Deck 9: The Cold War, 1945-1965

Question 1

​ The Marshall Plan eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.​

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The only real agreement reached the Geneva summit meeting in 1955 was to engage in cultural exchanges. ​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

As part of Japan's transformation after the war​,

A)concentrations of big business were upheld.
B)ties between religion and the states were reinforced.
C)women's rights were reinforced.
D)land ownership remained in the hands of the elite.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

women's rights were reinforced.

Question 4

Eisenhower promoted the military-industrial complex as necessary for the preservation of democracy.​

Question 5

The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was Stalin's alternative to​

A)the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
B)the Marshall Plan.
C)the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
D)  ​the Truman Doctrine.
E)containment.

Question 6

The Truman Doctrine mentioned which two specific nations at risk for a communist takeover?​

A)Greece and Cuba
B)Cuba and Vietnam
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Romania and Yugoslavia
E)Yugoslavia and Poland

Question 7

Under president Eisenhower, the CIA led a covert operation that led to the installation of a U.S.-backed government in Iran. ​

Question 8

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet response to NATO.​

Question 9

The goal of containment was to stop the spread of​

A)communism.
B)warfare.
C)poverty.
D)imperialism.
E)disease.

Question 10

The Cold War was the ideological struggle between the United States and​

A)Germany.
B)the Soviet Union.
C)Italy.
D)Japan.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 11

The Berlin airlift took place from​

A)1946-1947.
B)1947-1948.
C)1948-1949.
D)1949-1950.
E)1950-1951.

Question 12

Which of the following is not true about Stalin's blockade of Berlin?

A)It was intended to push western nations out of Berlin.
B)The Berlin airlift was a direct reaction to the blockade.
C)It cut off road, rail and canal access to the city.
D)Stalin intended to uphold the blockade with warfare if necessary.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a reason why the United States became involved in the internal affairs of European nations after World War II​?

A)The development of long-range bombers meant the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans no longer provided protection.
B)They pushed to rebuild Europe to prevent another economic collapse.
C)World War II taught U.S. officials about the need to stand up to aggressive expansionists early and forcefully.
D)The Unite States sought markets for its manufactured products.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about the policy of reverse course?​

A)It was initiated in Japan.
B)It sought to rely on right -wing business and political leaders who supported the old regime as allies against communism.
C)It removed labor advocates, Communists and other leftists from positions of power.
D)It was initiated by Douglass McArthur
E)All of these are correct.

Question 15

Brinkmanship was a strategy that employed the possibility of nuclear destruction.​

Question 16

The United States employed a strategy of total war in Korea. ​

Question 17

The Marshall Plan sought to restore the economies of ​

A)Latin America.
B)Africa.
C)Southeast Asia.
D)Europe.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 18

The Lavender Scare was a facet of the Red Scare that targeted homosexuals.  ​

Question 19

​ The main U.S.-Soviet conflict in the months after World War II involved the political status of Eastern Europe and occupied Germany.​

Question 20

When the French fought the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the United States contributed troops to the French forces. ​

Question 21

Which of the following is true about Alger Hiss?​

A)He was a member of Truman's cabinet.
B)He accused many of having communist ties.
C)He was charged with espionage in 1950.
D)He was charged with perjury in 1950.
E)He was investigated by the FBI but not HUAC.

Question 22

Joseph McCarthy was most notable for​

A)being accused to be Communist.
B)leading a Communist witch-hunt.
C)producing anti-Communist propaganda films.
D)defecting to the Soviet Union.
E)serving as a general in the Korean War.

Question 23

The National Security Act​

A)created the Central Intelligence Agency.
B)created the National Security Council.
C)elevated the air force to a new military branch.
D)created the Department of Defense.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 24

Ultimately, Joseph McCarthy​

A)became Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B)was censured by the Senate.
C)became the vice president under Eisenhower.
D)was nominated for a Nobel Prize.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 25

At the onset of the Cold War,​

A)the Soviet Union remained largely agricultural.
B)the Soviets had yet to develop commanding land and sea power.
C)the United States had the world's leading land and sea power.
D)the United States sustained the world's most productive and technologically advanced economy in human history.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 26

Who were the Hollywood Ten?​

A)A group of filmmakers who made propaganda films about the dangers of Communism.
B)A group of actors who defected to the Soviet Union.
C)A group of actors, writers, and filmmakers who reported on suspected Communists in the film industry.
D)A group of filmmakers who put together the first Hollywood blacklist.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 27

Which of the following is not true about MacArthur's military campaign in the Korean War?​

A)He wanted a naval blockade of Chinese ports.
B)He wanted to bomb China's industrial capacity.
C)Truman relieved MacArthur of his command.
D)MacArthur returned to the United States after his service in the war to much criticism.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 28

When MacArthur's troops marched into North Korea, ​ ___________________  troops launched a counteroffensive.

