Question 1

By 1968, there were five hundred thousand American troops in Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

By 1968, the number of American troops in Vietnam had reached its peak, with approximately 536,000 military personnel deployed as part of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Question 2

The Truman Doctrine in the first instance was to provide aid to

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was initially aimed at providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from falling under Soviet influence.

Question 3

In exchange for Soviet support against Taiwan, the Chinese communists reluctantly accepted Khrushchev's policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the West.

Accepted Answer

The Chinese communists, led by Mao Zedong, were critical of Khrushchev's policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the West, as they believed it was a betrayal of communist principles. This ideological rift contributed to the Sino-Soviet split.

Question 4

Joseph Stalin eagerly desired Communist revolutions in Western Europe, but he was willing to wait because he and Lenin believed that

Accepted Answer

Stalin and Lenin believed that revolutions occur in waves, and they were willing to wait for the right conditions for a Communist revolution in Western Europe.

Question 5

The Viet Cong were the forces in South Vietnam that opposed the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

The Viet Cong were actually the military arm of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, opposing the South Vietnamese government and its allies.

Question 6

Although initially the Truman administration indicated that it would not become involved in the future of Taiwan after Chiang Kai-shek had fled there toward the end of the Chinese Civil War, by 1949-1950, many influential figures in the United States were claiming that Taiwan was crucial the American defense strategy in the Pacific.

Accepted Answer

The Truman administration initially showed reluctance to involve itself in Taiwan's future, but the strategic importance of Taiwan in the Pacific became apparent, leading to a shift in U.S. policy by 1949-1950.

Question 7

By 1947, Yugoslavia was giving support to the communist insurgent movement in

Accepted Answer

Yugoslavia, under Josip Broz Tito, supported the communist insurgents in Greece during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949) against the Greek government, which was backed by the United States and the United Kingdom.

Question 8

President Lyndon Johnson was willing to use all force necessary to win the war in Vietnam even if that may mean instigating a world war.

Accepted Answer

President Lyndon Johnson was cautious about escalating the Vietnam War to avoid provoking a larger conflict, such as a world war, and sought to limit U.S. involvement to prevent such an outcome.

Question 9

In the 1960s, many revisionist historians claimed that the United States was primarily to blame for the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

Revisionist historians in the 1960s argued that U.S. policies and actions, such as the use of atomic bombs and economic strategies, contributed significantly to the tensions that led to the Cold War.

Question 10

The eastern European communist leader who was most successful in resisting control by the Soviet Union was

Accepted Answer

Joseph Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia, was successful in resisting Soviet control by maintaining a non-aligned stance and pursuing an independent form of communism separate from the Soviet model.

Question 11

The outcome of the Chinese Civil War had little impact upon domestic politics in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The outcome of the Chinese Civil War, which resulted in the establishment of the People's Republic of China, had significant impacts on U.S. domestic politics, including influencing anti-communist sentiment and policies during the Cold War era.

Question 12

The United States refused to allow the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states to participate in Marshall Plan aid.

Accepted Answer

The United States did not refuse; rather, the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies chose not to participate in the Marshall Plan due to political reasons and pressure from the Soviet Union.

Question 13

Czechoslovakia was the exception to the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe after World War II.

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia was under Soviet influence and control after World War II, like other Eastern European countries, until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.

Question 14

Although Khrushchev talked about "peaceful coexistence," Soviet actions in Hungary in 1956 and Khrushchev's demand that the West remove its forces from West Berlin, suggested to some that coexistence might not always be peaceful.

Accepted Answer

Khrushchev's rhetoric of "peaceful coexistence" was contradicted by aggressive Soviet actions, such as the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Berlin Crisis, which raised doubts about the sincerity of peaceful intentions.

Question 15

One of the earliest disputes in the developing Cold War was

Accepted Answer

The political make-up of the post-war Polish government was a significant early dispute in the Cold War, as the Soviet Union sought to establish a communist government in Poland, while the Western Allies wanted a more democratic setup.

Question 16

In 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill claimed that

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, highlighted the division between the Soviet-controlled regions and the West in Europe, marking the beginning of the Cold War era.

Question 17

The Eastern European country that resisted a Communist takeover the longest was

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Question 18

One of the events that led to the Truman Doctrine was the British withdrawal from the active role they had been playing in Greece and Turkey because of Britain's postwar economic problems.

Accepted Answer

The British government announced in 1947 that it could no longer afford to provide military and economic support to Greece and Turkey, prompting the U.S. to step in with the Truman Doctrine to prevent the spread of communism.

Question 19

The Truman Doctrine said that

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, stated that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces, specifically aimed at containing the spread of communism.

Question 20

Perestroika was the policy of internal reform initiated by Nikita Khrushchev.

Accepted Answer

Perestroika was a policy of reform initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s, not by Nikita Khrushchev.

Quiz 7: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War