chapter 26-The Cold War Begins

Question 1

US Policy to stop the spread of communism is called

Answer 1

containment

Question 2

___ is the term associated with attempts to uncover communist agents in the US government

Answer 2

McCarthyism

Question 3

There were Loyalty Review Programs started by President Truman to identify possible communists in government positions in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the time known as the ____

Answer 3

Red Scare or McCarthyism

Question 4

The Soviets developed an _____ in 1949.

Answer 4

atomic bomb

Question 5

_____ has a communist revolution in 1949

Answer 5

China

Question 6

The _____ was to bring aid to Berlin when it was blockaded by the Communists in 1948.

Answer 6

Berlin Airlift

Question 7

The ____ was to send economic aid to Western Europe in the late 1940s so they would be less likely to embrace communism

Answer 7

Marshall Plan

Question 8

The ______ sent military aid to North Korea during the Korean War

Answer 8

China and Soviet Union

Question 9

Harry Truman first send military assistance to ___ and ___ as his moves to contain the spread of communism in Euorpe

Answer 9

Greece and Turkey

Question 10

the _____ declare war on Japan just before the final atomic bomb drops on Nagasaki

Answer 10

Soviets

Question 11

These three Allied leaders met at Postdam Conference in 1945

Answer 11

Truman, Stalin, Atlee

Question 12

At Postdam, Harry Truman informs the allies of the ____

Answer 12

Atomic Bomb

Question 13

At Postdam, _____ does not follow his promises made at Yalta to allow free elections in Eastern Europe

Answer 13

Stalin

Question 14

These three Allied leaders met at Yalta in February 1945

Answer 14

Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill

Question 15

Germany was to be divided into four zones after WW II occupied by these three armies.

Answer 15

US, Soviets, Great Britain and France

Question 16

Stalin promises ____ for Eastern Europe at Yalta

Answer 16

free elections

Question 17

By 1948, the US, Great Britain, and French zones of occupation form ___

Answer 17

West Germany

Question 18

The Soviet occupied zone of Germany becomes known as ____

Answer 18

East Germany

Question 19

What divides Europe after World War II?

Answer 19

An Iron Curtain

Question 20

Who announced the Iron Curtain?

Answer 20

Winston Churchill

Question 21

This was formed to maintain defense for West Europe following WW II.

Answer 21

NATO

Question 22

This military alliance was formed by the Soviets and its satellite nations following WW II.

Answer 22

Warsaw Pacts

Question 23

East Europe became known as ___

Answer 23

The Communist Bloc

Question 24

The Korean War ends and a separation line is established along the _____.

Answer 24

38th Parallel

Question 25

Nationalist China is also known as ____

Answer 25

Taiwan

Question 26

During the ______ hearings, Joseph McCarthy was censured by Congress

Answer 26

Army/McCarthy Hearings

Question 27

Eisenhower threatened the Soviets with an counter attack using “everything in the bucket” to protect our English and French allies during the _____

Answer 27

Suez Crisis

Question 28

Eisenhower’s new look military option included _____ strategy

Answer 28

Massive Retaliation

Question 29

Eisenhower’s spies included using the ____.

Answer 29

CIA

Question 30

The US uncovered Soviet spy rings in a operation known today as ____

Answer 30

Project Verona

Question 31

The US responded to the Soviet Sputnik satellite with _____

Answer 31

NASA

Question 32

In 1953, the US developed a more massive nuclear bomb called _____

Answer 32

The Hydrogen Bomb

Question 33

Many Americans built ______ for promised protection from radiation and nuclear attacks during the 1950s and 1960s.

Answer 33

fallout shelters

Question 34

Eisenhower warned the American people of the threat posed by the ________ during his farewell address as president stating it would lead America into an unnecessary war.

Answer 34

The Military Industrial Complex

Question 35

In 1960, there was to be a US/Soviet peace summit but it was cancelled due to the ____.

Answer 35

U-2 Spy Plane incident

Question 36

He was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1954.

Answer 36

Joseph Stalin

Question 37

He was leader of the Soviet Union from 1955-1964.

Answer 37

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 38

He was leader of the Soviet Union from 1965-1980

Answer 38

Leonid Brezhnev

Question 39

A democratic uprising in _____ in 1956 was crushed by the Soviet military.

Answer 39

Hungary

Question 40

A democratic uprising in _____ in 1968 was crushed by the Soviet military.

Answer 40

Czechoslovakia