A)Japanese.
B)Chinese.
C)Soviet.
D)Vietnamese.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 29

The Communist Party took over the leadership in China in

A)1948.
B)1949.
C)1950.
D)1951.
E)1952.

Question 30

The Central Intelligence Agency was created in ​

A)1947.
B)1950.
C)1952.
D)1955.
E)1957.

Question 31

Which of the following is true about the Soviet development of their atomic weapon?​

A)The Soviets relied only in Soviet scientists.
B)The Soviets had no access to American secrets about the nuclear weapon.
C)The Soviets developed their atomic weapon later than the United States had anticipated.
D)The Soviets developed their atomic weapon in 1949.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 32

After China's fall to communism​,

A)the United States placed more emphasis on Japan as a bulwark against communism.
B)the United States occupied Japan until 1952.
C)the policy of reverse course in Japan was accelerated.​
D)the United States signed a security treaty with Japan in 1960, which stated that U.S. protection required permanent military bases in Japan.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 33

During the Second Red Scare, loyalty tests were instituted for those working in

A)national, state, and local government.
B)universities.
C)school districts.
D)private companies.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 34

The United States and the Soviet Union divided Korea along the ___________________ parallel.​

A)35th
B)36th
C)37th
D)38th
E)39th

Question 35

As a means to stop the spread of Communism, NSC-68 emphasized​

A)using spies to keep up with potential plots of Communist sabotage.
B)a propaganda campaign to make all Americans feel like participants against communism.
C)a propaganda campaign to present the Soviets as the enemy.
D)the build-up of military defenses and weaponry.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 36

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg​

A)worked closely with J. Edgar Hoover to catch Communist spies.
B)were sentenced to a prison sentence and later released.
C)both confessed to giving American nuclear secrets to the Soviets.
D)were charged in connection to an investigation of a network of Soviet agents working on the Manhattan Project.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 37

Which of the following was a Cold War era film with anti-Communist themes?​

A)1984.
B)Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
C)I Married a Communist.
D)It Came from Outer Space.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 38

Which of the following is true about the offensive launched by North Korea on South Korea in 1950?​

A)Kin Il Sung, the leader of North Korea did not expect the United States to intervene.
B)The Soviet Union condemned the operation
C)The United States decided not to intervene.
D)The Soviet Union pledged troops.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 39

The term military-industrial complex was coined by ​

A)Harry Truman.
B)Joseph McCarthy.
C)Dwight Eisenhower.
D)Douglas MacArthur.​
E)J. Edgar Hoover.​

Question 40

When the ceasefire with North Korea was reached in 1953,​

A)North and South Korea remained divided.
B)2.2 million North and South Koreans had been killed.
C)peaceful relations between North and South Korea did not ensue.
D)hostility between both superpowers intensified.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 41

Which of the following was not banned by ​the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty

A)nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere.
B)nuclear weapons tests in outer space.
C)nuclear weapons tests underground.
D)nuclear weapons tests under water.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 42

The Alliance for Progress sought to promote economic aid to ___________________ .​

A)Eastern Europe.
B)Western Europe.
C)Southeast Asia.
D)Latin America.
E)Africa.

Question 43

The Go-Gu plan was a military strategy executed by ​

A)Cuba.
B)North Vietnam.
C)the Soviet Union.
D)North Korea.
E)East Germany.

Question 44

Developmentalism stressed​

A)free-market economic development.
B)a democratic political system.
C)equal rights for all within the native population.
D)environmental regulations.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 45

The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in ​

A)1959.
B)1962.
C)1965.
D)1968.
E)1969.

Question 46

At the summit meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1955,

A)Eisenhower agreed to have the United States exit NATO.
B)Eisenhower agreed to remove U.S. troops from Europe.
C)Khrushchev agreed to allow free elections in East Germany.
D)U.S.-Soviet relations were still on the path to militarization.
E)the spirit was one of tension and hostility.

