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Unit 7 Exam (Early Cold War)
Unit 7 Exam (Early Cold War)
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A review game before the Unit 7 exam.
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1
What gave gov't grants to veterans to go to school & provided loans for homes & businesses?
Taft-Hartley Act
U-2 Incident
G.I. Joe Bill
Montgomery G.I. Bill
2
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union
ended the Berlin airlift.
spent more money on nuclear development.
created the Warsaw Pact.
left the United Nations.
3
What did President Eisenhower create that would help mobilize the military in an emergency?
The Subway System
The Interstate System
The Nervous System
The Solar System
4
What were the years called between 1945 & 1957 that increased the U.S. population rapidly?
The Space Race
The Baby Boom
The Planned Parenthood Years
The No War Years
5
Joseph McCarthy was known for
discovering a vaccine for the dreaded Polio virus.
defeating the communists in Korea.
his work in the civil rights field.
creating hysteria over communists in the U.S. Government.
6
What plan did President Truman set aside 10Billion Dollars for the rebuilding of Europe & Japan
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
7
What was the name of the trials that prosecuted Nazi War criminals?
McCarthy Trials
The Impeachment Trials
The Olympic Trials
Nuremberg Trials
8
As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in
unifying Korea under a democratic government.
ending communism in Southeast Asia.
pushing Chinese troops out of North Korea.
keeping South Korea free of communism.
9
What refers to the competition that developed b/w the US & Soviet Union for power after WWII?
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Domino Theory
Mass Retaliation
10
Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous...
Professional athletes for promoting fascist ideas.
People for promoting Anti-Semitism.
Top Nazi officials with war crimes after World War II.
Hollywood figures with being sympathetic to Communist ideas.
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Which of the following was a major policy of the United States throughout the Cold War?
Self-Determination
Containment
Communism
Imperialism
12
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
to fight hunger anywhere in the world.
to reject the former policy of containment.
to enforce the American foreign policy of brinkmanship.
to support nations trying to resist Soviet/Communist control
13
After the Sputnik launch, what did President Eisenhower create?
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
14
What was the name of the US pilot that was shot down over the USSR during the U-2 Incident?
Austin Powers
Joseph McCarthy
John Kennedy
Gary Powers
15
Gen. MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the Korean War & pursuing complete victory by
The use of the Atomic bombs
Opening a second front against China.
Opening a second front against China.
Invading North Korea.
16
What occurred when the USSR shot down an US spy plane & Eisenhower denied the incident occurred
Sputnik Incident
F-23 Incident
The Suez Crisis
U-2 Incident
17
What successful satellites did the Soviet Union send up to space to help win the Space Race?
Flopnik I and Stalin I
Sputnik I and Sputnik II
Wagler 23 and Wagnik 23
Stalin I and Stalin II
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What was the outcome of the Korean War?
China controlled N Korea while S Korea remained independent
North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare.
Korea remained divided at the same place as before the war.
Korea was unified under a Communist government.
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In 1949, what event added to Americans’ shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?
Castro’s rise to power in Cuba
The Soviet Union and Italy begin an alliance
The first test of a Soviet atomic bomb
The U-2 incident
20
What agency was created to conduct espionage & find Soviet spies?
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
21
What is a reason the U.S. became involved in affairs in the Middle East following World War II?
to prevent oil-rich nations falling under Soviet influence
to overthrow dictatorships in Arab nations
2 discourage the founding of a Jewish homeland in the region
to limit Chinese immigration into the region
22
What was the Soviet Union's form of government during the Cold War.?
Communism
Anarchy
Republic
Monarchy
23
The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to the
construction of the Berlin Wall
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
German development of the atomic bomb.
reunification of East and West Germany.
