Cold War

Question 1

Senator McCarthy started a media frenzy and communist witch hunt by saying he had a list of communists working in gov't

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Name for a document that shows the names of people employers agree not to hire.

Accepted Answer

Blacklist

Question 3

The division between North Korea and South Korea is known by what name?

Accepted Answer

38th parallel

Question 4

Country that is politically and economically dominated by the Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

Satellite Nation

Question 5

The House Un-American Activities Committee promoted and supported communists in Hollywood.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Incident when a US spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

U-2 Incident

Question 7

The U.S. was successful in keeping South Korea free of communism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What was the name for the US plan to help western Europe rebuild following WWII?

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan

Question 9

The struggle between the US and Soviet Union to gain weapons superiority.

Accepted Answer

Arms Race

Question 10

What was the goal of US containment policy following WWII?

Accepted Answer

stop the spread of communism

Question 11

In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What is the name for the imaginary line that divided all of Europe between democracy and communism?

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 13

The Cold War was characterized by political conflict and military tensions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Ability to come to war without actually going to war.

Accepted Answer

Brinkmanship

Question 15

Senator McCarthy's power faded after what event?

Accepted Answer

The Army-McCarthy Hearings

Question 16

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is based on the principle of collective security.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The US and Soviet Union were hesitant to have direct military conflict due to the potential for nuclear destruction

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which event led the U.S. Congress to invest more money on teaching science and mathematics?

Accepted Answer

Soviet launch of Sputnik

Question 19

Why did the Soviet Union try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin?

Accepted Answer

To close the escape route to the west

Question 20

What did Harry Truman approve after the Soviet's developed the atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

U.S. development of a stronger bomb

Question 21

A formal end to fighting is know as....

Accepted Answer

Armistice

Question 22

What was the primary goal of NATO?

Accepted Answer

United Western Europe against communism

Question 23

What region of the world was taken over by the Soviet Union following WWII?

Accepted Answer

Eastern Europe

Question 24

Germany was divided into how many zones following WWII?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 25

The plan to provide aid to Turkey and Greece and any other nation resisting communism was known as

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine

Question 26

Which of the following is a way that the US policy of containment failed?

Accepted Answer

China fell to communism in 1949

Question 27

The 2nd Red Scare began in 1945 when a Soviet clerk defected and turned over documents to show the Soviets spying on US

Accepted Answer

True

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