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Chapter 15

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did leaders at Yalta want?

a)

To divide Poland among the allies

b)

To recognize the Polish government and hold free elections there as soon as possible

c)

To hold trials for those who committed war crimes

d)

all of the above

2.

The result of the Long Telegram?

a)

Launch missiles toward Germany

b)

The Berln Wall was built

c)

Adopt isolationist views

d)

A containment policy

3.

What were the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan essential for?

a)

Containment

b)

World peace

c)

justice for those who committed crimes

d)

the Red Scare

4.

What happened when the three allies merged their zones in Germany?

a)

A truce was called

b)

German attacked West Berlin

c)

The Soviets responded by blockading West Berlin

d)

East Germany began rebuilding economically

5.

Who attacked the UN troops in Korea at the 38th parallel?

a)

North Korea

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Soviets

6.

What were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg charged with?

a)

Passing atomic secrets to the Soviets

b)

murder

c)

Kidnapping

d)

War crimes

7.

Joe McCarthy created a media frenzy by doing what?

a)

Causing a witch hunt by saying he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department

b)

Assassinating Joseph Stalin

c)

Overthrowing the leader of the Senate

d)

Resigning from office

8.

When did support for McCarthy begin to fade?

a)

When he gave atomic secrets to the Soviets

b)

When he dodged the draft

c)

When he kidnpped a wealth New Yorkerś child

d)

People watched him bully witnesses in televised hearings investigating the Army

9.

Why did Egyptians seize control of the Suez Canal?

a)

The Soviets owed them money

b)

In order to use the canal's profits to pay for a dam

c)

It was always their dam, the Soviets were abusing their use of it.

d)

All of the above

10.

What did the leaders agree to at Yalta?

a)

World Peace

b)

To set up a communist government in Poland

c)

Divide Germany among the four Allied powers

d)

To set up a communist government in Germany

11.

What was the result of the Truman Doctrine?

a)

A pledge to fight communism

b)

Soviets attacked Germany

c)

McCarthy was fired

d)

Stalin was removed from office

12.

Purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To disarm Germany

b)

To help Western Europe recover

c)

To promaote Marshall to Speaker of the House

d)

All of the above

13.

Why was NATO formed?

a)

For mutual defense

b)

To replace the League of Nations

c)

To help the United Nations

d)

To write the Declaration of Human Rights

14.

Purpose of the Project Venona?

a)

To create a nuclear bomb

b)

to crack the Soviet spy code

c)

To invade Veronoa, Germany

d)

to help the Germans rearm

15.

What did the McCarran Act do?

a)

Made McCarren the head of West Germany

b)

Allowed McCarren to control Congress

c)

Created a group to spread communists views

d)

Allowed the arrest of Communists in case of a national emergency

16.

What authority did the Eisenhower Doctrine give the President?

a)

To declare war during times of emergency

b)

The sole power to use atomic weapons

c)

To use armed force to help Middle East nations resist Communist aggression

d)

The ability to expand the Manhattan Project

17.

What were covert operations?

a)

Used to prevent Communist revolutions in developing countries

b)

actions to assist in encouraging economic growth

c)

the act of the President to control the military

d)

none of the above

18.

What rights were granted by the Declaration of Liberated Europe?

a)

Choose their own end of WWII

b)

Choose their own form of government through democratic means

c)

Choose whether or not to charge Germany reperations for their actions in WWII

d)

Choose the type of government Germany will have

19.

The Soviets formed the Warsaw Pact in response to what?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

NATO's decision to allow West Germany to rearm and join its organization

c)

Germany blockading West Berlin

d)

reaction to SEATO

20.

Why did the Korean War begin?

a)

Stalin invaded Noth Korea

b)

South Korean troops invaded the North

c)

North Korean troops invaded the South

d)

Japan attacked South Korea

21.

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

a)

MacArthur invaded China

b)

MacArthur publicly criticized the president's policy of limited war

c)

MacArthur distroyed the hoovervilles

d)

all of the above

22.

Purpose of Truman's loyalty program?

a)

Prevent Communist subversion

b)

Find out who was loyal and give them a bonus

c)

To hire the most worthy people in the government

d)

To charge the director of the FBI with treason

23.

