Module 12 The Cold War Chapter Test Study Guide

A new ________ swept America in the 1940s and 1950s, when Americans became preoccupied with fear of Communists.

• Red Scare

• Cold War

• Great Depression

• McCarthyism

Major gains early on by the UN forces in Korea were undermined when_________?

• China sent hundreds of thousands of troops to join the North Korean army

• The Soviet Union withdrew its support for North Korea

• The UN forces ran out of supplies

• South Korea signed a peace treaty with North Korea

The United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada, to form the ______________________________.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• European Union (EU)

• United Nations (UN)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

In the 1950s, the federal government began an urban renewal program mainly to __________?

• improve city services and urban housing

• reduce traffic congestion

• increase public transportation

• enhance recreational facilities

One of the first decisions made by the United Nations was to ________?

• Divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states

• Establish a global peacekeeping force

• Create the World Health Organization

• Formulate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

President Truman sent U.S. military forces to South Korea to _________?

• give South Korean troops cover and support

• launch an offensive against North Korea

• establish a military base in Japan

• negotiate a peace treaty with China

Dwight D. Eisenhower said the first task of his administration would be to___________?

• end of the Korean War

• initiate the New Deal

• expand the military

• promote civil rights

A crisis involving the ________l, which began when Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt, ended with a U.S. -Soviet agreement to condemn the invasion.

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Nile River

• Strait of Hormuz

What was the original purpose of the United Nations?

• conflict resolution

• economic development

• cultural exchange

• military alliance

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched_________ , the world's first artificial satellite.

• Sputnik

• Apollo

• Voyager

• Hubble