Cold War -Knowledge Review

The ________________ was the imaginary line that divided Europe between capitalist West and Communist East. 

• Satellite Nation
• Truman Doctrine
• Iron Curtain
• Arms Race

In 1959 revolutionary leader ______________ overthrew the Cuban dictatorship.

• Fidel Castro
• Nikita Khrushchev
• John F Kennedy
• Joseph McCarthy 

The struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union to gain weapons superiority was the _________________. 

• Arms Race
• Berlin Airlift
• Iron Curtain
• deterrence

At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decided...

• to keep the Soviet Unionout of the war with Japan
• to divide the defeated Germany into four sectors - American, British, French and Soviet
• to set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic weapons. 
• to rearm Germany as soon as possible.

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

• He encouraged a widespread fear of communism
• He strengthened the United States Army
• He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights
• He created opposition to United Stated involvement in Latin American affairs

The European Recovery Plan, which provided $13 billion to help the recovery of Europe after World War II, was also known as:

• The Marshall Plan

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The GI Bill

Which of the following best describes one of the main causes for both the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

• The nuclear arsenals within both Vietnam and Korea were a direct threat to the United States and the Soviet Union, leading to a joint military operation.

• Trade tariffs in Southeast Asia led to military intervention by the United States and Canada in the Korean Peninsula and Vietnam.

• The Cold War policy of containing communism led to military intervention by the United States in both the Korean Peninsula and Vietnam.

• After the conclusion of World War II, the United States and Soviet Union worked together to remove Chinese military operations in Korea and Vietnam.

On July 27, 1953, negotiators agreed to an armistice to end the Korean War. Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• Korea was divided at the 38th parallel; the same border as before the war. Some Americans felt that this outcome did not justify the number of casualties sustained during the conflict.

• Korea was annexed to the People's Republic of China. The Chinese quickly turned the entire Korean Peninsula into a Communist nation.

• Both North and South Korea became fully controlled by the U.S.; a democratic government was organized and set up by the United Nations to expand capitalism and democracy in East Asia.

• The United Nations gave control of North Korea to the People's Republic of China, and Japan was given control of South Korea because they needed resources.

What were Americans afraid of during the Red Scare?

• Soviet Union taking over China

• Communist groups in the United States

• Losing the Arms Race

• Missiles in Cuba

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

• keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin

• promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany

• complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin

• meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)