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1
What are weapon making companies that President Eisenhower warned against...
Military Industrial Complex
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Iron Curtain
2
The ________ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
Communists
North Koreans
Nationalists
South Koreans
3
The main goal of the __________ was to stop the spread of Communism.
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
4
__________ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
HUAC
CIA
UN
NATO
5
The first satellite launched into space was...
Discovery
NCC-1701
Sputnik
Apollo II
6
What is a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the U.S., where there is an avoidance of direct war?
Warsaw Pact
Cold War
Korean Conflict
WWII
7
__________ was the leader of the Communists in China.
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Kim II Sung
Syngman Rhee
8
Border nations between the U.S.S.R. and the west that served as a buffer zone against attacks were called...
States
Stalin's Wall
Iron Curtain
Satellite Nations
9
The Soviet Union's goal during the Cold War was to...
spread Communism
make friends with the U.S.
contain Communism
take over the world
10
The Berlin Airlift was President Truman's response to the...
German developement of the atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin Wall
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
reunification of East and West Germany
11
To label someone's activities as ________ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.
brinkmanship
infiltration
McCarthyism
containment
12
The Soviet Union set up the_________ in response to efforts fromo the West to reunify Germany.
Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
13
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) was based on the principle of...
appeasement
collective security
isolationsim
free trade
14
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between...
Korea and China
North and South China
North and South Korea
China and Taiwan
15
After WWII, Germany was split in four by the U.S., Great Britain, France, and...
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
Spain
16
Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of the Chinese peasants, he failed to win American support because he...
was a Communist
had cooperated with Japan during WWII
was a Nationalist
was corrupt
17
Following WWII, the U.S. instituted an aid program to help rebuild western Europe's economy known as...
GI Bill of Rights
Domino Theory
Containment Policy
Marshall Plan
18
The Hollywood Ten was ordered to prison because they were convicted of...
being Communists
being Communist sympathizers
leaking top secret material to the press
contempt of court
19
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
United Nations
South Korea
United States
20
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
21
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the U.S. responded by intensifying efforts to develop...
an atomic bomb
a space satellie
NATO
a hydrogen bomb
22
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called...
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
23
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the United States?
to settle problems peacefully
to form strong allies in western Europe
to promote justice
solve international problems
24
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War...
should be extended into a war against China
should be limited to Korea
was not of vital American interest
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union
25
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of...
aiding the launch of Sputnik
destroying U.S. plans for the hydrogen bomb
containing Communism
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
