite Nations
Vassel Nations
45
What did the Truman Doctrine promise?
To support nations trying to fight hunger
To reject the policy of containment
None of the above
To support nations trying to fight communism
46
What was the final resolution of the Korean War?
The dividing line remained about the same
The South gained control of the peninsula
The dividing line moved north
The North gained control of the peninsula
47
All of the following are true of the Rosenbergs, EXCEPT:
They passed intelligence from Alger Hiss
They felt that they were persecuted for their beliefs
They were the last people executed in the US
They were accused of passing secrets to the Soviets
48
Who became the leader of Communist China in 1949?
Syngman Rhee
Chaing Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
49
What American General commanded UN forces in the Korean War?
Joseph McCarthy
George Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
50
What is the period of indirect hostilities between the US and USSR known as?
Berlin Crisis
Brinkmanship
Cold War
WWII
51
In the 1950s many Americans experienced an increase in income and the economy was strong.
True
False
52
What was the first unmanned satellite launched into orbit?
Apollo I
Challenger
Sputnik
Pravda
53
What is the competition between nations to have the largest arsenal of weapons?
Weapons Race
Weapons Olympics
100 Yard Arms Dash
Arms Race
54
What US president achieved a ceasefire in the Korean War?
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
55
What invention made showed that an airplane was no longer needed to deploy an atomic bomb?
Hydrogren Bomb
Sling Shot
None of the above
Satellite
56
The "Iron Curtain" refers to
Soviet controlled Eastern Europe
American controlled Western Europe
None of the above
A lead drapery
57
What was the organization created to gather information on Communism outside of the US?
FBI
NSC-68
OSS
CIA
58
Who was the Communist leader of North Korea?
Ho Chi Minh
Synman Rhee
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
59
What is the term for an economic system where the government controls wealth and property?
Communism
Imperialism
Capitalism
Fascism
60
All of the following are true of Senator Joseph McCarthy, EXCEPT:
Ruined many people's careers
He made unfounded accusations
He was trying to find Communists within the government
He was a Democrat
61
People began moving to the ____ in the 1950s.
Suburbs
Cities
Farms
The Moon
62
Who was the main target of the HUAC investigations?
Major league sports
Hollywood
Government employees
Military
63
In which country did containment first fail?
China
Vietnam
Greece
Korea
64
Which of the following is NOT a Warsaw Pact nation?
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Germany
Poland
65
Why did McCarthy's communist crusade end?
All of the above
The Senate condemned his actions
He accused the army of Communism
He lied and bullied witnesses
66
What is the term for a list of names that employers will not hire?
Blacksite
Yellow dog contract
No Hire List
Blacklist
67
Which event created the most shock and fear in the US about USSR nuclear capabilities?
Sputnik launch
Castro's rise to power
Berlin Crisis
U-2 incident
68
All of the following involved massive aid packages aimed at fighting communism?
Communism
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
