Early Cold War & Postwar Boom Review

Mutually Assured Destruction means having so many weapons that neither side would use them.

• True

• False

McCarthyism became a catchword for making reckless charges with little evidence.

• True

• False

_____ was a American diplomat whose writings helped to shape the policy of containment.

• John Dulles

• George Kennan

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dean Acheson

The endless competition to acquire greater numbers of nuclear bombs was known as...

• arms race.

• mutually assured destruction.

• nuclear proliferation.

• strategic deterrence.

Where in the world did the Cold War become "hot"?

• Hungary

• Egypt

• Korea

• China

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created the...

• SEATO

• HUAC

• Warsaw Pact

• USSR

Who first spoke of the "Iron Curtain"?

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• George Kennan

It supported Turkey and Greece through economic and military aide.

• SEATO

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

The Korean War started when ____ Korea invaded ____ Korea.

• North-South

• South-North

• East-West

• West-East

In order to gain control of West Berlin, the Soviet Union...

• sent in troops.

• bought it from the U.S.

• cutoff roads and railways.

• established a democratic government.