Cold War and Post-War Europe Quiz

What was the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin?

• Berlin airlift

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Containment

What was the main goal of the U.S. policy of containment?

• To stop the expansion of Soviet power

• To promote free trade

• To establish military bases in Europe

• To form alliances with Asian countries

"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." This is known as the ___.

• containment policy

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Zimmermann telegram

What was the role of General Douglas MacArthur in the Korean War?

• He led the North Korean forces.

• He led the UN forces in Korea.

• He was a peace negotiator.

• He was a Soviet advisor.

Who were sentenced to death for espionage in 1950?

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

• Alger and Whittaker Chambers

• Joseph and Ethel McCarthy

• Howard and Joseph McGrath

Describe the "beat generation."

• A group of writers who embraced conformity

• A group of writers who challenged respectability

• A group of musicians who popularized rock and roll

• A group of artists who painted traditional landscapes

What type of TV programs do three out of every four TV programs consist of?

• News programs

• Educational programs

• Entertainment shows

• Cooking shows

The American CIA and the Soviet KGB were two organizations during the Cold War that used which of the foreign policy strategies below?

• Espionage

• War

• Isolationism

• Demilitarization

Bay of Pigs was an example of U.S. ________________________

• War

• Espionage

• Espionage and Peacekeeping Operations

• Espionage and War

The primary goal of the U.S. Containment policy after WW II was to?

• limit the use of atomic bomb and other nuclear weapons

• end colonialism in Africa and Asia

• stop the spread of Soviet Union influence in the world

• bring German and Japanese war criminals to Justice