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Cold War events of the 1950s #coldwar #1950s #ushistory
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What did President Truman do when MacArthur demanded an extension of the war into China?
agreed with him
fired him
ignored him
began planning a nuclear attack
2
North and South Korea were divided at the _____ parallel.
38th
40th
39th
41st
3
What event soured U.S.-Soviet relations prior to Eisenhower and Khrushchev's peace conference?
Suez War
a U-2 spy plane was shot down
Cuban Missile Crisis
the Bay of Pigs invasion
4
Marshall Plan: the U.S. should provide ______ to all European countries that need it.
punishment
aid
armed support
nuclear bombs
5
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
embezzlement
espionage
murder
perjury
6
Alliance of democratic nations in South East Asia
United Nations
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
7
Eisenhower's theory that if one nation fell to communism, they would all fall.
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
8
While the United States advocates democracy and capitalism, the Soviet Union advocated
monarchy
federalism
communism
fascism
9
What was the first peacetime alliance that the United States join?
the Axis Powers
NATO
the United Nations
the Warsaw Pact
10
Said that an "Iron Curtain" descended upon Europe.
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
11
UN forces came to support
South Korea
North Korea
12
Took over after Stalin died
Czar Nicholas
Nixon
Lenin
Khrushchev
13
The imaginary wall dividing democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe was called
the Warsaw Wall
the Iron Curtain
the Berlin Wall
the Steel Curtain
14
What region was the of the world did the Eisenhower Doctrine deal with?
Middle East
Europe
Latin America
Southeast Asia
15
Nations surrounding the USSR that came under Soviet influence were known as
border nations
satellite nations
buffer nations
puppet states
16
Which future President of the United States led the investigation against Alger Hiss?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
17
Which new government agency carried out covert operations during the Cold War?
CIA
FDIC
NAIA
FBI
18
Red Scare & McCarthyism were similar in that both
Supported U.S. foreign aid programs
Supported the arts and sciences
Promoted economic development
Encouraged nativist ideas
19
Who led the communist "witch hunts" and gained his own "-ism"?
Alger Hiss
John Dulles
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
20
What was the name of the first satellite ever successfully launched into space?
Explorer 1
Voyager 1
Sputnik
Brinkmanship
21
Who was the commander of the UN and South Korean forces at the start of the war?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Patton
Erwin Rommel
Douglas MacArthur
22
The Berlin Airlift provided food and supplies to citizens of
East Berlin
West Berlin
23
What was the name given to the Soviet Union's defensive alliance with 7 other nations?
United Soviet States of Russia
the Iron Curtain
NATO
Warsaw Pact
24
Which branch of the military was built up during the Eisenhower presidency?
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Army
25
Money & loans for WWII veterans to go to college and buy houses
HOLC
GI Bill of Rights
Fair Deal
FDIC
26
The American policy of taking measures to prevent the spread of communism into free countries
McCarthyism
containment
brinkmanship
imperialism
27
What international peacekeeping force was formally established in June of 1945?
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
United Nations
28
Truman's domestic plan that increased minimum wage and social security.
New Deal
Square Deal
Fair Deal
Eisenhower Doctrine
29
Both the US and USSR developed ______ bombs 67x more powerful than Hiroshima.
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Chlorine
Helium
30
The government committee behind the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s was
NATO
CIA
WPA
HUAC
31
Who led the Chinese communists to power in the mid-1940s?
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-Shek
32
The era of conflict between the United States and Soviet Union became known as
The War on Terror
The Cold War
World War III
The Hot War