Chapter 26 & 28 Potential Test Answers

Question 1

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

Answer 1

North and South Korea.

Question 2

The main goal of the ____ was to stop the spread of communism.

Answer 2

Truman Doctrine

Question 3

The Soviet Union set up the___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

Answer 3

Berlin blockade

Question 4

— is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

Answer 4

HUAC

Question 5

The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the____

Answer 5

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 6

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop ____.

Answer 6

a hydrogen bomb

Question 7

Which country was the northernmost NATO member in 1955? (Graph)

Answer 7

Norway

Question 8

Which Warsaw Pact country was isolated from other Warsaw Pact countries? (Graph)

Answer 8

Albania

Question 9

Which body of water was not bordered by a nonaligned country? (Graph)

Answer 9

Black Sea

Question 10

Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. (T or F)

Answer 10

True

Question 11

In general, McCarthyism is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence. (T or F)

Answer 11

True

Question 12

During which year was the gap between defense spending and human resources spending the narrowest? (Graph)

Answer 12

1950

Question 13

Which category shows a steady increase in spending in the early 1960s? (Graph)

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both human resources and other functions

Question 14

How is the end of World War II reflected in the graph? (Graph)

Answer 14

Defense spending decreased.

Question 15

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

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restrict the spread of communism.

Question 16

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

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efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.

Question 17

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

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Joseph McCarthy.

Question 18

American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when

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the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.

Question 19

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in

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the Middle East.

Question 20

John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from

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Massachusetts.

Question 21

Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as

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attorney general.

Question 22

The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except

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barred nuclear testing.

Question 23

After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

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Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

Question 24

The Immigration Act of 1965

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ended quotas based on nationality.

Question 25

Decisions of the Warren Court were

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praised by liberals.

Question 26

What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 26

America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey

Question 27

This group consisted of Eastern European nations that were dominated by the Soviet Union. (Matching)

Answer 27

satellite nations

Question 28

This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union. (Matching)

Answer 28

Berlin airlift

Question 29

Both the United States and the Soviet Union joined this organization after World War II. (Matching)

Answer 29

United Nations

Question 30

He arranged for about 400 million dollars in aid to be sent to postwar Turkey and Greece. (Matching)

Answer 30

Harry S. Truman

Question 31

This defensive military alliance was the first military alliance that the United States ever entered during peacetime. (Matching)

Answer 31

NATO

Question 32

This aid program was directed "not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos." (Matching)

Answer 32

Marshall Plan

Question 33

This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that began at the end of World War II. (Matching)

Answer 33

Cold War

Question 34

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___

Answer 34

Korea

Question 35

The ____appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

Answer 35

South Koreans

Question 36

The policy of brinkmanship threatened retaliation to the edge of all-out war against acts of aggression toward the United States. (T or F)

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Francis Gary Powers was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union. (T or F)

Answer 37

False

Question 38

After Stalin's death, several leaders shared power in the Soviet Union until Nikita Khrushchev claimed leadership for himself. (T or F)

Answer 38

True

Question 39

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

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efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.

Question 40

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

Answer 40

North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

Question 41

He accepted Soviet aid for Cuba. (Matching)

Answer 41

Fidel Castro

Question 42

This involved an invasion of Cuba. (Matching)

Answer 42

Bay of Pigs

Question 43

He lost the 1960 presidential election. (Matching)

Answer 43

Richard M. Nixon

Question 44

This separated East Germany from West Germany. (Matching)

Answer 44

Berlin Wall

Question 45

He squared off against Kennedy during the Berlin crisis. (Matching)

Answer 45

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 46

This barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere. (Matching)

Answer 46

Limited Test Ban Treaty

Question 47

This military strategy was adopted during the Kennedy presidency. (Matching)

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flexible response

Question 48

This was a direct communications link set up during Kennedy's presidency. (Matching)

Answer 48

hot line

Question 49

His religious beliefs were an important issue of the 1960 presidential campaign. (Matching)

Answer 49

John F. Kennedy

Question 50

U.S. Secretary of State who was in charge of the U-2 flight program, advocated for brinkmanship (matching)

Answer 50

John Foster Dulles

Question 51

Used by the United States to try and keep communism where it currently was and stop from spreading (matching)

Answer 51

Containment

Question 52

John F. Kennedy's plan for the United States (matching)

Answer 52

New Frontier

Question 53

Lyndon B. Johnson's plan for United States (matching)

Answer 53

Great Society

Question 54

a program in which the assistance of U.S. volunteers is offered to the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (matching)

Answer 54

Peace Corps

Question 55

United States spy agency (matching)

Answer 55

CIA

Question 56

Assassin whose bullet shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, TX (matching)

Answer 56

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 57

area of conflict between Britain and Egypt because of a canal being Nationalized (matching)

Answer 57

Suez Crisis

Question 58

Accused of spying for the Soviet Union and were later executed by electric chair (matching)

Answer 58

The Rosenberg's