Unit 7: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Exam

Containment

• Foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II
• A covert spy operation during the Cold War era where agents compete to secretly smuggle the most creative Cold War memorabilia across borders without detection.
• A policy pursued by the US with the aim of destroying global communism and defeating the Soviet Union.

Limited War

• War that is limited to two countries only and doesn't expand to involve many countries like other global conflicts
• An economic theory suggesting that conflicts between nations can be constrained to specific sectors, minimizing the overall impact on global trade and stability.
• A war in which the weapons used, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear weapons is avoided.

McCarthyism

• An architectural style popularized in the 1950s, known for its strict adherence to symmetry and a fervent dislike for any design elements deemed "un-American."
• A campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period
• The name of Senator Joe McCarthy's approach to political campaigning where a rival candidate supports the efforts of another to eventually undermine them by calling them a capitalist.

What was decided at the Potsdam conference?

• Only that they would need another conference once the war was over. FDR was a dominating figure of Potsdam and the follow up conference.
• Japan would surrender to the Nazi's and the Nazi's, in turn would surrender to the US, ending both wars in 1945..
• The allies met to determine post-WWII borders and split Germany into 4 zones of control.
• Truman drank too much with Stalin and failed to negotiate a good deal for the US.

What is the main provision of the Taft-Hartley Act?

• Made union membership mandatory in many industries.
• Made certain types of strikes illegal which weakened the power of unions through the 50's.
• Changed the legislative voting procedures which worked to make Washington less corrupt.
• Created a new Slave labor system which violated the 13th Amendment but was upheld by a white supremacist supreme court.

In the Truman Doctrine, what two countries does Truman say that the US needs to invest in to prevent the spread of Communism?

• Korea and Vietnam
• China and Sudan
• Germany and Ukraine
• Greece and Turkey

Which best describes the Iron Curtain

• An ideological barrier that separated Europe into Communist and noncommunist blocs.
• An elaborate defense structure built by the Soviets that spanned much of Europe and made a land invasion of Soviet Russia impossible.
• A term invented by Truman to pockets of Soviet influence.
• Iron Curtains are large shutters installed on European houses following WWII to prevent window breakage during aerial raids.

True or False: China was involved in the Korean War

• True
• False

Who was appointed to command UN forces in Korea?

• General Curtis LeMay
• General Harry S. Truman
• General William Tecumseh Sherman
• General Douglas MacArthur

True or False: President Truman fired the General of the UN forces before the end of the Korean War

• True
• False