US History Cold War Review

Question 1

In a marketing strategy called ___, manufacturers yearly release new versions of their product.

Accepted Answer

planned obsolescence

Question 2

Who is President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Neil Gorsuch

Question 3

What was the US reaction to the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948?

Accepted Answer

US airlifted enough food to sustain West Berlin

Question 4

The ____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

Accepted Answer

South Koreans

Question 5

Which body of water was NOT bordered by a nonaligned country?

Accepted Answer

Black Sea

Question 6

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US responded by....

Accepted Answer

developing a hydrogen bomb

Question 7

$ from this program helped both Europe and Japan rebuild their nations and economies after WWII

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 8

System of government characterized by government control over industry & farming.

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 9

Which of these was NOT an American goal in Europe after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Rebuild America’s economy using Europe’s raw materials

Question 10

NATO =

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 11

Who was fired for trying to sabotage the president's attempts to make peace with N. Korea?

Accepted Answer

General MacArthur

Question 12

What effect did the Alger Hiss and Rosenberg arrests have on the Red Scare?

Accepted Answer

they made it worse

Question 13

The ____ were defeated in the Chinese civil war, despite help from the US.

Accepted Answer

Nationalists

Question 14

Who said; "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away."?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 15

The Soviets wanted to keep Germany divided because they...

Accepted Answer

felt a united Germany might attack them again

Question 16

1957 - President issued this, stating that the US would defend the Middle East from communism

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a way Americans prepared themselves for nuclear attack?

Accepted Answer

limiting consumer spending

Question 18

The U2/Francis Gary Powers incident was embarrassing for the US because it...

Accepted Answer

proved that Americans really were spying on the Soviets

Question 19

According to the map, which Warsaw Pact country was isolated from the others?

Accepted Answer

Albania

Question 20

Which of these was NOT true of the Chinese civil war?

Accepted Answer

The victorious leader was Chiang Kai-shek

Question 21

The return of American GI's had all of these effects on the US except...

Accepted Answer

the divorce rates continued to decrease

Question 22

Place at which Korea was divided into North and South at the end of the Korean War.

Accepted Answer

38th Parallel

Question 23

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ____.

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 24

After World War II, Berlin was occupied by 4 nations. Which of these was not one of them?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 25

The US responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ____.

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 26

____ was the leader of the Communists in China.

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 27

Which of these is NOT a goal of NATO?

Accepted Answer

create a common market for member nations

Question 28

Which of the following could also be referred to as the "Communism Haters Club"?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 29

Senator from Wisconsin who accused State Department officials of being communist

Accepted Answer

Joe McCarthy

Question 30

The result of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was...

Accepted Answer

the Hungarians got help from no one and stayed communist

Question 31

What is Monday's spirit day here at MHS?

Accepted Answer

America Day

Question 32

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a direct reaction to...

Accepted Answer

Soviet involvement in the Suez Canal dispute

Question 33

Which of the following was NOT one of the four major types of nuclear bomb testing?

Accepted Answer

at ground level

Question 34

Being put on this prevented you from getting a job, and made you a target of suspician

Accepted Answer

Blacklist

Question 35

What happened to the Pope's hat on Wednesday?

Accepted Answer

a little girl grabbed it off his head

Question 36

To label someone's activities as ____ is to suggest that they are making unsupported claims.

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 37

Which group investigated communism in Hollywood?

Accepted Answer

HUAC

Question 38

Ran between east and west Germany, Bulgaria and Greece, and Albania and Greece

Accepted Answer

the Iron Curtain

Question 39

This international peacekeeping organization was founded in 1945

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 40

The Soviet Union set up the ____ in response to efforts from the West to unify Germany.

Accepted Answer

Berlin blockade

Question 41

The Hollywood 10 refused to answer questions posed by...

Accepted Answer

HUAC

Question 42

The main goal of the _____ was to stop the spread of communism.

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 43

Which of these was NOT true of the American interstate system in 1956?

Accepted Answer

It solved the problems of traffic jams and accidents

US History Cold War Review

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