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1
The Truman Doctrine said that the US would support anyone standing up to _____.
Hitler
Dictators
Communism
America
2
Winston Churchill said the nations of Eastern Europe had fallen behind _____.
The Iron Curtain
The 38th parallel
The Soviet Zone
The Steel Wall
3
The US and the Soviet Union disagreed on reparations from _____.
Germany
France
South Korea
Poland
4
Who rose to power in the Soviet Union after Stalin's death?
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Gorbachev
Truman
5
Germany was divided into zones controlled by Great Britain, France, the US and _____.
China
East Germany
Italy
The Soviet Union
6
Gen. MacArthur wanted to pursue the war in Korea, but Truman favored a _____.
Negotiation
Limited war
Retreat
Armistice
7
After WW2, Korea was divided at the _____th parallel of latitude.
10
18
29
38
8
Senator _____ gained fame for his aggressive style of pursuing "Communists" within the US
Joseph Stalin
George Marshall
George Kennan
Joseph McCarthy
9
George Kennan was an American diplomat who wrote the _____.
Marshall Plan
"So You Want to be a Soviet?" Guidebook
Truman Doctrine
Long Telegram
10
The _____ Plan provided aid to the nations of Western Europe to rebuild after WW2.
Kennan
Marshall
McCarthy
Truman
11
Sputnik was a Soviet:
Space station
Satellite
Battle plan
Missile
12
Truman said that the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were both essential for _____.
World Peace
German recovery
Containment
American prosperity
13
Which U.S. President was know for his dynamic conservatism and his policy of brinkmanship?
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
FDR
14
After a Soviet blockade, the US airlifted supplies to _____.
East Berlin
South Korea
West Berlin
North Korea
15
The Soviet Union's system of government was _____.
Democracy
Communism
Imperialism
Fascism
16
The US foreign policy toward the Soviet Union was known as _____.
Containment
McCarthyism
Limited War
Confrontation
17
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan are two halves of the same _____.
Brain
Coin
Walnut
Button
18
The Long Telegram explained that the US should try to _____ the spread of communism.
Control
Contain
Ignore
Destroy
19
Fear of communism & Soviet spies led to a panic during the 1950s called the _____.
Truman Doctrine
Commie Catastrophe
Red Scare
Soviet Scare
20
The US wanted as many _____ nations in the world as possible
Totalitarian
Satellite
Communist
Democratic
21
In the event of an atomic attack, you should _____.
Stop and dab
Stop, drop, and roll
Run and scream
Duck and cover
22
The _____ Act required all Communist organizations to register with the US government
Kennan
McCarran
Truman
Marshall
23
The _____ screened government employees for potential links to the Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Federal Employees Exemption Team (FEET)
Loyalty Review Program
Communist Council
24
The objective of the limited war in Korea was:
Convert North Korea to democracy
Defeat communism in Asia
Keep communism from spreading to the US
Keep communism from spreading to South Korea
25
_____ was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2 and the early years of the Cold War.
Vladimir Lenin
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
26
The Declaration of Liberated Europe said that nations could decide their system of ____.
Economics
Education
Government
Fascism
27
The Iron Curtain divided Western and Eastern _____.
Europe
Korea
Germany
Berlin
28
The Cold War was an era of competition between the United States and _____.
China
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Korea
29
In 1950, the US sent troops after _____ invaded S. Korea
North Korea
Japan
Germany
China
30
_____ was the US President during the early years of the Cold War
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Calvin Coolidge
FDR
31
The House Un-American Activities Committee targeted the _____ industry
Mining
Film
Music
Fashion