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1
Soviets feared that the Eastern half of Berlin would want Democracy, so they built the:
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Communist Line
Berlin Seperation
2
What caused relations between the United States and the Soviet Union to break down after WWII?
Different ideologies
The Marshall Plan
The creation of the United Nations
Joseph Stalin died
3
What is the program created by Congress to investigate possible Communists in America
CAUH
HUAC
Warsaw Pact
McCarthyism
4
In 1949, tensions rose because because of two important events:
Warsaw Pact and growth of the automobile industry
U.S. made Hydrogen bomb and United Nations was created
Soviet Union made the Atomic bomb and China became Communist
The Iron Curtain and Warsaw Pact
5
The U.S. sent money and aid to Western Europe through a program called
The Truman Docrine
The Marshall Plan
HUAC
NATO
6
Who was the Wisconsin Senator who began accusing government employees of being Soviet agents?
Joseph McCarthy
Julius Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
Paul McCartney
7
In response to the creation of NATO, the USSR started a Communist alliance called:
Eisenhower Doctrine
Communist Pact
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Treaty
8
This organization was created in order to provide security and alliance to democratic nations:
ACDC
Warsaw Pact
HUAC
NATO
9
A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR, causing its pilot ___ to be captured
Francis Gary Powers
Douglas McArthur
Frank P. Jefferson
Julius Rosenberg
10
The ___ directly gave aid to Greece and Turkey in order to discourage the spread of Communism
NATO
HUAC
The Truman Docrine
The Marshall Plan
11
How many years did the Cold War technically last?
100 years
45 years
60 years
30 years
12
What was the policy, years after the Truman Doctrine, that extended aid to the Middle East?
Truman Extension Plan
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Eisenhower Aid
13
What type of political system did most countries have in Western Europe
Democracy
Monarchy
Fascist
Communist
14
The U.S. had to fly food, medicine, and supplies into the capitol of Germany. This is called:
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Supply Program
Containment
The Truman Docrine
15
In the United States, people were afraid of Communist spies. This period of time is called:
The Communist Infiltration
The Spy Scare
HUAC
The Red Scare
16
China had a terrible civil war, until this communist leader took over the government
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
Kim Jong-Un
Winston Churchill
17
Why is this war referred to as "Cold"
It was a period of icy tensions, not direct fighting.
Soviets were cold-hearted
Communism was spreading
It was winter
18
The foreign policy that helps democratic countries in order to stop the spread of Communism is:
prevention
containment
constant aid
corruption
19
The USSR took over the governments of its neighboring countries. They were known as:
satellites
territories
Stalin-land
states
20
After Harry Truman, ___ became President of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
David Howard