Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

He wanted to use nukes against China

Marxist revolution in an agricultural society

What was a source of distrust between the US and Soviet Union?

Where the US opened up a second front in World War II

What was the Tet Offensive?

A Viet Cong attack on the US on the Vietnamese New Year

What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

A supply line between the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong

What was one of the goals of the Soviet Union after World War II?

Control Eastern Europe to have a buffer zone

Why didn't the US completely take over the Korean peninsula?

China sent troops in to help the North Koreans

What was the main agreement at the Potsdam Conference?

Divide up Germany into four sectors

What was the Long March?

The retreat of the Communists over the Himalayan Mountains

What was agreed upon at the Geneva Accords?

Vietnam would be divided at the 17th Parallel

What is the Domino Theory?

If one country falls to Communism, more will

What turned the tide against the North Koreans in the Korean War?

General MacArthur's pincer move behind the North Koreans

Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?

To keep East Berliners from leaving

What was the Truman Doctrine?

The US would help any nation threatened by Communism

Why did Sputnik scare the US?

It prove the Soviets could launch things into space

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1
What was the Warsaw Pact?
A union of Democratic countries
An organization that put Nazi war criminals on trial
A union of Communist countries
An organization that helped countries in the third world
2
What was the policy the United States adopted where they wanted to stop the spread of Communism
Containment
Domino Theory
Perestroika
Glasnost
3
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
He wasn't very effective in the Korean War
He wanted to use nukes against China
He wanted to use nukes against the Koreans
He wanted to use nukes against the Soviet Union
4
What did the Viet Cong use that made it easy for them to escape?
Napalm
A system of tunnels
Camouflage
Hostages
5
Where did the North Vietnamese defeat the French to liberate Vietnam from French rule?
Saigon
Da Nang
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dien Bien Phu
6
What is Maoism?
Marxist revolution in an industrial society
Marxist revolution around the world all at once
Marxist revolution in an agricultural society
Softening on the relations between China and the US
7
What substance burned people's skin and didn't wash off easily?
Agent Orange
Napalm
Zyklon B
Mustard Gas
8
What style of fighting did the Viet Cong use?
Guerrilla tactics
Phalanx
Pincer moves
Mortar fire
9
What types of countries were in NATO?
Third World countries
Communist countries
Democratic countries
Fascist countries
10
Where was Korea divided along after World War II?
38th Parallel
28th Parallel
17th Parallel
30th Parallel
11
What countries did the Marshall Plan help the most?
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
China
12
Who was the leader of the Communists during the Chinese Civil War?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Chaing Kai-Shek
Sun Yet Sen
Mao Zedong
13
What was a source of distrust between the US and Soviet Union?
Where the US opened up a second front in World War II
Soviet Union's treatment of Eastern Europe
All of the Above
Soviet Union fighting in World War II
14
What was the Tet Offensive?
A Viet Cong attack on the US on the Vietnamese New Year
An attack on a US ship that started the war
A US attack on the Viet Cong on the Vietnamese New Year
The bombing of Cambodia
15
What was the bomb that was said to be 100 times stronger than an Atomic Bomb?
Xenon Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
Argon Bomb
Helium Bomb
16
Who were the Soviet spies that gave the Atomic Bomb plans to the Soviet Union?
Mabel and John Goldfarb
Ruth and Frank Goldberg
Ingrid and Larry Rothschild
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
17
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
A supply line between the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
The route used to transport US POWs
A supply line between the US and South Vietnamese
The route used to transport Vietnamese POWs
18
Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Pol Pot
Mao Zedong
19
What was one of the goals of the Soviet Union after World War II?
Decrease production within the Soviet Union
Reunite and rebuild Germany
Allow countries to have free elections
Control Eastern Europe to have a buffer zone
20
Who was the leader of the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Sun Yat Sen
Chain Kai-Shek
21
What is NOT an agreement at the Yalta Conference?
Soviet Union would help fight Japan
Free elections in Eastern Europe
Setting up the United Nations
Liberating France
22
Why didn't the Soviets stop the UN from giving the US troops in Korea?
They were preoccupied in Vietnam
They didn't think that the UN would give the US troops
They didn't care about Korea
They were boycotting the UN
23
Why didn't the US completely take over the Korean peninsula?
The Soviet Union sent troops in to help North Korea
China sent troops in to help the North Koreans
The Vietnam War broke out
North Korea surrendered
24
Who were the leaders who met at the Yalta Conference?
Stalin, Churchill, Truman
Churchill, Roosevelt, Khrushchev
Stalin, Atlee, Truman
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
25
What was the main agreement at the Potsdam Conference?
Reduce the power of the United Nations
Put Nazi war criminals on trial
Establish free elections in East Europe
Divide up Germany into four sectors
26
Who took over Vietnam after the French got kicked out?
China
The United States
Great Britain
Japan
27
Who was responsible for Ngo Dinh Diem's assassination?
United States
China
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
28
What was the Long March?
The retreat of the Communists over the Himalayan Mountains
The retreat of the Communists to the south
The retreat of Japan after their defeat
The retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan
29
After North Korea invaded the south, where did Truman appeal to for troops?
NATO
China
UN
Alliance for Power
30
What was agreed upon at the Geneva Accords?
Vietnam would be divided at the 17th Parallel
Vietnam would be Communist
Vietnam would be divided at the 38th Parallel
Vietnam would be Democratic
31
What is the Domino Theory?
Stop the spread of Communism
If one country falls to Communism, more will
Openness, transparency within the government
If any country is threatened by Communism the US would help
32
What territory did China take over in order to expand Communism?
Korea
Tibet
Bangladesh
Manchuria
33
What was the name of the Soviet satellite launched into space?
Perestroika
Sputnik
Endeavor
Glasnost
34
What was agreed upon that ended the Korean War?
They set up the DMZ on the border between the Koreas
All of the Above
The division would be around the 38th Parallel
North and South Korea would remain divided
35
What was the group of South Vietnamese people who rebelled against their government called?
Viet Minh
National Liberation Front
Alliance for Power
Viet Cong
36
What turned the tide against the North Koreans in the Korean War?
China getting involved in the war
General MacArthur's pincer move behind the North Koreans
US involvement in the war
Soviets providing weapons and supplies to the North Koreans
37
Who gave the Iron Curtain speech?
Adolf Hitler
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
38
What caused the US to carry out the Berlin Airlift?
Soviet influence in Berlin
Stalin shaving his mustache
Satellite images of missiles in Berlin
Soviet blockade of Berlin
39
What European nation controlled Vietnam prior to World War II?
Great Britain
China
France
Japan
40
Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?
To rebuild Berlin after WWII
To keep West Berliners out
To keep East Berliners from leaving
All of the Above
41
Who was the US General in charge of the Korean War?
George S. Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
William Westmoreland
42
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The US trying to improve their relations with China
The US imposing an embargo on Cuba
The US's plan to rebuild Europe
The US would help any nation threatened by Communism
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Why did Sputnik scare the US?
It had satellite imaging to spy on the US
It beeped really loud
It prove the Soviets could launch things into space
It had weaponry that could fire on the US

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