Cold War Study Questions - 1940's and 1950's

Question 1

What was the official name for thealliance between the U.S. and its allies against the USSR?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 2

The U.S. plan of massive economic aid to Europe spending to build up their destroyed economies.

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 3

The period of time from 1946-1991 thatthe U.S. and the U.S.S.R. didn’t have a shooting war?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 4

Who was the communist revolutionary leader of China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 5

Whatwas the name of the event where the U.S.S.R. blocked all land routes into West Berlin?

Accepted Answer

Berlin Blockade

Question 6

What was the term for the U.S. and its allies?

Accepted Answer

The West

Question 7

What was the name of the couple that was put to death for being spies in 1953?

Accepted Answer

Rosenberg

Question 8

What were the countries called where communism was contained first to stop communist expansion?

Accepted Answer

Greece and Turkey

Question 9

What was Churchill’s term for the USSR taking over Eastern Europe and cutting it off?

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 10

Name the country/satellite /year that the first man-made satellite was launched into orbit.

Accepted Answer

U.S.S.R./Sputnik/ 1957

Question 11

Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin?

Accepted Answer

Khrushchev

Question 12

What happened if someone was suspected of being a communist by the senate committee?

Accepted Answer

Blacklisted

Question 13

What was the peace ending the Korean War called?

Accepted Answer

Armistice

Question 14

What nationwas divided in halfbetween the Soviets in the north and the Americans in the south?

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 15

Bonus: How many miles of road were laid by the National Highway Act of 1956?

Accepted Answer

41,000

Question 16

What was President Truman citizen for when China went communist in 1949?

Accepted Answer

Losing China

Question 17

Bonus: What was President Eisenhower’s major lasting contribution to our nation?

Accepted Answer

National Highway Act

Question 18

Who was the state department official who was accused of being a communist spy?

Accepted Answer

Alger Hiss

Question 19

Truman ordered Berlin to be supplied by air which was called what? This lasted for one year.

Accepted Answer

Berlin Airlift

Question 20

What was the incident called when USSR refused to leave this country because of its oil?

Accepted Answer

Iran Crisis

Question 21

The U.N. authorized the creation of a Jewish state called what in 1948?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 22

What was the U.S. policy designed to stop soviet expansion with force if necessary?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 23

The name for the Witch Hunt where a U.S. Senator made unproven accusations of disloyalty?

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 24

What was the fear of communism that lead to mistrust and suspicion ruining peoples lives?

Accepted Answer

Second Red Scare

Question 25

Who won the elections of 1952 and 1956?

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower

Question 26

What was the name for the committee that investigated people suspected of being communists?

Accepted Answer

HUAC – House of Un-AmericanActivities Committee

Question 27

This document stated that the US would assist nations fighting communism with money and troops.

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 28

The new type of bomb that was 500 times more powerful than the ones dropped on Japan?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen Bomb

Question 29

US Troops invaded this country to push back communist that had invaded the southern democracy?

Accepted Answer

KoreanWar

Question 30

Which countries were not communist nations controlled by the USSR after the war?

Accepted Answer

West Germany

Question 31

The revolution that took over China and turned it into a communist nation was called what?

Accepted Answer

Red China

Cold War Study Questions - 1940's and 1950's

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Cold War Study Questions - 1940's and 1950's

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