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1
When communist forces overran China in 1948. The traditional Chinese nationalists fled to what country?
Taiwan
The Philippines
Japan
Malaysia
2
In 1947, the House Un-American Committee began investigating communism in which industry?
Music
Food and Drug
Textile
Motion Picture
3
Countries who were "liberated" by the Soviet Union at the end of WWII most likely had this type of government installed
Pro-Communism
Pro-Monarchy
Pro-Republic
Pro-Democracy
4
When the USSR closed all access to American sector of Berlin. How did the American military respond?
Attacked Soviet positions in Germany
Airlifted supplies to West Berlin until the Soviets backed down.
Ceded Berlin to the Soviets
Had CIA topple the Soviets and East Germans
5
The USSR got a big jump on the USA in the Space Race with the successful launch of this artificial satellite.
Glasnost 1
Explorer 1
Sputnik
Millennium Falcon
6
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to ...
Arrest Nazi Party members after WWII
Build a wall between democratic and communist countries
Rebuild Western Europe after WWII
Punish Germany for its role in WWII
7
President Truman's plan to stop communism from spreading became know as ...
Containment
Brinkmanship
Statesmanship
Doctrine
8
Which American couple was tried and executed for giving the USSR our nuclear secrets in 1950?
The Rosenbergs
The Chaplins
The Potters
The Fuchs (fyooks)
9
What Cold War law was vetoed by President Truman, but became law when Congress overrode the veto?
The Duck and Cover Act
The McCarran Act
The Tonkin Resolution
The Cuban Act
10
During the Korean War, which American general was relieved of command after disobeying orders from President Truman?
General Eisenhower
General MacArthur
General Bradley
General Patton
11
The tactic of damaging one's reputation with vague and unfounded accusations became known as ...
Censure
Marxism
McCarthyism
Appropriations
12
One way that the US battled communism was with covert operations through this government agency.
FDA
FBI
FCC
CIA
13
What happened to Korea as a result of the Korean War?
The capital of Korea was divided into east and west
A communist republic of Korea
Two separate countries. (North Korea and South Korea)
A democratic republic of Korea
14
President Eisenhower's willingness to go to the edge of nuclear war became known as ...
Brinkmanship
Penmanship
Pirate Ship
Stewardship
15
Led by the USA, this organization was formed to help each other in the event of communist aggression.
The NSA
The NCAA
NATO
The United Nations
16
After nearly three years of fighting, American forces pushed communist forces back to this "line" in the Korean War.
The Great Wall of China
The Iron Curtain
The 38th parallel
The Maginot Line