Why did the Soviet Union try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin?

To close an escape route to the West.

Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose:

Soviet influence in the Middle East.

The United Nations passed a resolution that supported:

Military efforts to defend S. Korea.

Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?

Protection from Soviet aggression.

What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists?

People's civil rights were violated.

At the end of World War 2, Korea was divided into:

Pro-US South and pro-Communist North.

What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?

Create democracies able to resist communism.

What was the final result of the Korean War?

The dividing line was about the same.

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Unit 5 - Cold War #1

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1
Why did the Soviet Union try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin?
To close an escape route to the West.
To free the city from German control.
Free Berlin from Allied dictators.
To strengthen the Warsaw Pact.
2
Senator Joseph McCarthy's power faded after he:
Attacke the US Army on TV.
Claimed to have a list of communists in US Gov..
Blamed Marshall for losing China.
Became President of the United States.
3
Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose:
Soviet influence in the Middle East.
France's colonies in Southeast Asia.
Truman's containment policy.
United Fruit Company's power in Guatemala.
4
The United Nations passed a resolution that supported:
Hands-off policy in North and South Korea.
Military efforts to defend S. Korea.
Invasion of S. Korea by the North.
Invasion of N. Korea by the South.
5
US and Britian clashed with Stalin over his refusal to allow elections in:
China
Korea
France
Poland
6
The United States lagged behind the Soviet Union in:
Missile development.
Aircraft carrier construction.
Spy plane technology.
Hydrogen bomb testing.
7
Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?
To counter the threat of the UN.
Reaction to the Warsaw Pact.
Protection from Soviet aggression.
To create an economic alliance.
8
How did Truman react to the USSR's development of an atomic bomb?
Declared Soviet tests were an act of war.
Approval for hydrogen bomb.
He more aircraft carriers to the fleet.
Surrendered Germany to the USSR.
9
The means of transporting supplies around a Soviet blockade:
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
10
What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists?
Movies focused on controversial issues.
Climate of suspicion went away.
People's civil rights were violated.
Immigration from Cen. Europe increased.
11
At the end of World War 2, Korea was divided into:
Pro-communist South and pro-US North.
Pro-fascist South and pro-Communist North.
None, it was a united nation.
Pro-US South and pro-Communist North.
12
What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
Develop trading partners in Asia.
To help US buy European friends.
Force USSR to allow more emigration.
Create democracies able to resist communism.
13
The US policy of resistance to Soviet attempts at expanding communism.
Cold War
Containment
Iron curtain
Satellite nations
14
Gen. McArthur was fired by Pres. Truman for insubordiantion over what issue:
Truman wanted to nuke China.
Truman wanted to invade Japan.
McArthur wanted to invade N. Korea.
McArthur wanted to nuke China.
15
What was the final result of the Korean War?
The dividing line was about the same.
The North gained control.
China gained control of Korea.
The South gained control.

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