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How did the Marshall Plan help Contain Communism?
US gained allies in Western Europe against the Soviet Union
The US developed more nuclear weapons with it.
It did not contain communism
It was a successful military attack
2
The US used Containment Policy in Europe follow WWII?
True
False
3
What is another way to say Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc
USSR
CSA
4
What was US' policy to limit the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
Isolationist Policy
Containment Policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Destruction Policy
5
What was one reason the Soviet Union crumbled and the Cold War came to an end?
US put economic and military pressure on the Soviet Union in 1980s
There was a mass movement of support for communism
The US launched an invasion of Soviet Republics
China took the place the Soviet Union in the Cold War
6
During the Cold the US and the Soviet Union never actually fought each other.
False
True
7
Which side of Korea was made into a Communist country?
North
South
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Name of the Senator that went around accusing people of being communists without having any proof or evidence.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph McCarthy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
9
Which issue was the leading cause of political debate over National Security in the 1940s and 1950s
concern about escalation of military conflict in South Vietnam
fear about future terrorist attacks on American cities
fear of communist inflitration in the government
10
What would most likely happen if you didn't cooperate with HUAC
Death
Nothing they'd respect your Civil Liberties
Held in contempt and BLACKLISTED
Sent to an island of Soviet Sympathizers
11
The Soviets with the atomic bomb + China falling to communism led to...
Palmer Raids
The Cold War
World War III
The Second Red Scare
12
The struggle over China falling to communists in their Civil War contributed to
Increasing US fears of communist expansion
Encouraging European colonialism
creating tension between India and Pakistan
Stimulating Japan's economic recovery
13
What was the negative argument in the debate over the activities that were part of the 2nd Red Scare
Some felt investigation infringed on citizen's rights.
Some felt the US should follow isolationist policies
14
The US was able to contain communism in Korea?
False
True
15
Which is not a way the US attempted to contain communism in Europe?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
NAFTA
16
The US was successful in containing communism in Vietnam
False
True
17
Why did the Soviet Union develop and test its own nuclear weapons
It wanted to retain political and military influence after WWII
It wanted nuclear technology to be available for cheap
It wanted to quickly end the World War II
18
What event brought the US and the Soviet Union close to a nuclear war?
Soviets detonation of the H-bomb
The Building of the Berlin Wall
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Cuban Missile Crisis
19
Period of intense rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union that lasted 46yrs.
The Civil War
The Cold War
Brinkmanship
The Great Divide
20
Why did the US with the UN fight in the Korean War?
The US wanted to contain communism in Asia
The U.S. was forced to fight b/c of the UN
The US thought North Korea would attack them
The US wanted to take over all of Korea
21
What was the purpose of NATO
A financial institution to promote trade
An International organization to help refugees
An international army to attack Soviet controlled countries
Alliance of nations for collective security against Soviet aggression
22
How did the Soviet Union respond to US' dropping of atomic bombs on Japan?
Accelearted the pace of its military invasion of Germany
formed an alliance with US to share nuclear technology
intensified development and tested its own nuclear weapons
23
The Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba was a success for the US
True
False
24
What was the Marshall Plan?
US helped to rebuild and strengthen European economics
A defense alliance
A plan to attack the Soviet Union
A peace keeping organization
25
Why did the US fight in the Vietnam War?
The US feared an attack from Vietnam
It wanted to contain communism in Asia
South Vietnam attacked the democratic North
Japan begged the US to help
26
What was the impact of the Arms Race
Removal of fears of Nuclear War in US
Buildup of Nuclear Weapons in US and USSR
An end to Cold War Tension
Use of Nuclear Weapons in actual war
27
The competition to develop and stock nuclear weapons between the US and the Soviet Union is called
Conventional Warfare
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Nuclear arms race
28
The US provided educational and economic aid to former communist countries after the Cold War
False
True
29
What does McCarthyism mean?
Ignoring possible communist threats
Raiding people's homes without warrants
Being strongly anti-Fascist
false accusations without evidence about communists
30
What is the goal of the US' containment policy?
Invade countries that are communist
To ignore communism existence
to stop the spread of communism
To destroy communism where it maybe
31
The Marshall Plan was a big failure for the US
False
True
32
What was created to discover communist activities in the US?
Anti-Fascist League
House Un-American Activities Committee
Homeland Security
NSA
33
What development expressed a similar pattern of persecution that the US saw in the First Red Scare
The Marshall Plan
progressivism
McCarthyism
Counterculture Movement
34
Besides Soviets with atomic bomb what other event scared America in 1950?
China also detonated an atomic bomb
China fell to the communists
The North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam
World War II finally ended
