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US II Honors: Cold War Conflicts

Terms in this set (20)

The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
a. Truman Doctrine
b. Marshall Plan
c. iron curtain
d. Warsaw Pact
a. Truman Doctrine
The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
a. iron curtain
b. Berlin airlift
c. Berlin blockade
d. German Democratic Republic
c. Berlin blockade
___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
a. The CIA
b. The UN
c. HUAC
d. NATO
c. HUAC
The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.
a. Nationalists
b. Communists
c. Soviets
d. peasants
a. Nationalists
___ was the leader of the Communists in China.
a. Chiang Kai-shek
b. Mao Zedong
c. Syngman Rhee
d. Kim Il Sung
b. Mao Zedong
General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___. a. Guatemala
b. Hungary
c. the Middle East
d. Korea
d. Korea
The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
a. Communists
b. Nationalists
c. South Koreans
d. North Koreans
c. South Koreans
The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ___.
a. Marshall Plan
b. Truman Doctrine
c. Warsaw Pact
d. Eisenhower Doctrine
d. Eisenhower Doctrine
To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the per- son is making unsupported accusations.
a. brinkmanship
b. containment
c. McCarthyism
d. infiltration
c. McCarthyism
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop ___.
a. NATO
b. an atomic bomb
c. a space satellite
d. a hydrogen bomb
d. a hydrogen bomb
In a capitalist system,
a. the state controls economic activity.
b. private citizens control economic activity.
c. elected officials control economic activity.
d. the dictator controls economic activity.
b. private citizens control economic activity.
The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
a. promote free elections in Europe.
b. restrict the spread of communism.
c. force Germany to pay war reparations.
d. maintain international peace through the UN.
b. restrict the spread of communism.
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
a. the Marshall Plan.
b. the formation of NATO.
c. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
d. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
d. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists
a. relied heavily on financial aid from the Soviet Union.
b. ruled in the southern and eastern regions of China.
c. attracted overwhelming support from the nation's peasants.
d. were led by Mao Zedong.
b. ruled in the southern and eastern regions of China.
The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because
a. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.
b. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Chinese Communists.
c. the Soviets had already sent military aid to South Korea.
d. the Soviets had wanted to remain neutral at the time.
a. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.
When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,
a. North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.
b. a communist government was established in South Korea.
c. communist fears in the United States were lifted.
d. China gained control of the entire peninsula.
a. North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.
After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except
a. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.
b. Khrushchev called off a summit conference on the arms race.
c. Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union.
d. Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months.
a. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.
Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. govern- ment and military were made by
a. Douglas MacArthur.
b. Joseph McCarthy.
c. John Foster Dulles.
d. Alger Hiss.
b. Joseph McCarthy.
American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when
a. the policy of containment failed in China.
b. the Soviet Union launched a space satellite.
c. the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.
d. the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb.
c. the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in
a. Latin America.
b. Eastern Europe.
c. Western Europe.
d. the Middle East.
d. the Middle East.
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