COLD WAR

Question 1

Who was the President of the USA from 1933 to 1945?

Answer 1

Roosevelt

Question 2

Who succeeded Truman as President of the USA?

Answer 2

Eisenhower

Question 3

Who was the leader of the USSR from 1924 to 1953?

Answer 3

Stalin

Question 4

What was the Grand Alliance formed in 1941?

Answer 4

USA, USSR, UK

Question 5

What was the main focus of the Teheran Conference in 1943?

Answer 5

How to defeat the Nazis and post-war Europe

Question 6

What significant agreement was reached at the Yalta Conference in 1945?

Answer 6

Free elections in occupied countries and division of Germany

Question 7

What event in August 1945 led to an arms race between the USA and USSR?

Answer 7

Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 8

What did the Long Telegram of 1946 warn Truman about?

Answer 8

Communism’s intent to destroy capitalism

Question 9

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine in 1947?

Answer 9

Support countries threatened by communism; created policy of containment

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The _______ Plan promised $17 billion of aid to European countries.

Answer 10

Marshall

Question 11

What was Cominform established for in 1947?

Answer 11

To bring all European communist countries under USSR control

Question 12

What did Stalin cut off during the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

Answer 12

Cutting off all road, rail, and canal links to West Berlin

Question 13

What military alliance was formed by Western powers in 1949?

Answer 13

NATO

Question 14

What was the response of the USSR to the Marshall Plan?

Answer 14

Creation of Comecon

Question 15

What did the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 aim for?

Answer 15

To leave the Warsaw Pact

Question 16

Khrushchev’s Ultimatum in 1958 demanded what from the West?

Answer 16

Leave Berlin within six months

Question 17

What was the outcome of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?

Answer 17

USA was humiliated and Cuba moved closer to the USSR

Question 18

What significant structure was built in 1961 to stop emigration from East to West Berlin?

Answer 18

Berlin Wall

Question 19

What triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

Answer 19

USSR placing nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 20

What was created in 1963 to allow direct communication between superpowers?

Answer 20

Hotline

Question 21

What did the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibit?

Answer 21

Nuclear tests above ground

Question 22

what does MAD stand for?

Answer 22

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 23

What did the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 forbid?

Answer 23

Weapons of mass destruction in space

Question 24

What reforms did Dubcek introduce during the Prague Spring in 1968?

Answer 24

Travel to West, opening borders, and opposition parties allowed

Question 25

What was the Brezhnev Doctrine of 1968?

Answer 25

Promise to protect communism in any attacked country

Question 26

What was the purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968?

Answer 26

Prevent the spread of nuclear arms to countries that didn't already have them and encouraged disarmament

Question 27

What did SALT 1 (1972) limit?

Answer 27

Number of ABMs and ICBMs each country could have

Question 28

What was the significance of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in 1975?

Answer 28

USA and USSR teamed up to explore space together

Question 29

What did the Helsinki Agreements of 1975 recognize?

Answer 29

Existing European borders and human rights

Question 30

What was the outcome of SALT 2 (1979)?

Answer 30

Banned missile programs and limited MIRVs

Question 31

What initiated the civil war in Afghanistan in 1978?

Answer 31

Protests against radical reforms by a communist government

Question 32

What was the justification for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?

Answer 32

Brezhnev Doctrine

Question 33

What was the Carter Doctrine of 1980?

Answer 33

USA would use force to prevent communist invasion of the Gulf region

Question 34

What was the purpose of the Olympic Boycott in 1980?

Answer 34

Protest against the Soviet-Afghan war

Question 35

What did Reagan refer to the USSR as in his 'Evil Empire' speech?

Answer 35

Evil Empire

Question 36

What was the purpose of SDI (Star Wars) developed in 1983?

Answer 36

Defense system to destroy nuclear missiles in space

Question 37

What did the INF Treaty of 1987 agree upon?

Answer 37

Removal of medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe

Question 38

What were Gorbachev’s New Thinking policies?

Answer 38

Perestroika and Glasnost

Question 39

Fill in the blank: Perestroika refers to _______ in the USSR.

Answer 39

Restructuring

Question 40

Fill in the blank: Glasnost refers to _______ in the USSR.

Answer 40

Openness