Cold War Test Review

Question 1

Telephone that connected America to the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

The Hot Line

Question 2

Limited the amount of nuclear weapon testing among countries

Accepted Answer

Limited Test Ban Treaty

Question 3

What was the result of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

The war ended in a stalemate and Korean remained divided

Question 4

The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to --

Accepted Answer

To separate the East Berlin folk from migrating West

Question 5

Military alliance of North American and W. Euro. nations pledged to be blood brothers!!!

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 6

The Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

The ideological dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe was called...

Accepted Answer

The Iron Curtain

Question 8

Who was the first human to step foot on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 9

The Korean War divided Korea at the 38th parallel, and also did which of the following

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

In the years immediately following WWII, China experienced which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A civil war

Question 11

Why did the US conduct the Berlin Airlift?

Accepted Answer

To transport supplies to a blockaded West Berlin

Question 12

Countries with primarily agricultural economies

Accepted Answer

Developing Countries

Question 13

The purpose of the Truman Doctrine (1947)

Accepted Answer

Refuse to accept the spread of communism, Both A & B, Support free peoples resisting takeover

Question 14

During the Cold War, The US carried out operations or intervened in Poland

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What issue between Truman and General MacArthur eventually led to his removal from duty?

Accepted Answer

MacArthur wanted Korean War to extend into China

Question 16

Secret; not in the open

Accepted Answer

Covert

Question 17

__________ : Korean Coflict : _____________

Accepted Answer

Containment/Increased tensions

Question 18

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the blacklist, and the Hollywood Ten are...

Accepted Answer

Perceived communist influences in the movie industry

Question 19

How did Joseph McCarthy MOST contribute to Cold War Tensions?

Accepted Answer

Led Congressional Committee investigatin possible communists

Question 20

Organization formed at the end of WWII to promote international peace and security

Accepted Answer

The United Nations

Question 21

What's the best reason France and the UK would receive the most money?

Accepted Answer

They were allies of the US during WWII

Question 22

Who was the First American to orbit the Earth

Accepted Answer

Jo Woodburn, John Glenn

Question 23

Soviet resort on the Black Sea where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to plan postwar world

Accepted Answer

Yalta

Question 24

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones controlled by the US, &

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 25

What was the purpose of the Loyalty Review Program?

Accepted Answer

Determine whether gov. employees had communist leanings

Question 26

Which event initiated the space race between the United State and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik

Question 27

What is the name of the accused killer of John F. Kennedy?

Accepted Answer

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 28

The willingness to go to war to get the other side to back down was referred to as?

Accepted Answer

Brinkmanship

Question 29

Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs are examples of...

Accepted Answer

Spies that received national attention during the Cold War

Question 30

Era of confrontation and competition between the US and the USSR

Accepted Answer

The Cold War

Question 31

Type of American spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

U-2

Question 32

The tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges became known as-

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 33

Which of the following Best summarizes events in the fifteen years after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Rivalry with USSR promoted American fears of Communism

Question 34

What is the name of the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

Accepted Answer

Jack Ruby

Question 35

What policy is demonstrated on the provided picture?

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan

Question 36

What candidate won the 1960 Presidential election (the televised debate was HUGE!)

Accepted Answer

JFK

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