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AMHY.2.Cold War
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1
Why was MacArthur fired?
He disagreed with Truman about a limited war.
He dropped an atomic bomb on China.
He kept losing battles.
He was afraid of the Soviets.
2
The US started NASA after which event?
Soviets made an H bomb
Soviets sent a man in space
Soviets tested an atomic bomb
Soviets launched Sputnik
3
When the United States, Britain and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviets ...
organized a military alliance
blockaded West Berlin
built the Berlin Wall
threatened to declare war
4
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Glenn
Shephard
Gargarin
Armstrong
5
Soviet leader after Stalin
Dulles
Powers
Khruschev
Lenin
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Which leaders were present at the Yalta Conference?
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
Truman, Roosevelt and Stalin
Stalin, Atlee, Truman
Truman, Chamberlain , Stalin
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Which of the following did not lead to the Cold War?
Soviet refusal to uphold the Declaration of Liberated Europe
Disagreements at the Potsdam conference
Disagreements over the Berlin airlift
Disagreements over Germany
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Which president started the policy of detente?
Ford
Carter
Nixon
Reagan
9
What year did the Korean War end?
1950
1956
1953
1949
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Who led the Communist government of China?
Chiang Kai Shek
Syngman Rhee
Mao Zedong
Douglas MacArthur
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Who was the first man in space?
Gargarin
Shephard
Glenn
Armstrong
12
Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain after Churchill?
Chamberlain
Powers
Khrushchev
Atlee
13
Which is the correct order?
China became communist, Sputnik, Korean War
Sputnik, Korean War, China became communist
Potsdam Conference, Sputnik, Korean War
China became communist, Korean War, Sputnik
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Who was supposed to be ousted in the Bay of Pigs?
Castro
Kennedy
Khrushev
Stalin
15
Military Alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
CIA
HUAC
16
Who ran the Nationalist government in China?
Chiang Kai Shek
Syngman Rhee
Douglas MacArthur
Mao Zedong
17
Who came up with the term " Iron Curtain"?
Churchill
Truman
Stalin
FDR
18
Who launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik?
United States
Soviet Union
China
Japan
19
Who refused to allow free elections in Eastern Europe?
Khrushev
Stalin
Castro
Hitler
20
What does the Yalu River divide?
China and North Korea
China and Taiwan
North and South Korea
Korea and Vietnam
21
Republican Senator who claimed Communists were taking over the government
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
Julius Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
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What year did China become communist?
1953
1945
1950
1949
23
Which is NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets pulled the missiles out of Cuba after it.
Castro was executed.
The U.S. pulled our missiles out of Turkey after it.
The US blockaded Cuba.
24
We boycotted the Moscow Olympics while who was president?
Reagan
Nixon
Carter
Ford
25
Which president visited China and the USSR?
Ford
Nixon
Reagan
Carter
26
The "Long telegram "resulted in
the Marshall Plan
the Berlin airlift
the establishment of the CIA
the containment policy
27
What organization used spies to get information and to carry out covert actions?
CIA
Warsaw Pact
NATO
HUAC
28
Who was the pilot of the American U-2 spy plane?
Francis Gary Powers
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
29
In order to prevent Communists from staging revolutions within developing countries, Eisenhower
used massive retaliation
used covert operations
had the communists removed from the United Nations
placed embargoes on the Soviet Union
30
What year did the Korean War begin?
1950
1949
1955
1948
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What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
37th parallel
35th parallel
49th parallel
38th parallel
32
Who became the first communist leader of Cuba?
Gorbachev
Castro
Breshnev
Khrushev
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Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
United Nations
34
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1992
1985
1989
1997
35
Who supplied West Berlin with food and supplies?
French and Americans
French and British
British and Americans
Soviets and French
36
Island off the coast of China where the Nationalist Chinese went after the Communists took over
Singapore
Thailand
Japan
Taiwan
37
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with what?
planning acts of terrorism
being Communist party members
passing atomic secrets
plotting to overthrow the U.S. government
38
Who had the Berlin wall built?
Hitler
Khrushev
Castro
Kennedy
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
to help Western Europe recover
to prevent Germany from rearming
to keep Communist countries weak
to punish Germany for WWII
40
Which of the following was not a satellite nation?
Romania
Hungary
France
Czechoslovakia
41
Which president said we would start the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Carter
Nixon
Ford
Reagan
42
What countries did the United States first support under the Truman Doctrine?
Turkey and Italy
Greece and Italy
Greece and Turkey
Spain and Greece
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Who led the UN troops in the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Syngman Rhee
Dwight Eisenhower
