Cold War 22-23

What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Skies

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

• Membership in the US Communist Party increased

• US Citizens were investigated for being suspected communists

• Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed

• US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

What program provided financial assistance to Western European countries to rebuild after World War II?

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

How was the United States able to bypass the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade without provoking a military conflict?

• 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

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?

• The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR

• The US government increased spending on technology and weapons

• The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space

• The USSR collapsed because of economic competition

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism

• Provide weapons to democratic countries

• Destroy communism

• Provide collective security

Which of the following events inspired increased interest and investment in American math and science education programs in the 1950s?

• the successful launch of the Sputnik satellite

• the Korean War

• the Marshall Plan

• JFK's assassination

Nikita Khrushchev was...

• The head of communist North Vietnam throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.

• Head of the Soviet Union during WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. Notorious for his aggressive spreading of the communist ideology.

• Head of the Soviet Union from 1953 – 1964. Stepped back from previous administration’s hard-line policies.

• Head of the Chinese communist party from the 1920s through the eventual Chinese Revolution in 1949.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, this committee investigated the motion picture industry for Communist influences.

• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Special Subcommittee on Anti-Communist Activities (SSAA)

• DOJ Special Counsel on Communist Activities (SCCA)

• Senate Subversion Committee (SSC)