The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the:

Soviet blockade of West Berlin.

The HUAC charged numerous Hollywood figures with:

Being sympathetic to Communist ideas.

A reason the US became involved in the Middle East following World War 2?

Prevent Arab nations coming under Soviet influence.

How did the USSR react to the Marshall Plan?

Refused to participate in the plan.

Which of the following best describes satellite nations?

Nations dominated by the Soviet Union.

What did Pres. Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

Support nations resisting Soviet control.

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Unit 5 - Cold War #2

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1
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union:
Joined the Marshall Plan.
Created the Warsaw Pact.
Ended the Berlin airlift.
Left the United Nations.
2
The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the:
Reunification of East and West Germany.
German development of the atomic bomb.
Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Construction of the Berlin wall.
3
The HUAC charged numerous Hollywood figures with:
Being sympathetic to Communist ideas.
Avoiding the issue of racism.
Promoting Nazism.
Spying for the Soviet Union.
4
What does the term "McCarthyism" mean?
To tirelessly hunt for communist spies.
To accuse without proof.
To hunt for witches hidden in your community.
In favor of using atomic bombs to uphold beliefs.
5
A reason the US became involved in the Middle East following World War 2?
To limit Jewish immigration.
Discourage the founding of a Jewish homeland.
To overthrow dictatorships in Arab nations.
Prevent Arab nations coming under Soviet influence.
6
Policy of making the military so strong that no enemy would dare attack.
Deterrence.
Brinkmanship.
The Truman Doctrine.
Contianment.
7
How did the USSR react to the Marshall Plan?
Offered own plan with no strings attached.
Refused to participate in the plan.
Created a defense alliance.
Offered to share the costs with the US.
8
In 1946 ______ proclaimed that an "iron curtain" had fallen across Europe.
Joseph McCarthy
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
9
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the priciple of:
Capitalism
Collective security
Free trade
Containment
10
The abiltiy to come the verge of war without actually going to war was:
The Truman Doctrine.
The arms race.
Brinkmanship.
The blacklist.
11
The stuggle between the US and USSR to gain weapons superiority was:
Contianment
The arms race
Brinkmanship
The Marshall Plan
12
Which of the following best describes satellite nations?
Nations that belonged to NATO.
Nations dominated by the Soviet Union.
Nations capable of launching missiles.
Nations in debt to the United States.
13
Pres Truman's Fed Employee Loyalty Program and Sen. McCarthy's hearings aimed to:
Defend American's civil liberties.
Expose Communists in the US.
Find ways to save China from communists.
Fight discrimination in government jobs.
14
What did Pres. Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To reject the policy of containment.
To enforce the policy of brinkmanship.
To fight hunger anywhere in the world.
Support nations resisting Soviet control.
15
Made Americans realize the USSR could reach any US city in mere minutes and destroy it.
Berlin Blockade.
The first test of a Soviet atomic bomb.
The U-2 incident.
The Sputnik launch.

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