Cold War

Question 1

Soviets finally gave up blockade in May 1949. W. Berlin was free, but Berlin remained a focal point of East vs West

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Berlin Airlift

Question 2

In response to USSR's deployment of an atomic bomb, Truman ordered

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the development of a bigger bomb

Question 3

What was the Soviet reaction to the Marshall Plan?

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they refused to participate

Question 4

the Soviets blocking Allied access to West Berlin describes events leading to the

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Berlin Airlift

Question 5

Which issue was at the heart of the post war debate between the U.S. and Soviets?

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Elections in Poland

Question 6

____ in Eastern Europe was controlled by the Soviet Union.

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satellite nation

Question 7

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin led to the

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Berlin Airlift

Question 8

The Korean War was successful at

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keeping SK free of communism

Question 9

Many nations joined NATO to

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protect themselves from Soviet aggression

Question 10

At Yalta, Stalin fought against allowing for free elections in

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Poland

Question 11

What event made Americans the most terrified of the Soviet Union?

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their development of atomic bomb

Question 12

Policy of making the military so strong that nobody would dare attack is known as

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deterrence

Question 13

In the Truman Doctrine, Truman promised to protect nations

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resisting Soviet control

Question 14

Who controlled Korea after WWII?

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US and Soviet Union

Question 15

a trait of the Cold War would be defined as a time period of

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political issues and military tensions.

Question 16

to close an escape route for immigrants to the West, the Soviets forced Allies out of

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West Berlin

Question 17

The result of the Korean War was that the dividing line

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stayed about the same

Question 18

Auschwitz and the other death camps were located in which country?

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Poland

Question 19

Korea remained _____ at almost exactly the same place as before the war.

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divided

Question 20

Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program was designed to

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expose communists

Question 21

The most important idea to come out of the Nuremberg Trials was

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that man is responsible for his own actions

Question 22

Americans blamed the __ for the North Korean invasion of South Korea

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Soviets

Question 23

Called for nations of Europe to draw up a program for economic recovery. The U.S. would support financially

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Marshall Plan

Question 24

The ___ tried to defend South Korea and bring peace

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UN

Question 25

The Soviets established the ___ as a result of NATO

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Warsaw Pact

Question 26

Collective security was created with the formation of the

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NATO

Question 27

Which of the following had the goal to establish stable democracies that could resist communism

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Marshall Plan

Question 28

U.S. involvement in Latin America had the goal of

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protecting business interest

Question 29

Which country controlled Korea for much of the first half of the twentieth century?

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Japan

Question 30

after China fell to Mao Zedong's forces, many Americans wanted to

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protect the rest of Asia

Question 31

Why did U.S. get involved in affairs in the Middle East after WWII?

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protect oil rich nations from Soviets

Question 32

Post war, USSR soon took control of many

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European countries

Question 33

McCarthy made people fear

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communism

Question 34

The decision to divide Germany into four zones took place

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at the Yalta Conference

Question 35

Some people's civil rights were violated during the

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Red Scare

Question 36

the United States lagged behind the Soviet Union in

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missile deployment

Question 37

Congress approved $400 million to help Turkey and Greece resist Soviet influence in the

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Truman Doctrine

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