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1
What was agreed at Yalta?
Free elections across Europe
Germany to be divided into 4 zones
How to fight Japan to end WW2
Development of Atomic Bomb
2
What US policy was aimed at restricting the possible spread of Communism?
Nuclear Deterrence
Brinkmanship
Containment
Massed Retaliation
3
When was the Yalta Conference?
Feb 1945
May 1945
Feb 1946
June 1945
4
What did the USA apply as a plan for the Truman Doctrine?
Isolationism
Communism
Capitalism
Containment
5
What International aid program did the US sponsor following WWII?
Foreign Aid Act
Belgian Refinance Plan
Lend-Lease Act
MacArthur Plan
6
What was set up in 1949?
NATO
Cominform
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Aid
7
What disagreement was there at Yalta?
Stalin wanted Poland's border moved West
Stalin to take whole power of Germany
Stalin wanted Poland's border moved East
Stalin wanted to help Greece's rebels
8
North and South Korea are divided along the _________ parallel.
27th
53rd
43rd
38th
9
What did Truman offer Stalin and the USSR?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Aid
Cominform
Comecon
10
In response to the blockade around Berlin, the United States conducted the _____________.
Bombing of Moscow
Normandy Invasion
Berlin Airlift
Black Friday Sale
11
True or False: The Soviets beat the US in every space milestone, except landing on the moon.
False
True
12
What Wisconsin Senator conducted a communist witch hunt as part of his campaign?
Buzz Aldrin
Paul Ryan
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
13
What government agency was established in 1947 to undermine Communist governments?
OWI
FBI
CIA
Dept. of Homeland Security
14
What presidential mandate declared in 1947 that we would aid nations fighting communism?
Monroe Doctrine
Eisenhower Accord
Truman Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
15
Under Eisenhower, the US pursued what two policies?
Massed Retaliation and Brinkmanship
Brinkmanship and Isolationism
Imperialism and Nuclear Disarmament
Espionage and Brinkmanship
16
What is the name for an unproven accusation of someone being a Communist?
McGradyism
McCarthyism
Espionage
Communism
17
Who attended the Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Churchill & Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Stalin & Churchill
Churchill, Stalin & Truman
Truman, Atlee & Stalin
18
What was agreed re Stalin's demands at Potsdam?
Naval base refused in the Mediterranean
Naval base to be put in the Mediterranean.
Stalin could have reparations paid by Germany.
Stalin would entertain the US president for dinner
19
What US general led forces in Korea, and was later removed by the president?
Eisenhower
Marshall
MacArthur
Patton
20
When was the Potsdam Conference
May 1945
Feb 1946
Feb 1945
July 1945
21
When did the Berlin Blockade end?
June 1948
May 1949
1966
August 1955
22
What famous couple was found guilty of giving away US nuclear secrets and espionage?
Harry and the Hendersons
Clark Kent and Louise Lane
The McCarthys
Julius and Ethel Roseberg
23
The fear of Communism in the US is known as the...
Blue Scare
Red Fright
Red Scare
Containment
24
What was the Iron Curtain?
March 1946
May 1945
August 1945
25
What does HUAC stand for?
House Universal Accusatory Committee
House on Un-American Activities Committee
Happy Unicorns Are Cool
House Unilateral Assumption Committee
26
Who attended Yalta?
Stalin
Truman
Attlee
Churchill
27
At which conference was the Nazi Party banned?
Potsdam
Yalta
28
What was the name of the competition to get a man on the moon?
Marathon to the Moon
Arms Race
Space Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
29
Why did the US oppose the USSR?
Focus on spreading Communism
Opposition to Capitalism
Non-Aggression Pact
Stalin's Purges
30
Following the dropping of the atomic bomb, the US and USSR engaged in an ________________.
Game of Chinese Checkers
Arm Wrestling Match
Space Race
Arms Race
31
Which nation didn't commit armed forces to the Korean War?
Russia
United States
South Korea
China
32
What did Truman believe poverty and hardship would lead to?
Capitalism
Poverty
Success
Communism
33
The Eisenhower Doctrine declares the US will aid nations in ____________ fighting Communism.
Latin America
Europe
the Middle East
the Asia-Pacific