The Cold War Begins

Question 1

Korea was divided at the what parallel after WWII?

Accepted Answer

38th

Question 2

Ended segregation in the armed forces.

Accepted Answer

Executive Order 9981

Question 3

Korea was divided at the 38th parallel after WWII.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Case that frightened many people into testifying before HUAC

Accepted Answer

Hollywood Ten

Question 5

George F. Kennan created the foreign policy known as containment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

A military alliance formed in 1948.

Accepted Answer

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Question 7

After WWII many people believed that solving economic problems would help ensure world peace.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Why was the conflict in Korea called a police action?

Accepted Answer

The US never officially declared war

Question 9

Spy who also worked on the Manhattan Project

Accepted Answer

Klaus Fuchs

Question 10

Coined the term "iron curtain"

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 11

The armistice agreement that ended the Korean War was negotiated in

Accepted Answer

P'anmunjom

Question 12

What was the problem with Truman's Fair Deal program?

Accepted Answer

it did not receive support in Congress

Question 13

The UN presented what as one step toward world peace and security?

Accepted Answer

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 14

What was partially responsible for the smooth shift from war to a consumer economy?

Accepted Answer

baby boom

Question 15

Which of the following helped fuel the second Red Scare?

Accepted Answer

Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb

Question 16

What effect did the Berlin Crisis have?

Accepted Answer

the US joined NATO

Question 17

Communist leader of Yugoslavia.

Accepted Answer

Josef Broz Tito

Question 18

Who won the presidential election of 1948?

Accepted Answer

Truman

Question 19

Why was Joseph McCarthy able to wage a successful anti-Communist campaign?

Accepted Answer

Americans were scared and looking for someone to blame

Question 20

Why was the US able to start the Marshall Plan after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Did not suffer economic devastation like European nations

Question 21

Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?

Accepted Answer

convicted spies

Question 22

US action in China after WWII showed that the US

Accepted Answer

supported a corrupt gov't as long as they weren't communists

Question 23

Americans accurately perceived the threat level of communism after WWII.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The foreign policy that aimed to stop communism from spreading was known as

Accepted Answer

containment

Question 25

What was one of the first steps the UN took to fulfill its mission?

Accepted Answer

adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 26

How would a member of Congress defend the McCarren Act?

Accepted Answer

Reduction of some rights is necessary to protect the nation

Question 27

Southern Korean port city defended by the UN

Accepted Answer

Pusan

Question 28

This helped veterans return to civil life.

Accepted Answer

GI Bill

Question 29

Recommended using atomic weapons in Korea

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 30

Early in the Korean War, UN forces were contained by N.Korean forces in what port city?

Accepted Answer

Pusan

Question 31

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

Accepted Answer

MacArthur made public statements challenging the president

Question 32

Who created a foreign policy known as containment?

Accepted Answer

George F. Kennan

Question 33

What was the effect of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

the US economy grew & W. Europe became closer with the US

Question 34

The case of "who" frightened people into testifying before HUAC ?

Accepted Answer

the Hollywood Ten

Question 35

The name of a risky assault by UN forces in Korea

Accepted Answer

Inchon

Question 36

What kept the US economy strong after WWII?

Accepted Answer

the demand for consumer goods rose sharply

Question 37

World events in the late summer and fall of 1949 caused

Accepted Answer

the second Red Scare

Question 38

___ gave economic aid to governments that were resisting Soviet control.

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 39

Truman fired Douglas MacArthur because he spoke out against the president and threatened China

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

What policy aimed to stop Communism from spreading to any other countries?

Accepted Answer

Containment

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The Cold War Begins

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