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Cold War Introduction
Cold War Introduction
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Quiz on the start of the Cold War.
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1
Who was the Secretary of State who threatened to use nuclear weapons against any aggressor?
Douglas MacArthur
John Dulles
John McCarthy
Alger Hiss
2
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Khruschev
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
3
At the Potsdam conference, Stalin refused to allow free elections in :
Romania
Poland
England
Greece
4
What is the U.S. policy of keeping communism within the countries already affected by it?
The Marshall Plan
Quarantine
Containment
The Truman Doctrine
5
Nations that are dominated by and dependent on the Soviet Union are called:
Colonies
NATO Countries
Satellite Nations
Socialist Nations
6
When __________ betrayed the USSR, they joined the U.S. and Great Britain as the Allied Powers.
Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
Franco
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What provided economic and military aid to nations threatened by communism?
Marshall Plan
Brinksmanship
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism
8
Who defeated Churchill in an election to become Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Attlee
Stalin
Truman
Roosevelt
9
The Americans, then the Soviets built a new type of bomb based on fusion and fueled by:
Uranium
Hydrogen
Neon
Helium
10
Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin?
to protest Americans creating the H-bomb
toprotest the unification of West Germany
becausethe Americans blockaded Bonn
becausethey felt like it
11
The United Nations was created at Yalta, where were the first meetings held?
New York
Bonn
London
San Francisco
12
Each of the following countries controlled a zone of Germany
except:
France
U.S.
USSR
Japan
13
The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression is?
Truman Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
McCarthyism
Brinkmanship
14
The USSR and the U.S.did not get along after WWII for all of the following except:
The U.S. didn’t attack Germanoccupied Francesoon enough
The Soviets didn’t share information about communist China
The Soviets had signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler
The Americans didn’t share information about the A-bomb
15
The USSR wanted money for war damages or ________ from Germany.
Repayment
Payback
Reparations
Remand
16
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization included all of the following nations except:
Belgium
Luxembourg
Romania
Iceland
17
What was the capital of West Germany?
Bonn
Yalta
Berlin
West Berlin
18
What program supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII?
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Brinksmanship
Marshall Plan
19
Who took over as President when Roosevelt passed away?
Truman
MacArthur
Ford
Eisenhower
20
Churchill offended the Soviets by referring to the Communist influence in Eastern Europe as:
the red menace
the red death
the iron mask
the iron curtain