Chapter 12 Cold War

Question 1

If the United States and Soviet Union actually broke out into a hot war, there would have been

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 2

Where was Berlin located?

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Deep inside East Germany

Question 3

What is the name for the areas that are controlled by the Soviet Union?

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Satellite States/nation

Question 4

Left wing writers and producers in Hollywood who were investigated by HUAC were nicknamed

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The Hollywood Ten

Question 5

The North Koreans started the Korean War by crossing

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the 38th parallel

Question 6

What is the name for the 46 year struggle between the United States and Soviet Union?

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Cold War

Question 7

How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?

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The Soviet Union refused to participate in the plan

Question 8

Who won the Korean War?

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No one, it ended basically where it began

Question 9

Who combined their zones to create West Germany?

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France, Great Britain, and USA

Question 10

The Berlin airlift was a direct response to what Soviet act?

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The Blockade of Berlin

Question 11

During the Cold War, a major goal of the US policy in Latin America was to

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protect American financial investments in Latin America

Question 12

Fearing the spread of communism spreading from one area to a neighboring area is an example of

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The Domino Theory

Question 13

How many times more powerful is the hydrogen bomb than an atomic bomb used on Japan?

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1,000

Question 14

The United States gave Europe $13 billion dollars through this program

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Marshall Plan

Question 15

When Joseph Stalin died, this man took over as the leader of the Soviet Union

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Nikita Krushchev

Question 16

How many feet difference is there between high tide and low tide at Inchon Bay?

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31 Feet

Question 17

At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to

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divide the defeated Germany into four sections

Question 18

Who gave the speech saying an Iron Curtain has descended upon Eastern Europe?

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Winston Churchill

Question 19

How long did the Berlin Airlift last?

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About one year

Question 20

Who was the leader of the Nationalist forces in China?

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Jiang Jieshi

Question 21

Why did the US become involved in affairs in the Middle East following WWII?

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to prevent oil rich Arab nations from falling to the Soviets

Question 22

The United States offered $400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey through this program

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Truman Doctrine

Question 23

NATO was based on the principle of

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collective security

Question 24

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created

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the Warsaw Pact

Question 25

Who wrote an article to George Marshall that created our philosophy of containment

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George Kennan

Question 26

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

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A senator from Wisconsin

Question 27

After the Communists took over China, where did the Nationalist forces flee to?

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Taiwan

Question 28

Members of the HUAC charged numerous Hollywood figures with

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being sympathetic to communist ideas

Question 29

A disagreement over what country's future worsened post war relations between the US and USSR?

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Poland

Question 30

Who led the United Nation's forces in Korea?

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Douglas MacArthur

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Chapter 12 Cold War

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