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1
America's pledge to fight communism worldwide was called _____.
brinkmanship
the Eisenhower Pledge
the Truman Doctrine
the Marshall Plan
2
Project _____ was the code name for an American project to break Soviet spy codes.
Break Soviet Spy Codes
Venona
Manhattan
Pumpkin
3
What did America do in response to the Soviet satellite launch?
America created NASA.
America joined NATO.
America shot it out of the sky.
America launched a bigger, faster satellite.
4
Eastern European nations that came under the influence of the Soviet Union became known as ...
parasite nations
protectorates
satellite nations
provinces
5
Who was executed in relation to the Soviet's acquisition of the atomic bomb?
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Klaus Fuchs
the Rosenbergs
6
____ was the Communist leader in China.
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
7
Which of the following nations is NOT a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
France
Belgium
China
Russia
8
How did Whittaker Chambers prove that Alger Hiss was a spy?
He got Hiss to admit it while he was wearing a recorder.
The US had broken Soviet codes that proved Hiss was a spy.
He hid evidence in a hollowed out pumpkin on his farm.
Hiss confessed in order to avoid the death penalty.
9
Heman Sweatt won his Supreme Court case based on the _____ clause of the 14th Amendment.
Double Jeopardy
Due Process
Equal Protection
Citizenship
10
What started the new Red Scare?
The successful Soviet atomic bomb testing.
Joseph McCarthy's speech to a Republican group.
China's fall into communism.
Igor Gouzenko's defection from the Soviet Union.
11
Which of the following is NOT one of the areas of tension that arose near the end of WWII?
Stalin ignoring the Declaration of Liberated Europe
America's atomic bomb secret
conflicting economic systems
America's Alliance with Hitler
12
After the fall of China to communism, where did the government flee?
the Philippines
Korea
Japan
Taiwan
13
Igor Gouzenko revealed _____.
that the Soviets had an atomic bomb
that Adolf Hitler was alive
that China signed a treaty with the Soviet Union
that the Soviets were trying to obtain the atomic bomb
14
Alger Hiss was _____.
the Secretary of State
a senator
a former vice president
a former diplomat for FDR
15
Which of the following is a position never held by Eisenhower?
President of Columbia University
Vice President
NATO Supreme Commander
Army Chief of Staff
16
To describe the division of Europe, Winston Churchill coined the phrase ______.
Great Gulf
Great Divide
Iron Curtain
Stone Wall
17
What prompted Stalin to order the Berlin blockade?
the passage of the Marshall Plan
the unification of West Germany
the Truman Doctrine speech
the Long Telegram
18
____ was a Wisconsin senator that started a witch hunt for Communists in the government.
George Marshall
Whittaker Chambers
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Welch
19
What was the main area of conflict at the Potsdam Conference?
German reparations
the Japanese Front
The Declaration of Liberated Europe
Poland's free elections
20
Why was the Eisenhower/Khrushchev summit cancelled?
The Soviets shot down an American spy plane.
The Soviets found that the US had staged a coup in Iran.
The execution of the Rosenbergs.
Disneyland denied Khrushchev access.
21
What was America's policy to defeat communism?
containment
brinkmanship
aggression
espionage
22
HUAC first made major headlines when they began investigating communism in the ____ industry.
Auto
oil
film
defense
23
The United States would conduct covert operations through the newly developed ____.
MIB
FBI
CIA
NASA
24
In response to the Berlin blockade, ______ was formed.
NATO
NASA
the CIA
the United Nations
25
Who took over the Soviet Union when Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
Igor Gouzenko
Leon Trosky
Vladimir Putin
26
How did America end the Berlin blockade?
brinkmanship
an airlift
a treaty that provided more reparations to the Soviet Union
a covert operation
27
Who was the US spy shot down in the U2 incident?
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph McCarthy
Francis Gary Powers
Joseph Welch
28
Eisenhower's _____ military would be smaller and less expensive.
New Look
New Deal
New Patriot
New Defense
29
American diplomat George Kennan wrote the _____ to describe Soviet behavior.
Soviet Discourse
Long Telegram
Communist Manifesto
Kennan Telegram
30
Why did Truman fire General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War?
He was losing the war.
He publicly criticized Truman's strategy
He slapped a shell-shocked soldier.
He sent troops into China
31
Truman stated that _____ and the Truman Doctrine were "two halves of the same walnut".
the Declaration of Liberated Europe
Massive Retaliation
the Marshall Plan
McCarthyism
