Standard 20: Truman and Eisenhower

Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea but was fired when China began sending troops into North Korea?

• John Bassilone
• Douglas MacArthur
• Harry Truman
• Richard Nixon

How did the Korean War end?

• Peace Treaty
• South Korea Victory
• North Korea Victory
• Armistice

____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.

• N Korea/S Korea
• USA/N Korea
• China/USA
• China/S Korea

North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.

• U.S.S.R./communist
• U.S.S.R./democratic
• U.S.A./communist
• U.S.A./democratic

South Korea was supported by ________________ which has a _________________ government.

• U.S.S.R./communist
• U.S.S.R./democratic
• U.S.A./communist
• U.S.A./democratic

Which two main countries fought in the Korean War?

• U.S. and Korea

• Russia and China

• North Korea and South Korea 

• All of the above

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Help north Korea
• Provide collective security

Who Supported North Korea?

• Soviet Union
• United States
• China
• South Korea

U.S. President during MOST of the Korean War?  (1950-1952)

• FDR
• TRUMAN
• NIXON
• JOHNSON

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.

• a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
• another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War. 
• an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
• a divider between the good and the evil.