Cold War Conflicts

Question 1

The Korean War started when:

Accepted Answer

North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 2

True/False: The US military in Korea was led by D. MacArthur, a very popular general back home

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

True/False: The U.S. came to the aid of S.Korea after almost being taken over by N. Korea

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

True/False: North Vietnam was controlled by an anti-communist democracy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Cuban Missile Crisis started when the USSR sent these weapons to Cuba.

Accepted Answer

Atomic Bombs

Question 6

T/F: The time period after WWII was peaceful with no wars.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

US got involved b/c they felt if S. Korea fell to communism, so would others. This theory is:

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 8

T/F: The Vietnam War has universal support from all Americans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

South Korea was controlled by:

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 10

This law allowed the President to send troops to Vietnam to fight the communist enemy.

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 11

N. Vietnam provided supplies to communists in S. Vietnam who hated the govt. They were called:

Accepted Answer

Viet Cong

Question 12

Korea had been controlled by Japan. After WWII, Korea divided. North Korea was controlled by:

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 13

The US reacted by:

Accepted Answer

blockading Cuba and negotiating with the USSR

Question 14

All of the troops who fought were happy when they returned home and supported the war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

T/F: Before World War II, Vietnam was controlled by the Panamanians:

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

True/False: The Marshall Plan helped all Europeancountries

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

The Soviet Union’s government was a:

Accepted Answer

Communist dictatorship

Question 18

True/False: The aid given by the U.S.helped Western Europe rebuild and democracy to flourish.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Cold War was competition between theUnited States and _ to spread their ideas around the world.

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 20

The US plan to provide aid to Europe and incentivizethem to adopt democracy was called:

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 21

The divide between democratic Western Europe andcommunist Eastern Europe was called:

Accepted Answer

The Iron Curtain

Question 22

T/F: Stalin cutoff W. Berlin by closing down routes into the city. This was Berlin Blockade.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

True/False: The U.S. is a democracy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

North Korea was a:

Accepted Answer

Communist Dictatorship

Question 25

This man claimed to have the names of communists who worked in the US government:

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Question 26

T/F: After the US withdrew troops , Vietnam stayed divided and is still divided today.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

True/False: West Berlin was completely surrounded by communist East Germany.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The United States wanted to spread what form ofgovernment?

Accepted Answer

Western Democracy

Question 29

True/False: Vietnam was united as one country after defeating the French.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

The U.S. and this country got involvedto help North Korea create a stalemate.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 31

T/F: The US, Great Britain and France gave up and turned West Berlin over to the communists.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:

Accepted Answer

Assist any country in the fight against communism

Question 33

T/F: The US, Great Britain, and France sent aid to West Berlin in the Berlin Airlift.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

There was a fear in the US that communists would take over the government was known as:

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 35

T/F: Vietnam was the first war that had Americans watching videos of the war on the news.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

T/F: The US got involved in Vietnam b/c of Domino Theory and fear communism would spread.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

The US and USSR continued to build bigger/better weapons.. This build-up of arms was called:

Accepted Answer

Arms Race

Question 38

True/False: During the Cold War, the majorsuperpowers were the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

America troops were first sent to Vietnam as:

Accepted Answer

advisors to help train the South Vietnamese army

Question 40

The above plan allowed the United States to:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 41

The US policy of containmentwas:

Accepted Answer

to stop communism from spreading

Question 42

T/F: Vietnamization was the strategy of training S. Vietnamese troops so they could fight..

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

T/F: Cuban Missile Crisis ended with World War III and the end of civilization as we know it.

Accepted Answer

False

Cold War Conflicts

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