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McNeely Unit 5-1 Cold War
McNeely Unit 5-1 Cold War
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Highschool Early Cold War Quiz
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1
Name the "border" between North and South Korea.
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Petersburg
Shangra-la
Land of Happiness
2
Bert the Turtle says:
"Don't trust commies!"
"Shut up children!"
"Drugs are bad, mmmkay?!"
"Duck and Cover!"
3
Which was created out of the fear that our Nation was falling behind the Soviet Union?
ITKOY (Is This Kahoot Over Yet?)
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org.)
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Admin)
4
The Alliance for Progress was a
free-trade agreement between the United States and Latin American countries
job program that sent young people to work in poor American school district
series of cooperative aid projects with Latin American governments.
series of programs to improve life in American inner cities.
5
When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by
building the Berlin Wal
organizing a military alliance.
blockading West Berlin
threatening to declare war
6
Which foreign policy action by President Kennedy was intended to relieve the human suffering?
the Peace Corps
Flexible Response
Creation of the Green Berets
Counterinsurgency
7
Conflicts, fault in a specific place, in which the United States or the USSR Provide support for one side or known a
Nuclear wars
Containment wars
Civil Wars
Proxy wars
8
Who did Truman fire over the argument of limited war and total war?
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Gen. Ulysses S Grant
Gen. George Patton
9
An incident in which a US spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union
Castro Revolution
U-2 Incident
Cultural Revolution
Election of 1960
10
After Stalin Died, who gained control of the Soviet Union?
Maxson Jenson
Amos Hommel
Anna Guggenbickler
Nikita Khrushchev
11
Who practiced "brinkmanship"?
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Hoover
Truman
12
At the end of World War II, who was leader of the United States?
Truman
Stalin
Khrushchev
Churchill
13
The outcome of the 1960 presidential election was strongly influenced by
reapportionment.
the televised debates.
Nixon’s “Checkers speech.”
Kennedy’s stand on communism
14
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to:
help Western Europe recover.
punish Germany.
keep Communist countries weak.
prevent Germany from rearming.
15
At Yalta, the leaders agreed to:
help Germany's economy recover.
allow free elections in Germany.
divide Germany among the four allied powers.
allow half Germany to be Communist & the other democratic.
16
Beginning in 1947, manyHollywood actors, writers, and directors were blacklisted because
they ignored subpoenas fromSenator Joseph McCarthy.
they were convicted ofleaking state secrets.
They were suspected of being communists.
they refused to follow theHays Code.
17
Who conducted covert operations in foreign countries to overthrow anti-American leaders?
NATO
NASA
FBI
CIA
18
McCarthyism had a polarizing effect in the US because it...
questioned accepted social and moral values
renounced the system of American government
led liberal Americans to join the Communist Party
created a climate of suspicion and mistrust
19
What plan was to help Western Europe recover?
Marshall Plan
Truman Plan
Potsdam Plan
Yalta Plan
20
Senator McCarthy began to lose popular support when he . . . . .
publicly accused the Army of hiding Soviet spies
appeared drunk on live TV
publicly accused President Eisenhower of being a Communist
attempted to fabricate evidence during the investigations
21
Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for
World economic recovery
World peace
Containment
American prosperity
22
______ was a military Alliance formed by the United States, Canada, and 10 European nations following World War II
The league of nations
NATO
The Warsaw Pact
The United Nations
23
At the end of World War II, who was leader of the United Kingdom?
Khrushchev
Stalin
Churchill
Truman
24
Who coined the phrase, "Iron Curtain"?
Roosevelt
Hitler
Yamamoto
Churchill
25
At the end of World War II, who controlled East Germany?
United States
United Kingdom
France
Soviet Union
26
America, under President Eisenhower, adopted a policy of _______ to deter nuclear strikes.
"Massive Retaliation"
"Massive Resistance"
"Massive Support"
27
Who was a major player in the Red Scare?
McArthur
McCarthy
McNeely
McCarney
28
What was the Berlin Airlift?
operation where US &UK forces sent food/supplies to people in Berlin
A battle during World War II
Taking planes out of the city of Berlin because it was too powerful
When the Japanese surrendered after the dropping of the Atomic Bomb
29
Eisenhower's bold method of diplomacy with the Soviets
War
Brinkmanship
Give them their way
Total annihilation
30
What was the Iron Curtain?
A curtain made for the US out of iron
The boundary dividing Europe into two seperate areas
A wall built in Russia
A shield used by the US in the war
31
The Truman Doctrine, which showed we would contain communism, started with which two nations?
Russian & Poland
Greece and Turkey
Czech & Slovakia
Iran and Guatemala
32
To prevent a Communist Revolution in China, United States sent 2 billion dollars in Aid beginning in the mid-1940s to
North Korea
Mao Zedong's forces
Chiang Kai-shek's forces
Japan
33
The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis are directly related to United States relations with...
the Dominican Republic and Haiti
China and Japan
North Korea and South Korea
Cuba and the Soviet Union
34
What stance did the U.S. end up taking in response to Soviet expansion?
Containment
Direct Assault
Press the Red Button
Total war
35
Who were executed by the U.S. for leaking top-secret information about the A-bomb?
Winebergs
Goldbergs
Sandbergs
Rosenbergs
36
The Korean War resulted in
Victory for the United Nations
Victory for South Korea
Containment but no victory
Victory for North Korea
37
All property and industry should belong to, and be operated by, the Government.
Communism
Capitalism
Libertarain
Green Party
38
Why was the Warsaw Pact formed?
To pool funds for the space race
To counter the Allied Powers
To have a group with a really intimidating name
To counter NATO
39
How did the Korean War, an attempt at containment, end?
A united Korea was formed
North Korea Won
Korea became Communist
armistice
40
NATO formed for the purpose of
promoting free trade among members
spreading democracy.
settling international disputes.
mutual defense
41
Where'd the original Chinese gov't, led by Chang Kai-shek, go after being ousted by Mao Zedong?
Philippines
Korea
Taiwan
Tibet
42
During the Cold War Era, the easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in
the invasion of Hungary and Czechoslovakia
a treaty banning nuclear tests
the organization of the Warsaw Pact
the Berlin Airlift
43
The 1957 launching of Sputnik
greatly increased Eisenhower popularity
Congress increased spending on teaching science & math
plunged US into 3 recessions
proved superiority of US technology
44
The economy should operate without government intervention (AKA laissez faire)?
Communism
Socialism
National Socialism
Capitalism
45
At the end of World War II, who was leader of USSR?
Churchill
Khrushchev
Truman
Stalin