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

US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists

Membership in the US Communist Party increased

Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed

US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?

United States and the Soviet Union

United States and United Kingdom

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

Provide weapons to democratic countries

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

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North American Trade Organization

Northern Alliance Trade Origins

Native American Tribal Organization

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

There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

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

The Berlin airlift allowed:

The United States to get supplies across Soviet lines

The Korean war occurred when North Korea attacked:

South Korea to spread communism

The United States of America to spread communism

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis?

US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US.

The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US.

The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets.

Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.

Why was the Berlin Wall built between East and West Berlin?

The Soviet Union wanted to prevent people from immigrating west

The United States wanted to construct a defensive front in Berlin

The Soviet Union wanted to construct a defensive front in Berlin

The United States wanted to prevent people from immigrating east

What was the primary purpose of the United States containment policy?

stopping the expansion of communism

limiting the spread of atomic weapons

rebuilding the nations of Europe

What was the meaning of the famous phrase "iron curtain"?

a barrier between the democratic west and communist east

a secret program for developing nuclear weapons

a communist blockade built between western and eastern Berlin

a political divide between radicals and traditionalists in America

What was the "Domino Theory?" The idea that...

If South Vietnam became Communist, all of Southeast Asia would too

Americans should be playing games like Dominos instead of going to war

If the U.S. went to war in Vietnam, many other countries would follow

If the N. Vietnamese leader fell from power, S. Vietnam would follow

How did the Vietnam War end?

South Vietnam surrendered & the U.S. lost the 20 year war

It never really ended, there is still fighting today

Why were Americans so scared of Sputnik when it was launched?

They feared that the Soviet Union was more technologically advanced than we were

They were scared it would launch nuclear weapons

They were scared it would fall out of orbit and crash into America

Americans were not scared of Sputnik because it was our satellite

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USA would help any nation fighting communism

Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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pledged $13 billion to Western Europe to help rebuild after WWII

Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What is the situation in Vietnam today?

Vietnam is one country and is democratic

Vietnam is split North (Communist) and South (Democratic)

Vietnam is one country and is communist

Nothing changed, it went back to the way it was

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

The line of demarkation

The DeMilitarized Zone

The Iron Curtain

The 38th Parallel

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Mar$hall Plan?

Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther

Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist

Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism

Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What is it called when a star, possibly cause by a gravitational collapse, suddenly increases greatly in brightness?

Falling star

Meteorite

Supernova

Comet

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Which country launched the satellite Sputnik during the Cold War?

Soviet Union

United States

Canada

China

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The Cold War

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USA would help any nation fighting communism

pledged $13 billion to Western Europe to help rebuild after WWII

What is the situation in Vietnam today?

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Mar$hall Plan?

What is it called when a star, possibly cause by a gravitational collapse, suddenly increases greatly in brightness?

Which country launched the satellite Sputnik during the Cold War?

Under Soviet communism, the __________ controlled all property and economic activity.

In the capitalistic American system, ________________________ controlled almost all economic activity.

What did the 38th parallel separate?

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