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106 7/25: Session #12
106 7/25: Session #12
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WWII and Origins of the Cold War
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1
Where did the Allies choose to begin their joint assault against the European Axis Powers in 1942?
Japan
The border of the Soviet Union
The English Channel
Northern Africa
2
Stated that the US woult aid any country fighting subversive of external pressure
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
NSC-68
3
All of these led to the beginning of the Cold War except...
Stalin foregoing his acceptance of free elections in Eastern Europe
US and Soviet Union wanting to impose their values on others
Communist coup in Poland
The Long Telegram
4
With the formation of NATO, an attack against one country in the org would be perceived as an attack against all
True
False
5
NSC-68 was a significant policy document that recommended:
Increasing military strength to counter Soviet expansion
Establishing the United Nations as the primary global security organization
Reducing military spending to balance the federal budget
Forming a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union
6
We could consider this battle as Germany's last major effort in WWII
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
7
The Potsdam Conference resulted in a complete agreement between the Allied leaders on the post-war division of Germany.
True
False
8
Who rose to power as the Communist leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
9
The Berlin Airlift was a Soviet initiative to supply West Berlin with essential goods during the Berlin Blockade
True
False
10
One could say that ... ends the Great Depression
FDR's pure might and mental willpower
mobilization for WWII
mobilization for WWI
New Deal Policies
11
"Iron Curtain" was coined by Winston Churchill to describe the ideological and physical separation between E & W Europe
False
True
12
Established unconditional surrender of Germany, the trying and execution of Nazi officials, occupation zones of Germany
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
Armistice
The Truman Doctrine
13
Which event is generally considered to be the first belligerent act of WWII?
Germany's attack on Russia
Germany's occupation of Austria
Germany's attack on Poland
Germany's attack on Britain
14
Associated with the "Long Telegram"
Arthur Zimmerman
George Marshall
George Kennan
Dean Acheson
15
The US paid for WWII mostly through...
Lend-Lease
passing the 16th Amendment
tax increases
rationing
16
Establishmentarians believed in conservatism, capitalism and free market, and were often opposed to radical movements.
False
True
17
The National Security Act of 1947 did/led to all of the following except...
Established the CIA
Established the Department of Defense
Allowed the FBI to wiretap suspected communists
Created the National Security Council
18
We learned from the Potsdam Conference that the appeasement of a belligerent nation could not prevent future war
False
True
19
The Manhattan Project concerned...
Turing's decoding of the Enigma Machine
Development of the atomic bomb
Amphibious landings in the Pacific
Increasing tank production
20
What was the name for MacArthur and Nimitz's strategy for attacking the Japanese in the Pacific?
island hopping
blitzkrieg
trench warfare
total war
