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1
What does ICBM stand for?
International Command Base Mission
None of the above
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
International Cooperation Banning Missiles
2
What is the term for countries that are dependent on and dominated by Communism?
Slave States
Fourth World
Vassel Nations
Satellite Nations
3
NATO is based on
Collective security
Free trade
Mutually assured destruction
Isolationism
4
Name of the document that asserts that conflict between the US and USSR was unavoidable?
Eisenhower Doctrine
NSC-68
Atlantic Charter
Marshall Plan
5
After WWII, which two nations emerged as rival super-powers?
United States and Great Britain
France and Great Britain
China and the Soviet Union
United States and the Soviet Union
6
What is the policy, under Ike, of going to the edge of war, but not actually going to war?
Communism
Edgy Policy
Eisenhower Doctrine
Brinkmanship
7
The "Iron Curtain" refers to
Soviet controlled Eastern Europe
None of the above
American controlled Western Europe
A lead drapery
8
What do Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs have in common?
They were accused of Communism
They were well-known Communist hunters
They were executed
They were famous CIA agents
9
Dr. Jonas Salk invented a vaccine for ___ in 1954.
Tuberculosis
Polio
HIV
Cancer
10
In response to forming NATO, the Soviet Union
Created the Marshall Plan
Joined the UN
Left the UN
Created the Warsaw Pact
11
Which event did not occur during the Eisenhower presidency?
Berlin Blockade
U-2 Incident
Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal
Launching of Sputnik
12
Which of the following did not happen during the Truman administration?
Greece and Turkey are threatened by Communism
Berlin Blockade
Ceasefire in Korea
Marshall Plan
13
What is the policy employed by Truman to stop the spread of communism?
Marshall Plan
Brinkmanship
Containment
Stop-Man-Ship
14
Which of the following could you watch on TV in the 1950s
The Mickey Mouse Club
American Bandstand
I love Lucy
All of the above
15
The Marshall Plan called for
Economic aid to Japan
Food for the Soviet Union
Economic aid for Europe
Military aid for Europe
16
What did the Truman Doctrine promise?
None of the above
To reject the policy of containment
To support nations trying to fight hunger
To support nations trying to fight communism
17
In his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned against
The military industrial complex
Further communist infiltration into the US army
Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon
Lack of funding of atomic weapons
18
Which aid package was aimed at keeping Greece and Turkey from falling to Communism?
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
19
What is the competition between nations to have the largest arsenal of weapons?
Weapons Race
Weapons Olympics
Arms Race
100 Yard Arms Dash
20
All of the following are true of Senator Joseph McCarthy, EXCEPT:
He made unfounded accusations
Ruined many people's careers
He was trying to find Communists within the government
He was a Democrat
21
All of the following nations occupied Germany post WWII, EXCEPT:
Soviet Union
France
United States
Japan
22
Which of the following happens after the occupation of Germany?
All of Germany is united by 1950
Germany is divided east and west
Germany remains divided today
Germany was divided north and south at the 38th parallel
23
What US president achieved a ceasefire in the Korean War?
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Harry Truman
24
Which happened last- Berlin Airlift, China's fall to communism, Korean War or Truman Doctrine?
Berlin Airlift
Truman Doctrine
Korean War
China becomes communist
25
The GI Bill of Rights helped ____ get money for education and housing
American war veterans
Women
Black Americans
Asian Americans
26
Who was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
27
All of the following are true of the Rosenbergs, EXCEPT:
They were the last people executed in the US
They were accused of passing secrets to the Soviets
They felt that they were persecuted for their beliefs
They passed intelligence from Alger Hiss
28
Who became the leader of Communist China in 1949?
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
Chaing Kai-Shek
29
Who was the Communist leader of North Korea?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
Synman Rhee
Mao Zedong
30
McCarthyism is most similar to
Hoovervilles of the 1930s
Japanese Internment during WWII
Salem Witch Trials of the 16902
The immigration quotas of the 1920s
31
What saved Berlin from Stalin's blockade?
Berlin Wall
Marshall Plan
Berlin pipeline
Berlin Airlift
32
President Eisenhower's new policy of combatting communism involved:
Appeasement
Massive aid packages
None of the above
Atomic Weapons
33
Who was the main target of the HUAC investigations?
