The Cold War

Question 1

This telegram formed our foreign policy for thirty years:

Accepted Answer

George Kennan's telegram

Question 2

All of the following are non-communist countries EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

East Germany

Question 3

Which four nations controlled Germany after the war?

Accepted Answer

France, England, U.S.S.R, U.S

Question 4

This nation was the first to launch Sputnik into space: (satellite)

Accepted Answer

The U.S.S.R

Question 5

North and South Korea are divided at this parallel

Accepted Answer

38th

Question 6

Which of the following are in correct order?

Accepted Answer

Korean Conflict, Vietnam, collapse of the Berlin Wall

Question 7

This Senator conducted a Senate investigation regarding communist infiltration in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

McCarthy

Question 8

Stalin, Churchill and Truman planned their meeting at Potsdam.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which organization included Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Question 10

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War:

Accepted Answer

North and South Korea remain divided at the 38th parallel

Question 11

Who said," From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain ....."

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 12

Who was HT talkin "I was sorry to have to reach a parting of the way with the big man in Asia?

Accepted Answer

General MacArthur

Question 13

The Cuban Missile Crisis began in 1962 when which country placed nuclear missiles in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 14

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis so significant in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

It was the closest the world had ever come to a nuclear war.

Question 15

All of the following are Tools of the Cold War EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Aid to American farmers

Question 16

What event caused the Berlin Airlift?

Accepted Answer

Stalin cut off supply routes to democratic West Berlin

Question 17

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

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convicted of passing atomic secrets to the U.S.S.R

Question 18

Name the plan that restored economic stability to Western European countries after WWII:

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 19

The domino theory contributed to U.S. military involvement in which country?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Question 20

Who said: "Mr. President, any comments on Gary Powers being shot down? “Don’t get caught, and don’t apologize!”

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower

Question 21

The threat of a communist takeover of Greece and Turkey led the United States to

Accepted Answer

pass the Truman Doctrine and give them 400 million dollars.

Question 22

This President started the Peace Corps:

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 23

Name of the event to train 1,400 Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro:

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Question 24

The Berlin Airlift proved:

Accepted Answer

that the U.S. would resist any attempts to spread communism

Question 25

All of the following are NATO countries EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 26

President Truman fired this general during the Korean Conflict:

Accepted Answer

General Macarthur

Question 27

Which of these conditions was an ECONOMIC cause of the Cold War in Europe?

Accepted Answer

U.S. had a capitalist system while the U.S.S.R had communism

Question 28

All of the following are communist countries EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

West Germany

Question 29

The Soviet Union invaded this county in 1979:

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

Question 30

As a result of Sputnik education funding was directed toward:

Accepted Answer

math and science

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