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Cold War Review
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1
Which U.S. agency carried out secret operations in other countries to protect democracy?
NASA
CIA
FBI
EPA
2
Which countries remained under Soviet control after WWII ended?
Denmark, Austria, France
Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy
Austria, Hungary, Greece
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria
3
Winston Churchill nicknamed the division between East and West Europe the _______.
Iron Curtain
Iron Road
Great Wall
Steel Curtain
4
The US, Italy, United Kingdom, France, West Germany, and Canada all belonged to...
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
League of Nations
SEATO
5
The Soviet Union formed alliances with _____ European nations.
Eastern
Western
Northern
Southern
6
Which event significantly increased future military spending in the United States?
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Launch of Sputnik
Korean War
7
The _____'s goal was to make European countries strong enough to buy American goods.
Smith Act
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
8
Where did Senator McCarthy first announce that the State Dept was infested with communists?
at a communist party rally
on the Senate floor
at a campaign rally
as part of his radio broadcast
9
Which Soviet leader took power after Stalin's death? He was less cruel and suspicious.
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
10
Which group won the civil war in China in 1950?
Communists
Nationalists
Fascists
Federalists
11
How did war begin on the Korean Peninsula in 1950?
China invaded South Korea
The North Koreans invaded South Korea
The Soviet Union invaded North Korea
The South Koreans invaded North Korea
12
In which country did fighting actually occur during the Cold War?
Korea
China
United States
Egypt
13
Which U.S. Secretary of State (under President Eisenhower) promoted the policy of brinkmanship?
George Kennan
John Foster Dulles
Joseph McCarthy
Julius Rosenberg
14
Having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war is called
brinkmanship
mutually assured destruction
limited war
Red Scare
15
A "___ state" was a weaker country that was controlled by a stronger nation during the Cold War
satellite
subordinate
colonial
simple
16
Term used to describe extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty
Red Scare
McCarthyism
Rosenbergism
Paranoia
17
In attempts to gain control over _____, the Soviet Union set up a total blockade.
Bulgaria
East Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
18
The __ Doctrine promised to
use force
to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Truman
19
_was denied access to classified info because he had family who belonged to the Communist Party
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Dwight Eisenhower
Julius Rosenberg
Albert Einstein
20
What happened on September 2, 1949 that changed U.S.-Soviet relations?
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space
NATO was formed
North Korea invaded South Korea
21
Who was the general in command of US forces in Korea?
George S. Patton
Douglass MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Dwight Eisenhower
22
The fear of communists inside and outside the US was called the ____ Scare.
Yellow
Red
Blue
Orange
23
Which military alliance for "collective security" did the US belong to?
League of Nations
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc
24
George Kennan came up with the _____, or stopping the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
domino theory
policy of containment
arms race
25
HUAC investigated and held hearings about communist ties to the ____ industry.
farming
entertainment/filmmaking
sports
banking