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Holt McDougal, The Americans, Ch. 18, Cold War Conflicts
Holt McDougal, The Americans, Ch. 18, Cold War Conflicts
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This US policy required greater dependence on nuclear weapons and airplanes that delivered them
McCarthyism
Truman Doctrine
Brinksmanship
Eisenhower Doctrine
2
Eventually condemned for improper conduct that tended to "bring the Senate into disrepute."
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas Mac Arthur
3
The failure of the Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War can be largely blamed on
aid given by the US to the opposition
the US fear and distrust of communism
Chiang Kai-Shek's weak and corrupt leadership
the US lack of interest in the outcome of the war
4
All the following were considered satellite nations of the Soviet Union except
Poland
Hungary
Greece
Czechoslovakia
5
This Soviet leader favored a policy of peaceful coexistence with the US
Nikita Krushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Leonid Breshnev
Joseph Stalin
6
This policy was intended to defend the Middle East against attacks from communist countries
McCarthyism
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Brinksmanship
7
The now-famous "Iron Curtain" speech was given by
George Marshall
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Winston Churchill
8
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
China and Taiwan (Formosa)
North and South Korea
Korea and China
North and South China
9
Crises in Turkey and Greece prompted the US to provide aid to prevent communist takeover.
True
False
10
Although accused of spying for the Communists, he could only be charged for perjury
Julius Rosenberg
Alger Hess
Eugene McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
11
In June 1948 Stalin closed all highways and rail routes into West Berlin resulting in the
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Riverwalk
Berlin Air War
12
This government agency investigated Communist influences in the movie industry
Loyalty Review Board
National Labor Relations Board
House Un-American Activities Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
13
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union and its satellite nations formed the
League of Nations
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Central Powers
14
This agency began covert operations to overthrow governments unfriendly to the US
CIA
FBI
CCC
KGB
15
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
South Korea
the United Nations
the United States
16
All of the following were members of NATO except
The Netherlands
France
the United States
China
17
Forced to eject from his plane over the Soviet Union he was convicted of espionage there
Alger Hess
Claus Fuchs
Neil Armstrong
Gary Powers
18
As Sec. of State he proposed using even nuclear weapons to prevent the spread of communism
Eugene McCarthy
John Foster Dulles
Warren G. Harding
Henry Cabot Lodge
19
This phrase came to mean the division in Europe after WWII
Blacklist
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Containment
20
The witnesses who refused to answer questions from HUAC and were sent to prison were known as
Spies
Hollywood Twelve
Anti-Communists
Hollywood Ten
21
In 1949 the Chinese Civil War ended in
China being split between Communists and Nationalists
Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fleeing to Taiwan
Mao Zedong and the Communists fleeing to Russia
US negotiated peace between Communists and Nationalists
22
Conflict between the US and the Soviets in which neither nation directly confronted the other
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Containment
23
Congress agreed with Truman that this was essential to keep Soviet influence from spreading.
Truman Doctrine
Atlantic Charter
Lend-Lease Plan
Civilian Conservation Corps
24
In pronouncing their sentence,Judge Irving Kaufman declared their crime "worse than murder."
Jay Z and Beyonce
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
25
Unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing supporting evidence
McCarthyism
Communism
Socialism
Republicanism
26
The amount of aid provided to European countries from the Marshall Plan totaled about
$13 billion
$20 billion
$6 billion
$10 billion
27
1960: The H-bomb, 67 times more powerful than bomb dropped on Hiroshima, was tested while
Richard Nixon was president
FDR was president
Harry Truman was president
Dwight Eisenhower was president
28
Feb 1946-George Kennan proposed these measures to prevent spread of communism around world
Iron Curtain
Blacklist
Cold War
Containment
29
The world peacekeeping organization formed after WWII is known as
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
League of Nation
Warsaw Pact
30
Hollywood executives condemned some movie workers for having a Communist background and
blacklisted them
supported their right to free speech
made sure they were kept employed
stood up for their rights as Americans
31
This event caused Krushchev to call off a summit conference with Eisenhower in 1960
Sinking of the Lusitania
the beginning of the Korean War
the U-2 incident
the arms race
32
If a U-2 "were lost when we were engaged in...deliberations, it could ..ruin my effectiveness."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. Truman
33
Leading up to his dismissal, General Douglas MacArthur publicly argued that the Korean War
should be limited to Korea.
was not a vital American interest.
should be extended into a war against China.
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
34
Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of the Chinese, he failed to win American support because
he was corrupt
he had cooperated with Japan during WWII
he was a Nationalist
he was a Communist
35
The US, Soviets, and English met in July 1945 in this German burg to discuss post-war Europe.
Potsdam
Yalta
Kiev
Berlin