Question 47

The Berlin Wall was built in ​

A)1959.
B)1960.
C)1961.
D)1962.
E)1963.

Question 48

Which of the following is true about the Suez Canal crisis?

A)U.S. and British officials had worked with the World Bank to build the Aswan High Dam.
B)President Eisenhower withdrew support for the Aswan High Dam project as Egypt's leader Nasser retained his ties to the Soviet Union.
C)Nasser seized the Suez Canal in retaliation for U.S. withdrawal from the Aswan High Dam Project.
D)The Soviet Union eventually funded the Aswan High Dam project.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 49

The United States staged a coup and set up a U.S.-backed military government in ___________________  when the nation tried to nationalize the landholdings of the United Fruit Company. ​

A)Nicaragua​
B)Guatemala
C)Honduras
D)Mexico
E)Costa Rica

Question 50

Third World countries​

A)were mainly located in Africa and Asia.
B)were developing nations.
C)were not firmly aligned with the United States.
D)were not firmly aligned with the Soviet Union.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 51

The Arab-Israeli War​

A)took place in 1952.
B)involved the United States as allies of Israel.
C)began after the state of Israel was proclaimed independent.
D)lasted several years.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 52

___________________ initiated the third phase of the Cold War.​

A)The development of the Soviet atomic weapon
B)The election of Eisenhower to office
C)The death of Joseph Stalin
D)The end of the McCarthy era
E)None of these are correct.

Question 53

Sputnik was​

A)a less radical arm of the Soviet Communist Party.
B)the first satellite to orbit earth, launched by the Soviets.
C)an American movement calling for the end of the nuclear arms race.
D)Khrushchev's policy for governmental reform.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 54

The Bay of Pigs invasion was intended to ​

A)topple the Castro regime.
B)have the United States annex Cuba as a state.
C)drop a nuclear bomb on the island of Cuba.
D)kidnap Castro so he could be imprisoned in the United States.
E)demonstrate the United States' military might to the Soviet Union.

Question 55

The process of decolonization took place ​

A)right before World War I.
B)within two decades after World War II.
C)right before World War II.
D)right after World War I.
E)beginning in the 1960s.

Question 56

In 1959, 64 percent of Americans considered nuclear war as the nation's most urgent problem; by 1964, that figure was ​

A)50 percent.
B)45 percent.
C)32 percent.​
D)16 percent.
E)5 percent.

Question 57

After Sputnik,

A)Eisenhower started the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
B)The United States set its sight on going to the moon.
C)Americans feared that they had fallen behind technologically.
D)Intercontinental ballistic missiles were created.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 58

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed by U.S. officials to protect the U.S.-backed regime in ​

A)Japan.
B)South Korea.
C)South Vietnam.
D)Cambodia.
E)Laos.

Question 59

In 1950, emerging nations held ___________________  percent of the world's population.​

A)40
B)50
C)60
D)70
E)80

Question 60

The "kitchen debate" refers to ​

A)Americans debating politics at home.
B)Soviets debating politics at home.
C)Nixon and Khrushchev's exchanges about household appliances at the 1959 U.S. exposition in Moscow.
D)An informal and unpublicized meeting that took place between Eisenhower and Khrushchev.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 61

Term for identification:  superpower​

Question 62

Term for identification:  NSC-68​

Question 63

Term for identification:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)​

Question 64

Term for identification:  Berlin airlift​

Question 65

Term for identification:  domino theory​

Question 66

Term for identification:  Truman Doctrine​

Question 67

Term for identification:  Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP)​

Question 68

Term for identification:  38th parallel

Question 69

Term for identification:  hydrogen bomb​

Question 70

Term for identification:  Warsaw Pact​

Question 71

Term for identification:  Chinese Communist Revolution​

Question 72

​ Term for identification:  Korean War​

Question 73

Term for identification: Cold War​

Question 74

Term for identification:  containment​

Question 75

Term for identification:  reverse course​

Question 76

Term for identification:  iron curtain​

Question 77

Term for identification:  limited war​

Question 78

Term for identification:  Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)​

Question 79

Term for identification:  Marshall Plan​

Question 80

Term for identification:  land redistribution​