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1
What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?
aiding the launch of Sputnik
passing the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
containing Communism
2
What is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?
The CIA
The UN
HUAC
NATO
3
Why was the American Public so afraid of the Soviet Union? (Red Scare)
The ability to make rich people poor
Their fear of communism and its focus on world revolution
the fear of the United States losing the battle
the ability to make poor people rich
4
General Douglas MacArthur argued that in the Korean War...
should be limited to Korea.
was not a vital American interest.
We should bomb china
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
5
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
League of Nations
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
6
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
Spain
7
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
free trade.
appeasement.
isolationism.
collective security.
8
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
German development of the atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin wall
reunification of East and West Germany
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
9
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Space race
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
Berlin airlift
10
Due to competition among Soviets and US, third world nations faced
pressure to give money to the superpowers
being ignored because they could not help in the space race
pressure from both superpowers to join their side
being ignored and left alone
11
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea.
North and South China.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
Korea and China.
12
All of the following were used to contain communism
EXCEPT
Military Intervention
Foreign Aid
Space Exploration
CIA Intervention
13
The first satellite launched into space was
Sputnik
NCC-1701
Discovery
Apollo II
14
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the spread of communism to Turkey and Greece
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
Deliver Poland to the West
Jumpstart Europe's economy
15
The Hollywood ten were ordered to go to prison because they were convicted of
being communists.
being capatilistic sympathizers.
leaking top secret material to the press.
being in contempt of court.
16
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
Soviet Union
France
United States
Britain
17
What was the closest the superpowers came to fighting eachother?
Suez Canal 1954
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Bay of Pigs, 1961
Gulf of Tonkin, 1964
18
What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
An atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin Wall
19
Who was the leader of the communists in China?
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek
Kim II Sung
20
What was the main goal of the Marshall plan?
Make it hard for Stalin to free his people
Stop Capitalism
To give money to Europe to jumpstart their economy
To allow peace between US and the Soviet Union
21
What is the Domino Theory?
Communism would spread from one country to the other
The united nations becoming communists
Capitialism would spread from one country to the other.
The United States losing Korea
22
Since the the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?
McCarthyism
containment
brinkmanship
infiltration
23
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
By forming the Warsaw Pact
by creating a hydrogen bomb
by firing satellite into space.
by exploding an atomic bomb
