The U.S. & The Cold War Quiz!

What two nations emerge as the worlds dominant superpowers after WWII?

What is the US policy called that calls for keeping communism within its current borders?

Alarmed by events overseas, what does Congress set up to investigate communists at home?

What is the term for the political hostility that existed between Russia and the US?

When North Korea invades the South, who agrees to send troops to try to stop them?

Who is the leader of the Soviet Russia at the end of WWII?

McCarthy bullied many but when Americans saw him on this new invention it was the end for him

Suspicion are confirmed when Alger Hiss and Ethel & Julius Rosenberg are put on trial for what?

What happens when General MacArthur pushes deep into enemy territory close to the border with China

When MacArthur recommends invading China and dropping the bomb on them, what does Truman do?

Truman promises what as a part of his Truman Doctrine?

This is the term for the small Eastern Europe countries where communist dictatorships are set up

The U.S. sends billions of dollars to Europe, a plan called this

This senator forced people to defend their loyalty in hearings based on little evidence?

What is the name of the military alliance nations form to counter the threat of communism?

This was the term for the border between communism and capitalism

The Korean War ends with 54,000 US deaths, a permanently divided Korea. Did Containment work?

This country falling to communism called into question the policy of containment?

What promise does Stalin break by setting up communist governments in Eastern Europe?

One of the first tests of the Cold War was when the West saved Berlin from communist takeover through this event