USH Ch.18 & 19

The main goal of the _______ was to stop the spread of Communism.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Warsaw Pact

The Soviet Union set up the _______ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Blockade

• German Democratic Republican

_______ was the leader of the Communists in China.

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mao Zedong

• Syngman Rhee

• Kim Il Sung

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _______.

• Guatemala

• Hungary

• the Middle East

• Korea

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the U.S. responded by intensifying efforts to develop _________.

• NATO

• an atomic bomb

• a space satellite

• a hydrogen bomb

In a capitalist system, who controls economic activity?

• the state

• private citizens

• elected officials

• the dictator

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

• North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel

• a communist government was established in South Korea

• communist fears in the United States were lifted

• China gained control of the entire peninsula

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by__________.

• Douglas MacArthur

• Joseph McCarthy

• John Foster Dulles

• Alger Hiss

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in __________.

• Latin America

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• the Middle East

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