Cold War Study Guide

In what way did Truman’s decision to enter the Korean War reflect his commitment to a containment policy?

• Truman desired to limit the spread of infectious diseases across East Asia. 

• Truman feared any expansion of communist influence on the Korean peninsula.

• Truman hoped a victory over North Korea would serve to warn other aggressive nations. 

• Truman hoped a victory over North Korea would serve to warn other aggressive nations. 

The Red Scare of the 1920s and McCarthyism of the 1950s are similar in that both —

• reflected the heightened prosperity of the time periods

• advocated for restrictions on newly arriving immigrants

• developed in reaction to fears of the spread of communism

• employed legislative hearings to investigate spying suspects

Which objective of American foreign policy in 1951 led to a United Nations military intervention in the Korean peninsula?

• Limit the spread of communism

• Promote democratic ideals in Asia

• Liberate American prisoners of war

• Economically develop other nations

A chief reason for U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is —

• to establish a representative body of democratic nations

• to maintain a collective security agreement in the case of an attack

• to encourage improvements in foreign education and health systems

• to apply international law to cases of genocide and human rights abuses

Which action was a direct response of the United States to growing communist threats in Greece and Turkey in the years following the Second World War?

• Implementing the Marshall Plan

• Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine

• Establishing the NATO military alliance

• Establishing the NATO military alliance

Which 1957 event initiated the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• The Soviet Union placed rockets in Cuba.

• .The Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik 1.

• President Kennedy announced U.S. plans to land on the Moon.

• U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1.

Which action of Joseph McCarthy contributed to increased Cold War anxieties?

• He abused his power by helping Castro in Cuba.

• He was a strong advocate of increased military spending.

• He led a Congressional committee investigating suspected communists.

• He angered Chinese communists for refusing to follow Truman's orders during the Korean War.

Which military alliance of North American and Western European nations pledged in 1949 that all member nations would come to the aid of any member attacked by an outside enemy?

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

• United Nations

• NATO

Why did the United States conduct the Berlin Airlift?

• To transport supplies to a blockaded West Berlin

• To evacuate wounded soldiers from East Berlin

• To send East German refugees to other countries

• To provide supplies to all of West Germany

A characteristic of American society in the fifteen years following the Second World War was —

• rivalry with the Soviet Union and fear of communist infiltration

• social and economic reforms aimed to create jobs in urban areas

• government planning and regulation to improve economic conditions

• racial tensions that led to the assassination of prominent civil rights leaders