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Cold War Unit Review
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1
Which of the following is the best way to characterize the U.S. reaction to Sputnik?
None of the above
Use nuclear weapons against the Soviets
Improve education in reaction to Sputnik
Offer a truce with the Soviets
2
What was the 1950's state dept. official Alger Hiss accused of?
Starting the Domino Theory
Creating the Red Scare
Giving State Dept. documents to the Soviet Union
Flying a U-2 spyplane over the S. Union
3
Which of the following did the United States rely on to deter Soviet aggression?
Diplomacy
Espionage
Nuclear weapons
Sputnik
4
What did the Marshall Plan argue?
Econ. assistance would aid countries in resistance of Comm.
NATO would dominate E. and W. Europe
The U.S. would crush the Soviet threat
The Warsaw Pact would dominate E. and W. Europe
5
Which of the following most accurately summarizes the Truman Doctrine?
Warsaw Pact support of countries threatened by Communism
Soviet support of countries threatened by Communism
NATO Support of countries threatened by Communism
U.S. support of countries threatened by Communism
6
The Eisenhower Doctrine of 1957 committed which of the following?
U.S. to keeping Communism out of the Middle East
U.S. to keeping Communism out of S. America
Building the interstate highway system
Building more Nuclear weapons
7
What was the policy the United States followed to separate itself from Russia?
Containment
Isolationism
Mccarthyism
The Space Race
8
How can the "Red Scare" period best be characterized..
Eisenhower offers a truce with Khruschev
fear that democracy was taking over the S. Union
Fear that communisim was taking over the U.S. from inside
Everyone wears red clothing
9
All of the following were strategies of the Cold War except...
Isolationism
Nuclear Threats
Propaganda/Espionage
Economic Pressure
10
General ________________ was removed from his command during the Korean War.
Bradley
Macarthur
Eisenhower
Westmoreland
11
This leader established the People's Republic of China...
Ho Chi Minh
Ghandi
Stallin
Mao Zedong
12
One of the major reasons Eisenhower was able to achieve victory in the 1952 Pres. Election was.
Join the Warsaw Pact
Start a War in Cuba
End the Korean War
Negotiate with the Soviets
13
What was the Iron Curtain?
A saying the U.S. used to offend the Soviets
An Iron Wall in the Soviet Union
The Equator
A Barrier between Eastern and Western Europe
14
The Cold War was a dispute between which two Countries?
U.S./Soviet Union
U.S./France
Turkey/Greece
Cuba/Soviet Union
15
Where was the border between North and South Korea?
The Iron Curtain
Yalu River
38th Parallel
17th Parallel
16
Truman's stance on communism can best be characterized as a policy of...
Isolationism
Diplomacy
Containment
Direct Confrontation
17
Cold War pro-communist regimes came into power in all of the following countries except...
Poland
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Romania
18
Who was the Senator who said that communism would take down the U.S. from the inside?
Dwight Eisenhower
Allen Dulles
Joseph McCarthy
Harry Truman
19
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were found guilty of which of the following crimes...
conspiracy to commit espionage
murder
wire-tapping
perjury
20
________________ was the fear that Communism was taking over the United States from the Inside.
The Anti-Communist Crusade
The Red Scare
Leftism
The Rosenbergs
21
Sec. of State John Foster Dulles would most likely agree with which statement?
Creat a truce with the Soviet Union
West should risk war rather than back down in a crisis
Isolationism should be American Foreign Policy
Spy over the Soviet Union
22
The Warsaw Pact would best be characterized as a...
Pro-Communist Military alliance
Pro Cold War alliance
Anti-Communist alliance
Pro Monarchy alliance
23
Why was General Macarthur relieved of his command in the Korean War?
Was responsible for the Deaths of innocent civilians
Requested the use of Nuclear Weapons
Moved too slowly
offered a truce with N. Korea
24
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the Geneva Summit Conf. of 1955?
The Soviet Union was weak
A Nuclear arms control plan was established
The U.S. and Soviet Union joined forces
A Nuclear arms control plan was not established
25
The U2 plane piloted by Gary Powers caused a new period of the following in US/Soviet relations
Anger/Resentment
Rivalry
Joy
Peace
26
Why was Sputnik significant?
First deep sea diving mission
First nuclear weapon used since WWII
First artificial satellite in space
first manned spaceship in space
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would best be characterized as a...
Pro Monarchy alliance
Pro-communist military alliance
Pro Cold War alliance
Anti-communist alliance
