The Cold War

Question 0

According to the Long Telegram, communism could not be beaten without going to war

Answer 0

False

Question 1

Truman told Stalin about the atomic bomb Yalta Conference

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Gen. MacArthur wanted to use the atomic bomb against China during the Korean War

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Truman’s loyalty review program calmed public fear that Communists had infiltrated the government

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Joseph McCarthy never showed the list he said he had of known Communism in the State Department

Answer 4

True

Question 5

At Yalta, the leaders agreed to recognize the Polish government that the Soviets had set up if Stalin agreed to

Answer 5

Hold free elections there as soon as possible

Question 6

The Long Telegram resulted in

Answer 6

The containment policy

Question 7

Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for

Answer 7

Containment

Question 8

Joseph McCarthy created the meadow frenzy that began his witch hunt by

Answer 8

Saying he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department

Question 9

Popular support for Joseph McCarthy began to fade when

Answer 9

Millions watched him bully witnesses in televised hearings investigating the Army

Question 10

The Egyptians seized control of the Suez Canal in order to

Answer 10

Use the canal’s profit to pay for a dam

Question 11

Truman’s first meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov marked a shift in Soviet-American relations because

Answer 11

Truman strongly confronted Molotov

Question 12

The Truman Doctrine resulted in

Answer 12

A pledge to fight communism

Question 13

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

Answer 13

Help Western Europe recovery

Question 14

NATO formed for the purpose of

Answer 14

Mutual defense

Question 15

The McCarran act

Answer 15

Allowed the arrest of Communists in a case if a national emergency

Question 16

The Korean War resulted in

Answer 16

Containment but no victory

Question 17

The ( ) was an opportunity for the United States to explain its Cold War theory of containment

Answer 17

Declaration if the Truman Doctrine

Question 18

Referring to what you have learned, you might deduce that president Roosevelt believed that ( ) growth was the key to world peace

Answer 18

Economic

Question 19

Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Allan shared the common goal of

Answer 19

Ensuring sovereign freedom

Question 20

The Berlin Airlift was important because it

Answer 20

Showed American determination

Question 21

The “iron curtain” of which Churchill speaks symbolically

Answer 21

Separates the Communist dominated countries of Eastern Europe from the Western democracies

Question 22

Such statement by Senator McCarthy led to which if the following occurrences?

Answer 22

Congress pass the McCarran Internal Security Act

Question 23

The Communist countries of Eastern Europe came to be called ( ) nations because they had to remain Communist and follow Soviet policies

Answer 23

Satellite

Question 24

The U.S. Cold War policy of ( ) aimed to keep communism within its present territory through the use if diplomatic, economic, and military actions

Answer 24

Containment

Question 25

After WWII, the Allies divided Korea at the ( ) of latitude

Answer 25

38th

Question 26

Joseph McCarthy’s tactics if blackening reputations with vague and unfounded charges became know as

Answer 26

McCarthism

Question 27

The first artificial satellite to orbit the earth was called

Answer 27

Sputnik

Question 28

In confrontations with other countries, Eisenhower often used ( ), going to the edge if war to force the other side to back down

Answer 28

Brinkmanship

Question 29

The Soviets countered the creation of NATO with the ( ), their own political/military alliance

Answer 29

Warsaw Pact

Question 30

( ) was created as another result of the lining if Sputnik and out eagerness to get to the moon first

Answer 30

NASA

Question 31

Initially in command of the UN troop to defeat the North Koreans

Answer 31

Douglas McArthur

Question 32

The nation “must be prepared to use atomic weapons in all forms”

Answer 32

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 33

As a result of the GI Bull, many returning soldiers

Answer 33

Attended college

Question 34

Rock ‘n’ Roll grew out of the sounds of

Answer 34

Rhythm and blues

Question 35

After WWII, labor unrest was triggered by

Answer 35

Rising inflation

Question 36

Congress passed all of the following parts if Truman’s Fair Deal EXCEPT

Answer 36

A civil rights act

Question 37

President Eisenhower described his political beliefs as

Answer 37

Middle of the road

Question 38

The GI Bull helped veterans through generous loans. Over the long term, its impact would have been to ( ) the postwar economy by ( )

Answer 38

Stimulate, brooding the base of affluent consumers

Question 39

An increase in the number of live births of ( ) percent during the mid-to-late 1949s began as a result of ( ) became know as the “baby boom”

Answer 39

Almost 30, the end of WWII