The Cold War

Question 1

Areas in Eastern Europe controlled by the USSR

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Satellite nations

Question 2

How did Truman react to the USSR’s deployment of an atomic bomb?

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He gave approval for the development of a more powerful bomb

Question 3

a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations

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Warsaw Pact

Question 4

The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would

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protect its own interests.

Question 5

committee that probed the government for Communist infiltration

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HUAC

Question 6

During the Cold War, a major goal of United States policy in Latin America was to

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protect American financial investments in Latin America.

Question 7

Which of the following best describes satellite nations?

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nations dominated by the Soviet Union

Question 8

At Yalta, Stalin was pushing for free elections in Poland.

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False

Question 9

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

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He encouraged a widespread fear of communism.

Question 10

The division of Korea was marked by

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the 38th Parallel

Question 11

Which of these phrases best describes NATO?

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A collective security pact between the US, Canada, and Western Europe

Question 12

Which country controlled Korea for much of the first half of the twentieth century?

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Japan

Question 13

Stalin was determined that Germany would never

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threaten his nation again

Question 14

led the Communist forces that took control of China in 1949.

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Mao Zedong

Question 15

The Berlin airlift began when

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the Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin.

Question 16

Members of the HUAC charged numerous Hollywood figures with

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being sympathetic to Communist ideas.

Question 17

Which was an immediate result of the Truman Doctrine?

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Congress approved $400 million to help Turkey and Greece

Question 18

After the McCarthy-Army hearings, McCarthy apologized.

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False

Question 19

The USSR felt the Marshall Plan was an attempt by the US to buy its way into European affairs.

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True

Question 20

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

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Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place.

Question 21

For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by

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political conflict and military tensions.

Question 22

Which event added most to Americans’ shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?

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first test of a Soviet atomic bomb

Question 23

The imaginary line that divided Europe between capitalist West and Communist East.

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Iron Curtain

Question 24

American financial aid program for helping Western Europe recover

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Marshall Plan

Question 25

The Eisenhower Doctrine practiced a policy of containment.

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False

Question 26

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

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to close an escape route to the West

Question 27

Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose

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Soviet influence in the Middle East.

Question 28

Who did Americans believe orchestrated the N. Korean invasion of S. Korea?

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Soviets

Question 29

In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union

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created the Warsaw Pact.

Question 30

Which is a reason the US became involved in affairs in the Middle East following World War II?

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to prevent Arab oil nations from falling to USSR influence

Question 31

The ability to come to the verge of war without actually going to war.

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Brinkmanship

Question 32

At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to

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divide the defeated Germany into sections

Question 33

McCarthy's allegations were often

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baseless

Question 34

drafted a plan to help European nations rebuild after World War II.

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George Marshall

Question 35

Gen. MacArthur led the U.N. forces during the Korean War.

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True

Question 36

Truman vetoed the McCarren-Walter Immigration Act.

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True

Question 37

When Castro seized US property in Cuba, Eisenhower

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halted exports to Cuba

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