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1
The Bay of Pigs was when JFK tried to overthrow the Communist government in Cuba during a Coup.
True
False
2
Who appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict?
South Koreans
Nationalists
Communists
North Korean
3
Who was the leader of the Communists in China?
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
4
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
Chile
Britain
United States
France
5
The Hollywood ten were ordered to go to prison because they were convicted of
being communist sympathizers.
being in contempt of court.
leaking top secret material to the press.
being communists.
6
The first satellite launched into space was?
Apollo II
Discovery
NCC-1701
Sputnik
7
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
construction of the Berlin wall
German development of the atomic bomb
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
reunification of East and West Germany
8
What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?
aiding the launch of Sputnik
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
containing Communism
9
Who is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?
HUAC
The UN
NATO
The CIA
10
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
United Nations
11
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
by firing satellite into space.
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
by exploding an atomic bomb
By forming NATO
12
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Deliver Poland to the West
Stop the spread of communism
Jumpstart Europe's economy
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
13
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
the United States
China
Souht Korea
the United Nations
14
What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?
free trade
isolationism
collective security
appeasement
15
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between?
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
Korea and China.
North and South Korea.
North and South China.
16
Who was defeated in the Chinese civil War despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the U.S.?
socialists
Nationalists
Soviets
Communists
17
What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
construction of the Berlin Wall
An atomic bomb
18
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Berlin airlift
Space race
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
19
Japan onced controlled Korea.
True
False
20
What were the border nations between the USSR and the West called?
Satellite Nations
Iron Curtain
Stalin’s Wall
States
21
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and
Soviet Union
Italy
Spain
Germany
22
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
free trade.
appeasement.
isolationism.
collective security.
23
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
was not a vital American interest.
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
should be limited to Korea.
should be extended and China should be nuked.
24
Since the the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?
brinkmanship
infiltration
McCarthyism
containment
25
Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he?
was corrupt.
was a Nationalist.
had cooperated with Japan during World War II.
was a Communist.
