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WorksheetsModern U.S. History Chapter 15 sections 1-3 review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the name of the conference between the Big Three that took place in Feb. 1945
(a)
Which of the following was discussed at Yalta?
Government for Poland
Division of Germany
Declaration of Liberated Europe
Reparations from Poland
Which leaders took part in the Potsdam conference?
FDR & Stalin
Truman & Stalin
Truman & Churchill
FDR, Stalin & Churchill
Which of the following describe the Soviet goals at the end of WWII?
Weakened Germany
Buffer States
Suspicion of the West
Communism-spread it
Which of the following describe American goals at the end of WWII?
Economic Growth
Individual Liberties
Capitalism
Weakened Germany
With the crisis in Iran, the Soviets set up a communist government in the north and wanted what?
oil
a military base
to spread communism throughout the Middle East
What policy did America adopt from the Long telegram and employed in Iran?
(a)
Which document gave the U.S. permission to interfere anywhere in the world in the name of stopping communism? (Be careful to select the document & not the concept)
Eisenhower Doctrine
Long Telegram
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
What was the name for the economic relief package to prevent the spread of communism throughout Europe? It supplied food, money & guns to prevent chaos, poverty & disease.
(a)
Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin (1948-1949)?
They were upset that the U.S., G.B. & France merged their zones.
They wanted the oil from Berlin
They were upset that America was trying to buy friends in Western Europe
They were upset that we left them on red
What was the name of the Soviet mutual defense agreement?
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
Commie Squad
Why did the Korean War* start?
North invaded the South to unite under communism
South invaded the North to unite under a democracy
China got nervous and entered into the war
The U.S. pushed the South to invade the North
How did the Korean War* "end"?
Divided the country at the 38th parallel
A DMZ was created
An armistice or cease-fire agreement was signed
A peace treaty was signed
Due to China falling to communism, the U.S. had to turn it's attention to which other Asian country?
(a)
Who did the farmers and other common people support during the Chinese Revolution?
Nationalists
Communists
Which event helped to set off a new red scare?
Loyalty Review Program
Igor's defection
Rosenberg trial
McCarran Act
Although the Rosenbergs were electrocuted, who actually gave full information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets?
Igor
Klaus Fuchs
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy's "witch hunt" for communism lost popularity when he targeted (a)
Senator Joseph McCarthy said he a list of 205 known communists in which department of the U.S. Government?
(a)
In the case of a nuclear attack, what should you do?
(a)
