Cold War Exam Review

Both the Soviet Union and the United States participated in ___________    ___________ during the Cold War?

• Covert actions
• Blockades
• Coup d' états 
• Stealing atomic bombs

What were the findings from Operation Alert?

• Millions of people would have died if the attack was real
• The U.S. was ready to take on the Soviet Union
• Cities were well trained in evacuation
• The drill was effective in saving peoples lives

Which two countries evolved as superpowers after World War II?

• The United States and Great Britain
• The United States and Germany
• Germany and the Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union and the United States

How did the Korean Conflict end?

• A peace treaty was signed
• An armistice was signed
• North Korea surrendered
• The entire Korean Peninsula fell to communism

The Berlin Airlift was a response to what Cold War conflict?

• Unification of West Germany
• Berlin Blockade
• Hungarian Revolution
• Creation of the Warsaw Pact

Which of the following is FALSE about the red scare in the United States?

• There was increased anxiety
• Fear of communism increased
• It led to the creation of Civil Defense agencies
• Soviet leaders put communist leaders in charge of Mexico

In 1957, the Supreme Court ruled which action of Congress unconstitutional?

• Declaring war on Korea
• Implementing duck and cover drills in schools
• Investigating the private lives of citizens
• Censuring McCarthy

How did the U.S. respond to Mao Zedong's new government in China?

• The US used nuclear weapons to destroy China

• The US started a war with China and the Soviet Union

• The US attempted a coup d'etat in China

• The US cut diplomatic ties with China and only recognized the government on Taiwan

The United States backed which leader in China after World War II?

• Mao Zedong
• Kim Jung Il
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Imre Nagy

Why did the Soviet Union refuse to accept the Baruch Plan?

• The Soviets did not want to create nuclear weapons
• The Soviet Union wanted to withdraw from the United Nations
• The Soviet Union wanted the US to destroy their nuclear weapons
• The US wanted all nuclear weapons to belong to the United Nations