The orthodox interpretation of the origins of the Cold War (Schlesinger) is...

Stalin was exceptionally aggressive.

The Montevideo Conference declared that...

no country may intervene in another.

The country of Panama was created when...

T. Roosevelt "invited" a rebel revolt.

The essence of Truman Doctrine was...

The US will support democratic forces resist attack.

The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed...

The US would stop colonization in the Americas

The Potsdam conference was a bit confused, because in addition to Truman's arrival...

Churchill had been replaced with Clement Attlee

This succession caused issues because

Truman was relatively inexperienced.

Truman's Potsdam Declaration declared...

Japan must surrender immediately or face "total destruction"

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IB Cold War Quiz 1--Americas

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1
The orthodox interpretation of the origins of the Cold War (Schlesinger) is...
The United States was an economic imperialist.
Stalin was exceptionally aggressive.
None of these answers.
Both sides misunderstood each other.
2
The working relationship between the members of the Grand Alliance was characterized by
Secrecy and Back-Biting
Fun and Games
Miscommunications and Disarray
Transparency and Comity
3
The Montevideo Conference declared that...
no country may intervene in another.
US, Canada, Mexico would have a free trade zone.
American states would aid each other in war.
TEXACO's holdings were nationalized in Venezuela
4
The country of Panama was created when...
In 1933, when US troops left Nicaragua
Refugees from Cuba overthrew Columbian Rule
The United Fruit company wanted the land for plantations.
T. Roosevelt "invited" a rebel revolt.
5
The first major powers conference after FRD's death was...
The Morocco Conference
The Tehran Conference
The Yalta Conference
The Potsdam Conference
6
All of the following are dictators that took power because of the Good Neighbor Policy
Somoza
Truillo
Batista
Valdez
7
The essence of Truman Doctrine was...
The US will support democratic forces resist attack.
The United States was withdrawing from European affairs.
The United States will massively retaliate against Soviets
The United States will check Soviet expansion.
8
The dominant explanation for the Cold War rivalry between the US and the USSR is...
Economic
personal (friction between individuals).
Power Politics
Ideological
9
The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed...
The US would intervene in Latin American affairs.
The US claimed the right to annex Canada and Mexico.
None of these choices.
The US would stop colonization in the Americas
10
By Potsdam, the Soviets controlled all of the following satellites, but...
Romania
Czschoslovakia
Bulgaria
Turkey
11
Soviet losses during WWII approached...
60 million
15 million
6 Million
30 million
12
The Potsdam conference was a bit confused, because in addition to Truman's arrival...
Churchill had been replaced with Clement Attlee
The US had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hitler had just surrendered.
Stalin had a stroke, and was behaving erratically.
13
Hitler declared war on the US in...
1943
1941
1938
1945
14
Roosevelt's diplomacy was often called...
Moral Diplomacy
Realpolitik
Gunboat Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
15
This succession caused issues because
Churchill loathed Truman.
Truman was seen as too close to Stalin.
Truman was determined to annex large sections of the USSR.
Truman was relatively inexperienced.
16
The major trigger for Truman's decision to announce the "Truman Doctrine" was...
Communist Revolts in Greece
The Rio Conference
The Bombing of Hiroshima
The sudden rise of Joseph McCarthy
17
Truman's Potsdam Declaration declared...
That key Nazi leaders would continue to hold power.
Japan must surrender immediately or face "total destruction"
that Germany was entirely responsible for the war.
That the peoples of Europe had a right to free elections.
18
Who said "They might be sons of bitches, but they are our sons of bitches" [Am. dictators]?
President Wilson
FDR
Teddy Roosevelt
President Taft
19
The United States annexed Cuba in...
1874
1898
1904
1848
20
In April 1945, FDR passed away, and was succeeded by...
Hubert Humphrey
Joseph McCarthy
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
21
Franklin Delano Roosevelt called his Latin American diplomacy the...
Good Neighbor Policy
American Circle of Friendship
Detente
Rapproachment

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