Early Cold War

Question 1

Which was NOT a reason the US supported emerging nations?

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Their Industrial Goods

Question 2

NATO

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Alliance between Western countries like the US & GB

Question 3

Senator that gained a political following accusing others of being Communists

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Joseph McCarthy

Question 4

Harry Truman's support of existing and emerging Democratic countries was outlined in the

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Truman Doctrine

Question 5

the Marshall Plan was meant to

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help European economies affected by WWII

Question 6

Why would the US want Germany to recover economically?

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All of the above

Question 7

Was accused of being a ring-leader for a group of Communist spies in the US in the 1950s

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Alger Hiss

Question 8

Dixiecrats were

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All of the Above

Question 9

President that took over for Harry Truman

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 10

Famous General fired by Truman during the Korean War

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Douglas MacArthur

Question 11

Brinksmanship was the idea that

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We would never back down from the USSR even if it meant war

Question 12

Leader of the Chinese Communist Party

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Mao Zedong

Question 13

The city of Berlin was located in the French-ran part of Germany post WWII

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False

Question 14

Truman's Fair Deal was opposed by Republicans and

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Dixiecrats

Question 15

American citizens were genrally unconcerned about the idea of a nuclear war during the 50s

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False

Question 16

The Korean War began when the South Koreans invaded the north Korean capital of PyonYang

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False

Question 17

Massive Retaliation involved the use of

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Nuclear Weapons

Question 18

Outside of providing economic relief, the Marshall Plan helped

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Keep countries away from Communist rule

Question 19

Strategy used by Douglas MacArthur in the Korean War

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Limited War

Question 20

Bomb developed by Truman in response to the USSR developing an atomic bomb

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Hydrogen Bomb

Question 21

The Chinese Civil war was a war between the Nationalists and the _______ rebels

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Communist

Question 22

During the Berlin Airlift, allied pilots were landing almost every 45 seconds with supplies

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True

Question 23

After WWII, the Soviet Union

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wanted to cripple Germany economically

Question 24

McCarthy was opposed as a fraud when he claimed he knew of Communists in the

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Army

Question 25

What was Alger Hiss convicted of?

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Perjury

Question 26

At Yalta, the soviets agreed to

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enter the war against Japan

Question 27

Policy of not allowing Communism to expand beyond its existing borders

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Containment

Question 28

The Warsaw Pact

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Alliance between the Soviet Union & Eastern Euro. Countries

Question 29

The North Koreans were aided by _____ troops during the Korean War

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Chinese

Question 30

Created the CIA

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The National Security Act

Question 31

Americans in the 1950s fully embraced Liberal political policies

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False

Question 32

The potential Communist take over of this country and Turkey caused the Truman Doctrine

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Greece

Question 33

Eisenhower increasingly relied on the CIA to

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Protect emerging nations from Communism

Question 34

Only hired Union Workers

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Closed Shop

Question 35

The launching of this ignited the space race

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Sputnik I

Question 36

Eisenhower's main foreign policy stance toward the Soviet Union

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Massive Retaliation

Question 37

Made the idea of Communism much more popular in Cuba

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Widespread Poverty

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