Deck 22: The Cold War, 1945-1965

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

B

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

C

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

The Berlin airlift took place from​

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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 10

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet response to NATO.​

Question 11

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 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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 15

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 16

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

Question 17

The goal of containment was to stop the spread of​

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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 20

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

Question 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

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 25

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 26

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 27

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 28

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

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

Question 29

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 30

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 31

The Communist Party took over the leadership in China in

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

Question 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

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 36

The Central Intelligence Agency was created in ​

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

Question 37

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 38

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 39

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 40

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 41

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 42

The Berlin Wall was built in ​

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

Question 43

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 44

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 45

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 46

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 47

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 48

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

A) ​40
B) ​50
C) ​60
D) ​70
E) ​80

Question 49

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 50

The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in ​

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

Question 51

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 52

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 53

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 54

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 55

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 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

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 58

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 59

___________________ 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 60

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 61

Talk About:  iron curtain​

Question 62

Talk About:  superpower​

Question 63

Talk About:  38th parallel

Question 64

Talk About:  Chinese Communist Revolution​

Question 65

Talk About:  Marshall Plan​

Question 66

Talk About:  Berlin airlift​

Question 67

Talk About:  Truman Doctrine​

Question 68

Talk About:  domino theory​

Question 69

Talk About:  NSC-68​

Question 70

​ Talk About:  Korean War​

Question 71

Talk About:  reverse course​

Question 72

Talk About:  containment​

Question 73

Talk About:  land redistribution​

Question 74

Talk About:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)​

Question 75

Talk About:  Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP)​

Question 76

Talk About:  Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)​

Question 77

Talk About:  hydrogen bomb​

Question 78

Talk About:  limited war​

Question 79

Talk About:  Warsaw Pact?

Question 80

Talk About: Cold War​