Major league sports
Government employees
Military
Hollywood
34
What program did Truman create to root out Communists?
Central Intelligence Agency
Disloyalty Exam
Loyalty Review Board
Palmer Raids
35
What is the term for an economic system where the government controls wealth and property?
Communism
Imperialism
Capitalism
Fascism
36
What is the direct line between Moscow and Washington, DC?
Blue phone
Phone line
None of the above
Hot line
37
People began moving to the ____ in the 1950s.
Suburbs
Cities
The Moon
Farms
38
After WWII, what part of the world did the Soviet Union take control of?
North Africa
Western Europe
Asia
Eastern Europe
39
Why was MacArthur relieved of duty?
He wanted to drop an atomic bomb on South Korea
He advocated invading and using the atomic bomb on China
He advocated entering North Korea
He was never fired
40
Which organization replaced the League of Nations?
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
European Union
41
What was the final resolution of the Korean War?
The South gained control of the peninsula
The North gained control of the peninsula
The dividing line moved north
The dividing line remained about the same
42
What was the first unmanned satellite launched into orbit?
Apollo I
Pravda
Challenger
Sputnik
43
What nation entered the Korean War on the side of the North Koreans?
Vietnam
Soviet Union
France
China
44
Who did McCarthy first accuse of being Communist?
Members of the Defense Department
Eisenhower
The US Army
State Department workers
45
What is the period of indirect hostilities between the US and USSR known as?
Brinkmanship
Cold War
Berlin Crisis
WWII
46
Who can be blamed for starting the Cold War?
The United States only
China
Only the Soviet Union
The United States and Soviet Union
47
What invention made showed that an airplane was no longer needed to deploy an atomic bomb?
Hydrogren Bomb
Sling Shot
None of the above
Satellite
48
In which country did containment first fail?
China
Korea
Vietnam
Greece
49
Which event created the most shock and fear in the US about USSR nuclear capabilities?
Sputnik launch
Berlin Crisis
Castro's rise to power
U-2 incident
50
What kind of government has strong, centralized power, often ruled by a dictator?
Capitalism
Totalitarian
Communims
Democracy
51
What American General commanded UN forces in the Korean War?
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
52
In the 1950s many Americans experienced an increase in income and the economy was strong.
True
False
53
What is another term for spying?
Creeping
Espionage
Ratting
Snitching
54
What general did Truman fire during the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
Syngman Rhee
Dwight Eisenhower
George Marshall
55
What organization creates and alliance between the US and much of western Europe?
UN
NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
56
What is the term for a list of names that employers will not hire?
Yellow dog contract
No Hire List
Blacksite
Blacklist
57
Stalin was determined that Germany would
Give up their nuclear weapons
Be united as soon as possible
Pay for all damages incurred by the USSR in WWII
Never threaten his nation again
58
Who was president of the United States at the start of the Cold War?
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Truman
59
Which of the following was not a crisis during the Eisenhower administration?
Suez Canal Crisis
Berlin Blockade
Fidel Castro gaining control of Cuba
Soviet launching of Sputnik
60
Who is the King of Rock and Roll
The Notorious BIG
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Big Bopper
Elvis Presley
61
Which of the following was NOT a NATO nation?
United States
Great Britain
East Germany
Norway
62
After the USSR launched Sputnik, how did the US respond?
Increased the number of spies in China
BOTH of the above answers
Expand and improve our space program
Increase aid to education
63
What was the organization created to gather information on Communism outside of the US?
OSS
CIA
NSC-68
FBI
64
What did HUAC charge members of Hollywood with?
Racism
Communist loyalties
Spying for the Soviet Union
Anti-Semitism
65
Why did McCarthy's communist crusade end?
He lied and bullied witnesses
He accused the army of Communism
All of the above
The Senate condemned his actions
66
Which of the following is NOT a Warsaw Pact nation?
East Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
West Germany
67
What is the term for the technique of making unfounded accusations on the Senate floor?
McCarrnism
Communism
NSC-68
McCarthyism
68
All of the following involved massive aid packages aimed at fighting communism?
Communism
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
