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WorksheetsChapter 15
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What did leaders at Yalta want?
To divide Poland among the allies
To recognize the Polish government and hold free elections there as soon as possible
To hold trials for those who committed war crimes
all of the above
The result of the Long Telegram?
Launch missiles toward Germany
The Berln Wall was built
Adopt isolationist views
A containment policy
What were the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan essential for?
Containment
World peace
justice for those who committed crimes
the Red Scare
What happened when the three allies merged their zones in Germany?
A truce was called
German attacked West Berlin
The Soviets responded by blockading West Berlin
East Germany began rebuilding economically
Who attacked the UN troops in Korea at the 38th parallel?
North Korea
China
Japan
Soviets
What were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg charged with?
Passing atomic secrets to the Soviets
murder
Kidnapping
War crimes
Joe McCarthy created a media frenzy by doing what?
Causing a witch hunt by saying he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department
Assassinating Joseph Stalin
Overthrowing the leader of the Senate
Resigning from office
When did support for McCarthy begin to fade?
When he gave atomic secrets to the Soviets
When he dodged the draft
When he kidnpped a wealth New Yorkerś child
People watched him bully witnesses in televised hearings investigating the Army
Why did Egyptians seize control of the Suez Canal?
The Soviets owed them money
In order to use the canal's profits to pay for a dam
It was always their dam, the Soviets were abusing their use of it.
All of the above
What did the leaders agree to at Yalta?
World Peace
To set up a communist government in Poland
Divide Germany among the four Allied powers
To set up a communist government in Germany
What was the result of the Truman Doctrine?
A pledge to fight communism
Soviets attacked Germany
McCarthy was fired
Stalin was removed from office
Purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To disarm Germany
To help Western Europe recover
To promaote Marshall to Speaker of the House
All of the above
Why was NATO formed?
For mutual defense
To replace the League of Nations
To help the United Nations
To write the Declaration of Human Rights
Purpose of the Project Venona?
To create a nuclear bomb
to crack the Soviet spy code
To invade Veronoa, Germany
to help the Germans rearm
What did the McCarran Act do?
Made McCarren the head of West Germany
Allowed McCarren to control Congress
Created a group to spread communists views
Allowed the arrest of Communists in case of a national emergency
What authority did the Eisenhower Doctrine give the President?
To declare war during times of emergency
The sole power to use atomic weapons
To use armed force to help Middle East nations resist Communist aggression
The ability to expand the Manhattan Project
What were covert operations?
Used to prevent Communist revolutions in developing countries
actions to assist in encouraging economic growth
the act of the President to control the military
none of the above
What rights were granted by the Declaration of Liberated Europe?
Choose their own end of WWII
Choose their own form of government through democratic means
Choose whether or not to charge Germany reperations for their actions in WWII
Choose the type of government Germany will have
The Soviets formed the Warsaw Pact in response to what?
The Treaty of Versailles
NATO's decision to allow West Germany to rearm and join its organization
Germany blockading West Berlin
reaction to SEATO
Why did the Korean War begin?
Stalin invaded Noth Korea
South Korean troops invaded the North
North Korean troops invaded the South
Japan attacked South Korea
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
MacArthur invaded China
MacArthur publicly criticized the president's policy of limited war
MacArthur distroyed the hoovervilles
all of the above
Purpose of Truman's loyalty program?
Prevent Communist subversion
Find out who was loyal and give them a bonus
To hire the most worthy people in the government
To charge the director of the FBI with treason
What began the Red Scare?
When North Korean troops crossed into South Korea
When McCarthy said he had a list of communists in our government
When Truman created his loyalty program
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
What are developing nations?
Nations with strong industry
Nations with primarily agricultural economies
Nations who are getting aid from a larger country
Nations with a strong military
What is Sputnik?
Soviet astronaut
Soviet spy plane
Soviet satellite
Soviet KGB official
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI director who authorized wiretapping and infiltration of groups suspected of subversion
General who invaded South Korea
Secretary of State
Diplomat at Yalta
George Marshall
proposed the European Recovery Program that promised European Nations American aid to rebuild their economies
Said communism is like an Iron Curtain
Commander in the Pacific
All of the above
Duck and cover actions
Drills performed by our military in Cuba
Convert drills by the Air Force
drills performed by American children in preparation of a Soviet attack
Drills the navy had in the Black Sea
George Kennan
tried to explain Soviet behavior in the Long Telegram
proposed a containment policy
An American diplomat
All of the above
Douglas MacArthur-
fired for insubordination
evacuated the Philippines
in charge of occupied Japan after WWII
all of the above
Philip Wylie-
TV anchor who reported on the atomic bomb
created duck and cover drills
wrote the novel Tomorrow! to educate the public about the horrors of atomic war
Wrote a screen play about Hiroshima
Fallout-
deadly radiation left over after a nuclear blast
a 1940s band
a place to go during a nuclear attack
the most popular TV program of the Cold War
Demilitarized zone-
The area around the Suez Canal
The base on Pearl Harbor
Area in the Pacific where no military vehicles are allowed
border between North and South Korea
Cold War-
war fought in the USSR
era of confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union
era of confrontation between the U.S. and Korea
War fought over the spread of communism
U-2-
type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960
a conference held to discuss communism
a summit held to end the Cold War
An international group formed to stop the spread of communism
Suez Canal-
Controlled by the Soviets
Controlled by the Japanese to encourage trade in Asia
seized by the Egyptians who intended to use its profits to fund other projects
Built by the Romans
CIA-
held trials for people accussed of being communist
Attacked naval bases in Turkey
Tried to overthrow Stalin
operated in developing countries to overthrow anti-American leaders
Brinkmanship-
threatening nuclear strikes to back down opponents
cooperating to stop the end of communism
secret attacks on the communist nations
The act of overthrowing a government
Warsaw Pact-
a mutal defense strategy
Ended the Cold War
military alliance in Eastern Europe
All of the above
Potsdam-
place where Truman and Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany
place where the Yalta conference was held
place Stalin surrendered
The first soviet atomic bomb
Satellite nations-
Nations that reached the moon
countries that invested in the space race
communist countries of Eastern Europe
countries that were allies of the U.S.
Red Scare-
Accusations that communism had taken over the entire Western Hemisphere
The threat of nuclear war in the Pacific
The threat of nuclear war in Cuba
rumors and accusations of Communists in the U.S. and of Communists infiltration of the government
Containment-
Stopping North Korea from advancing into South Korea
keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions
The policy of educating the public in the U.S.
The policy that ended WWII
Massive retaliation-
policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons to prevent war
Bombing any nation with atomic weapons
the response of the U.S when North Korea advanced into South Korea
The Soviets response to the U.S. for droping a bomb on Berlin
Alger Hiss-
present at Yalta
Helped with the creation of the U.N.
diplomat who was accused of being a Communist Spy
All of the above
