1950s Review

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the US Communist Party increased
• US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
• Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
• US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan

What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• Open Skies

Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?

• United States and United Kingdom
• Japan and the Soviet Union
• United States and the Soviet Union
• Germany and Japan

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

What did the 38th parallel separate?

• Korea
• Vietnam
• Berlin
• Hungary

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

What country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?

• Germany
• Soviet Union 
• China
• North Korea

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
• The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
• The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
• The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.