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Cold War 1945-53
Cold War 1945-53
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1
What event did not happen last during the Cold War from 1945-1953?
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
The Marshall Plan was implemented to rebuild Europe after the war
The Iron Curtain has fallen over Europe
2
At Yalta, the Big Three agreed to divide Germany, and Berlin, into ____ occupation zones.
8
3
5
4
3
All of __ Berlin was closed off from food, water, coal during the Berlin Airlift by the Soviets
East
West
South
North
4
The US was fearful of USSR nuclear power when they developed the atom bomb in '49 then the hydrogen bomb
before
the US.
True
False
5
Senator _____ said/lied that he knew 200+ communists working in the US government leading to 3 years of false hearings.
Joseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Frank Carlson
Earl Clements
6
Where were North and South Korea divided AFTER the Korean War?
38th Parallel
40th Parallel
42 Parallel
36th Parallel
7
Countries controlled by the USSR located in Eastern Europe were called Satellite Nations
False
True
8
T or F: In Soviet Russia, there was only one political party instead of the multi party system in the US.
True
False
9
The US's first Cold War policy that promised to stop the spread of communism but not destroy it where it was was called
Truman Doctrine
Quarantine Effect
Domino Theory
Containment
10
At the Potsdam Conference, the new American President _____, started to notice serious problems with Stalin.
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
11
What line was North and South Korea divided at after WW2, before the Korean War?
42nd Parallel
38th Parallel
Equator
16th Parallel
12
The Allied Leader that gave the Iron Curtain Speech was
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman
Stalin
13
The Smith Act made illegal to...
Take away suspected communists licenses
set up an official Communist Party in the US
overthrow the US Government
burn the flag and raise the USSR's flag in your yard
14
The leader of communist China that exiled Chiang Kai Skek to Taiwan was
Hideki Tojo
Mao Zedong
Xi Mingze
Xi Jinping
15
Adding to the fears of the spread of communism, in 1949 ____ became the world's largest communist state.
Vietnam
Philippines
China
Taiwan
16
The Soviet sector in Germany was located in the East.
False
True
17
In post WW2 Europe, countries were given aid to rebuild their country's economies while promoting US democracy & trade.
Cold War Economics
Domino Plan
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
18
The ___ was a group of producers, writers &directors who were accused of having communist sympathies & were blacklisted.
The Smith Agency
Rosenburgs
Boy Scouts
Hollywood 10
19
In response to the Berlin Airlift, the US and 10 European countries formed _____ as an anti communist defense alliance.
SEATO
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
20
What general led UN forces in Korea & ended in his military career when he wanted to use atomic weapons on China?
Tso
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Patton
21
In return for helping countries fight communism by giving $, the US was able to set up missile pads in those countries.
True
False
22
The ___ were a married couple that were executed after being charged with passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
The Kleinmans
The Maguires
The Wolinskis
The Rosenburgs
23
A deal that promised to support any country fighting communism & send aid, specifically to Greece & Turkey, was
The Churchill Grant
The Truman Doctrine
The Roosevelt Plan
The Marshall Plan
24
At the Yalta Conference, the Big Three discussed the dividing of Germany and the creation of___ for peace.
NATO
the Warsaw Pact
the United Nations
a new Poland
25
T or F: The Cold War was considered "cold" because of the USSR's frigid weather.
False
True
26
The man credited with creating the strong groundwork for the United Nations was
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Cordell Hull
General MacArthur
27
Making harsh accusations with little to no evidence is called _____.
Trumanism
Trumpism
Defamation
McCarthyism
28
The Iron Curtain, that resulted in the USSR taking charge of Eastern Europe governments, was an actual physical wall.
False
True
29
What type of government did North Korea adapt after WW2?
Monarchy
Democracy
Communism
Facist State
30
The HUAC(House of UnAmerican Activities) was created to investigate
All the above
un-American activities
anyone with Communist sympathies
spies in government