What began the Red Scare?

a)

When North Korean troops crossed into South Korea

b)

When McCarthy said he had a list of communists in our government

c)

When Truman created his loyalty program

d)

When a clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Canada defected and turned over documents proving that the Soviets were trying to infiltrate the U.S. government

24.

What are developing nations?

a)

Nations with strong industry

b)

Nations with primarily agricultural economies

c)

Nations who are getting aid from a larger country

d)

Nations with a strong military

25.

What is Sputnik?

a)

Soviet astronaut

b)

Soviet spy plane

c)

Soviet satellite

d)

Soviet KGB official

26.

J. Edgar Hoover

a)

FBI director who authorized wiretapping and infiltration of groups suspected of subversion

b)

General who invaded South Korea

c)

Secretary of State

d)

Diplomat at Yalta

27.

George Marshall

a)

proposed the European Recovery Program that promised European Nations American aid to rebuild their economies

b)

Said communism is like an Iron Curtain

c)

Commander in the Pacific

d)

All of the above

28.

Duck and cover actions

a)

Drills performed by our military in Cuba

b)

Convert drills by the Air Force

c)

drills performed by American children in preparation of a Soviet attack

d)

Drills the navy had in the Black Sea

29.

George Kennan

a)

tried to explain Soviet behavior in the Long Telegram

b)

proposed a containment policy

c)

An American diplomat

d)

All of the above

30.

Douglas MacArthur-

a)

fired for insubordination

b)

evacuated the Philippines

c)

in charge of occupied Japan after WWII

d)

all of the above

31.

Philip Wylie-

a)

TV anchor who reported on the atomic bomb

b)

created duck and cover drills

c)

wrote the novel Tomorrow! to educate the public about the horrors of atomic war

d)

Wrote a screen play about Hiroshima

32.

Fallout-

a)

deadly radiation left over after a nuclear blast

b)

a 1940s band

c)

a place to go during a nuclear attack

d)

the most popular TV program of the Cold War

33.

Demilitarized zone-

a)

The area around the Suez Canal

b)

The base on Pearl Harbor

c)

Area in the Pacific where no military vehicles are allowed

d)

border between North and South Korea

34.

Cold War-

a)

war fought in the USSR

b)

era of confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union

c)

era of confrontation between the U.S. and Korea

d)

War fought over the spread of communism

35.

U-2-

a)

type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960

b)

a conference held to discuss communism

c)

a summit held to end the Cold War

d)

An international group formed to stop the spread of communism

36.

Suez Canal-

a)

Controlled by the Soviets

b)

Controlled by the Japanese to encourage trade in Asia

c)

seized by the Egyptians who intended to use its profits to fund other projects

d)

Built by the Romans

37.

CIA-

a)

held trials for people accussed of being communist

b)

Attacked naval bases in Turkey

c)

Tried to overthrow Stalin

d)

operated in developing countries to overthrow anti-American leaders

38.

Brinkmanship-

a)

threatening nuclear strikes to back down opponents

b)

cooperating to stop the end of communism

c)

secret attacks on the communist nations

d)

The act of overthrowing a government

39.

Warsaw Pact-

a)

a mutal defense strategy

b)

Ended the Cold War

c)

military alliance in Eastern Europe

d)

All of the above

40.

Potsdam-

a)

place where Truman and Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany

b)

place where the Yalta conference was held

c)

place Stalin surrendered

d)

The first soviet atomic bomb

41.

Satellite nations-

a)

Nations that reached the moon

b)

countries that invested in the space race

c)

communist countries of Eastern Europe

d)

countries that were allies of the U.S.

42.

Red Scare-

a)

Accusations that communism had taken over the entire Western Hemisphere

b)

The threat of nuclear war in the Pacific

c)

The threat of nuclear war in Cuba

d)

rumors and accusations of Communists in the U.S. and of Communists infiltration of the government

43.

Containment-

a)

Stopping North Korea from advancing into South Korea

b)

keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions

c)

The policy of educating the public in the U.S.

d)

The policy that ended WWII

44.

Massive retaliation-

a)

policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons to prevent war

b)

Bombing any nation with atomic weapons

c)

the response of the U.S when North Korea advanced into South Korea

d)

The Soviets response to the U.S. for droping a bomb on Berlin

45.

Alger Hiss-

a)

present at Yalta

b)

Helped with the creation of the U.N.

c)

diplomat who was accused of being a Communist Spy

d)

All of the above