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Cold War events of the 1950s #coldwar #1950s #ushistory
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Which branch of the military was built up during the Eisenhower presidency?
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Army
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UN forces came to support
South Korea
North Korea
3
Nations surrounding the USSR that came under Soviet influence were known as
puppet states
border nations
buffer nations
satellite nations
4
The Berlin Airlift provided food and supplies to citizens of
East Berlin
West Berlin
5
The American policy of taking measures to prevent the spread of communism into free countries
containment
McCarthyism
imperialism
brinkmanship
6
By the end of the Korean War, the main combatants were American and
Chinese
Soviet
British
Japanese
7
The government committee behind the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s was
WPA
NATO
HUAC
CIA
8
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
embezzlement
perjury
murder
espionage
9
What was the name of the first satellite ever successfully launched into space?
Sputnik
Explorer 1
Brinkmanship
Voyager 1
10
Who led the communist "witch hunts" and gained his own "-ism"?
John Dulles
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
11
What international peacekeeping force was formally established in June of 1945?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
12
North and South Korea were divided at the _____ parallel.
41st
38th
39th
40th
13
Both the US and USSR developed ______ bombs 67x more powerful than Hiroshima.
Chlorine
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Helium
14
Which defensive alliance did the United States join in 1949?
the United Nations
the Axis Powers
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
15
The era of conflict between the United States and Soviet Union became known as
The Cold War
The War on Terror
World War III
The Hot War
16
Which new government agency carried out covert operations during the Cold War?
FDIC
CIA
NAIA
FBI
17
Marshall Plan: the U.S. should provide ______ to all European countries that need it.
aid
punishment
armed support
nuclear bombs
18
What was the name given to the Soviet Union's defensive alliance with 7 other nations?
United Soviet States of Russia
the Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
NATO
19
While the United States advocates democracy and capitalism, the Soviet Union advocated
monarchy
communism
fascism
federalism
20
The imaginary wall dividing democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe was called
the Steel Curtain
the Iron Curtain
the Warsaw Wall
the Berlin Wall
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Who was the commander of the UN and South Korean forces at the start of the war?
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel