Lesson 38/39/40

Question 1

Communism relies on what form of economic arrangement?

Answer 1

collectivism

Question 2

What policy did Truman and Stalin argue over during the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 2

Eastern European nations’ right to self-government

Question 3

Why did the United States suffer far less than other countries in the post-World War II years?

Answer 3

None of the fighting took place on American soil.

Question 4

What did Truman choose as his economic policy toward the Soviet Union

Answer 4

He refused to make recovery loans and cut off all outgoing lend-lease shipments

Question 5

Nations that influence or control less powerful states are known as

Answer 5

superpowers

Question 6

What was the main purpose of the American policy of containment?

Answer 6

restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

Question 7

Why was the Soviet Union opposed to America’s UN atomic energy proposal?

Answer 7

It permitted the United States to maintain a small stockpile of bombs

Question 8

What action by the Soviet Union initiated the first major postwar crisis?

Answer 8

refusing to give up control of Iran

Question 9

What did the Iron Curtain symbolize during the Cold War?

Answer 9

the divide between communist and democratic states in Europe

Question 10

The dominating influence of one nation over another is called

Answer 10

hegemony

Question 11

How did the Soviet Union assume control over governments of Eastern European nations?

Answer 11

It threatened political leaders and rigged democratic elections

Question 12

What development led to an aggressive change in American foreign policy?

Answer 12

communist pressure in Greece and Turkey

Question 13

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 13

protecting free people from communist overthrow

Question 14

What was the foreign policy assumption made by President Truman?

Answer 14

The Soviet Union sought world domination

Question 15

What did Truman believe was the best way to keep communism from spreading?

Answer 15

all of the above

Question 16

Why did communism gain appeal in Western nations such as France and Italy?

Answer 16

Many jobless and poor individuals looked to the communist ideology for hope

Question 17

What was the name of America’s foreign economic recovery strategy?

Answer 17

Marshall Plan

Question 18

How did the United States plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?

Answer 18

offering international loans that could only be spent on American goods

Question 19

How was the Molotov Plan designed to aid Eastern European economic recovery?

Answer 19

It established a trade union for Eastern European economies.

Question 20

Why was the hostility between America and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War?

Answer 20

The struggle never led to armed conflict between the two superpowers

Question 21

___________ was a key weapon in the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Answer 21

Espionage

Question 22

Which event set back efforts to improve U.S.-Soviet relations?

Answer 22

the Soviets shooting down a U.S. spy plane

Question 23

What happened to Gary Powers after his plane was shot down?

Answer 23

He was sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison.

Question 24

For nearly five years, U.S. pilots working for the CIA had been flying deep into the USSR to photograph which of the following

Answer 24

all of the above

Question 25

The Soviets implanted the Berlin Blockade 1948 to

Answer 25

halt land travel into Berlin from Allies

Question 26

.Joseph Stalin gathered Soviet troops on the Czech border to enforce a(n) ____________ government.

Answer 26

all-communist

Question 27

In 1949, countries formed NATO to establish collective security against

Answer 27

the Soviet Union.

Question 28

What was the 1949 Warsaw Pact?

Answer 28

the security alliance established by the Soviet Union

Question 29

What prompted the United States to seek a new Asian ally in 1949

Answer 29

the communist takeover of China

Question 30

How did the United States respond to China’s adoption of communism?

Answer 30

all of the above

Question 31

Why did the Korean War begin in June 1950?

Answer 31

North Korean troops invaded South Korea

Question 32

The buffer zone created along the 38th parallel in Korea is called the

Answer 32

demilitarized zone.

Question 33

A ____________ nation is one that has recently gained freedom from colonial rule.

Answer 33

Third World

Question 34

Soviet and Eastern European leaders isolated their citizens from Western news by

Answer 34

banning radio programs from the West.

Question 35

Covert action is a secret operation that

Answer 35

supports foreign policy.

Question 36

Why did the U.S. often use covert action in the Cold War?

Answer 36

to overthrow unfriendly governments

Question 37

An arms race is a competition to

Answer 37

achieve international weapons superiority

Question 38

__________ is a foreign policy in which a nation develops such deadly weapons arsenal that another nation will not dare attack.

Answer 38

Deterrence

Question 39

What is the general principle of Mutual Assured Destruction?

Answer 39

Any nuclear attack would warrant an equal response.

Question 40

MAD stands for

Answer 40

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 41

What notable weapon was developed during this time?

Answer 41

H-bomb

Question 42

How did American children manage the threat of a Soviet nuclear attack?

Answer 42

all of the above

Question 43

Why was the Cold War considered an unfamiliar war for the United States?

Answer 43

because no bombs were actually dropped

Question 44

A communist sympathizer was someone who

Answer 44

believed in communism but did not join the party.

Question 45

What did the Federal Employee Loyalty Program require?

Answer 45

loyalty oaths from employers and extensive background checks

Question 46

Why was the House Un-American Activities Committee formed in 1938?

Answer 46

to investigate subversive organizations

Question 47

The willful failure to obey the authority of Congress is called

Answer 47

contempt of Congress.

Question 48

During the Cold War, why would a person be added to a blacklist created by heads of Hollywood?

Answer 48

They were thought to be a supporter of communism.

Question 49

U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss was accused of perjury, which is

Answer 49

willfully lying under oath.

Question 50

What happened to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg as a result of the Rosenberg trial?

Answer 50

They were sentenced to death.

Question 51

What does the term McCarthyism describe?

Answer 51

accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence

Question 52

What prompted the Senate to pass Resolution 301, which censured McCarthy?

Answer 52

all of the above

Question 53

Beginning in 1945 and lasting to the present time, the era in which atomic weapons have been used is called the

Answer 53

Atomic Age.

Question 54

How did businesses jump on the atomic bandwagon

Answer 54

all of the above

Question 55

What civil defense plan did the U.S. government create in response to the atomic arms race?

Answer 55

the organization of citizens during a war or natural disaster

Question 56

Why would someone take a loyalty oath?

Answer 56

to pledge loyalty to the United States

Question 57

What was the Federal Civil Defense Administration responsible for?

Answer 57

preparing Americans to survive a nuclear attack

Question 58

Operation Alert was a defense drill meant to

Answer 58

test how quickly cities could be evacuated.

Question 59

What did many families build to protect against the threat of atomic explosions?

Answer 59

They built fallout shelters.

Question 60

What types of threats were Americans facing that made them question the effectiveness of civil defense methods?

Answer 60

the development of far more powerful H-bombs

Question 61

With fear of atomic destruction, many Americans protested that, “____________ was the only defense against nuclear war.”

Answer 61

Peace

Question 62

What is esponiage

Answer 62

Using spies