CCUSH#37 The Cold War

Question 1

Which of the following occurred in 1949?

Accepted Answer

Communist victory for Chinese Revolution, Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb

Question 2

Which nation outside of Europe also rebuilt itself after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 3

Which of the following did US National Security not do to prevent the spread of communism?

Accepted Answer

penpal pinko commies

Question 4

What was a big reason the Soviets were able to develop nuclear weapons so quickly?

Accepted Answer

espionage

Question 5

Why did US Congress add 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954?

Accepted Answer

to express resistance to godless Communists

Question 6

How long did the Berlin Wall divide Berlin?

Accepted Answer

1961 to 1989

Question 7

At the end of the war, what way was Germany divided?

Accepted Answer

East and West

Question 8

Who was basically the dictator of Japan during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 9

Who introduced the idea of containment first?

Accepted Answer

George F. Kevin

Question 10

Which nations were the only two nations with any power left after WWII?

Accepted Answer

US and USSR

Question 11

Who worried that the US would get on the wrong side of many conflicts due to NCS-68?

Accepted Answer

Walter Lippmann

Question 12

Who was the sociopathic, mustached leader of the USSR from 1929 to 1953?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 13

Who was able to successfully invade Russia?

Accepted Answer

the Mongols

Question 14

When did Sata- Stalin cut off the roads to West Berlin?

Accepted Answer

1948

Question 15

How did the American fear of communists in our midst begin?

Accepted Answer

Truman's loyalty review system

Question 16

What sought to use US-Aid to combat the economic instability in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 17

Which doctrine led to the creation of a new security apparatus during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 18

How did the US respond to the encouragement of pro-communist governments by the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 19

Which conference held by the Big Three ruled to demilitarize/disarm the 4 German zones in 1945?

Accepted Answer

Potsdam Conference

Question 20

What cast the Cold War as an epic struggle between freedom and tyranny?

Accepted Answer

NSC-68

Question 21

How long did the era of the Cold War roughly last?

Accepted Answer

1945 to 1990

Question 22

Which of the following laid the foundations for the 'arms race' during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine, Containment Policy

Question 23

Why did the AMA lobby against national health insurance in Truman's Fair Deal?

Accepted Answer

It was "socialized medicine"

Question 24

Which wars sprouted from the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Korean, Vietnam, Afghanistan

Question 25

What cannot be attributed to the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

government funding in public housing

Question 26

Who secretly helped out the Soviets with their atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

Fuchs, Rosenburg

Question 27

Which of the following was not an outcome of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

HUAC

Question 28

How was the US much stronger than the USSR after WWII?

Accepted Answer

atomic weapons

Question 29

Why has the US been interested in the Middle East for decades?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 30

When was the Marshall Plan first introduced?

Accepted Answer

June 1947

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