Cold War Quiz 1

The US foreign policy following WWII that focused on the belief that the United States had to prevent the USSR from expanding and Communism from spreading was known as

• Mcarthyism

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Containment

• The Marshall Plan

“An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” This statement summarizes the foreign policy known as collective security which is the reason the U.S. joined ______________ to protect itself from communist aggression.

• The United Nations (UN)

• The Warsaw Pact

• The League of Natiosn

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The term “Iron Curtain” refers to _____.

• The Berlin Wall which was built in 1961 to separate East and West Germany

• the policy by the Soviet Union to give more rights to the people of the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union’s policy of trying to stop Hitler from gaining any more territory during WWII

• the invisible/symbolic line that divided communist and non-communist Europe

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

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communists.

• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

Which is a valid conclusion based on United States involvement in the Korean War?

• The policy of containment was applied in Asia as well as in Europe

• United Nations economic sanctions are more effective than military action.

• The American people will support United States participation in any war, whether declared or undeclared.

• United States cooperation with a wartime ally ends when the war ends.

Shortly after World War II, the cold war developed mainly as a result of the

• United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations

• Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe

• competition between the superpowers to explore outer space

• Nazi versus Fascist aggression

The economic arm of the Truman Doctrine which provided economic aid to rebuild Europe following World War II was known as:

• McCarthyism

• The Venona Project

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Airlift

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• North and South Korea was divided at the 38th parallel.

• .Landslide victory for the U.S.

• The U.S. removed all military personnel from Asia

• Containment failed and Korea was unified under communist rule.

In which countries was the Truman Doctrine first put to the test in 1947?

• Great Britain and France

• Greece and Turkey

• China and Korea

• Germany and Poland

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to —

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• prevent the Nazi party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power